Studio Rules

 

What do you do when someone doesn’t turn up for a private lesson?  Do you still charge them?  When do you expect to be paid for lessons taught?  What happens if your student turns up without their book?  How much notice do you require if someone can’t come to their lesson?  Do you do “catch-up” lessons?  What if a student is away on a family trip for two months? Do you hold a space open for them?

These are things you need to think about and let your students and their parents know BEFORE they start learning from you.  Your studio rules set up the expectations you have for your students.  I found that having the answers to these questions made my life a lot easier and saved a lot of hassles.

Every year I print out a brochure to give to each student.  It has my contact details, the dates for the school year, how much I charge and, of course, my studio rules.

My rules are:

• ·      If you can’t make it to a lesson, you need to let me know before 9am that day otherwise I will charge for the lesson.
• ·         Please be prompt.  I cannot make up time at the end of the lesson if you are late
•         Accounts will be sent out halfway through, and at the end of, each term.  Payment is due the following week.

Bring all your gear (tutor book, folder, notebook etc.).  If you forget your music, still come to your lesson.  There is always something we can do.

All extra lessons will be charged for.

            If I have to cancel a lesson, there will be no charge.

·     Other teachers have policies about catch-up lessons or their own systems for payment.

If this is all in writing, there cannot be any dispute if, for example, you charge for a missed lesson.