With a little creativity, there are ways for you to find online students. That’s why Forte wants to give you three tips to help you expand your online studio and find new online students.
Forte! An online lesson platform
Guest post by Lucas Carbonneau with Forte Ah, summertime. The season of family vacations, fresh lemonade, and laying by the pool. Though we’re all enjoying the sunshine, music teachers often worry about how to work around their students’ summertime commitments. Music...
Positive Wins and Lessons Learned Teaching Online
Earlier this week I asked my email subscribers to let me know how they were doing and to share with me something positive they have learned or experienced during their time of distance learning so far with their students. As happy tears shed from my eyes reading each...
Easy Online Teaching Setup (Music Teacher Tip #27)
I am going to be completely open and honest with you. I've been feeling a little anxious lately. Okay, a lot... My head seems to be constantly spinning. I told my husband the other day that I want to help teachers get through this, but my head "noise" won't stop and...
Keep Calm and Teach On
This is the time of year where sickness is bound to happen. Colds, the flu, strep throat… these are all things we don’t want to bring into our studio. Add to the fact, a big concern right now being the coronavirus. Teachers have been sharing that they are starting to...
5 Benefits for Teaching Online Lessons
Teaching online lessons can be a little scary as there are some things that could go wrong. However, there is so much more that can go right! I wanted to share some benefits that I have found as I have taught online lessons over the years. Location Doesn’t Matter...
TMTA Convention 2019: Expand Your Horizons Part 1
I had the opportunity to fly to Houston and present at the Texas Music Teachers Association Convention. I have always wanted to check it out and I was looking forward to my time there. My only regret was not spending more time. It was a super quick turn around trip. I...
Missed Lessons (Music Teacher Tip #17)
One of the most common questions I see or hear from independent music teachers is, "what do you do when a student needs to miss a lesson?" OR "Do you do make-up lessons?" I don't do make-up lessons. Matter of fact, I am strongly against them. I don't know where the...
Just Ask Jennifer Live #6
Today I went live answering the following question on Just Ask Jennifer! Question: Why do you not do make-up lessons? And what do you do instead? Why? You can hear my answers and catch the recording here. Feel free to add your own comments in the thread and share what...
Be Our Guest: Skype, FaceTime, Hangouts, Oh My!
I'm really excited to introduce our guest this month. Sarah Lyngra will be blogging about online lessons. She has a lot of experience in this so you will want to read her post! Also I would highly recommend her online course available at TeachPianoOnline.com. The...