Students Start Then Quit
Do you see a lot of students start piano but then quit?
I’ve got tons of ideas to help beginner students stick with piano.
You’ve heard me say it before, but I’m saying it again. Small Group Lessons! These aren’t just a new thing, they are the real thing. But it’s more than just teaching students in a classroom setting. Adapting curriculum and methods to meet differing levels in each class is the part that genuinely scares most of the teachers I talk to. It’s easier than you might think!
While I was living in California in the early 2000’s, I had a teacher from Tennessee reach out that she’d love to come sit in my group classes. She’d been following lots of my ideas and seen progress in her students but she’d not embraced the idea of small group classes. So she flew out to sit in for an afternoon.
When my classes were over, she told me she completely understood how her methods could be used but that she needed to adapt for individuals, rather than leading each student through her usual routines.
She saw I could introduce a concept like phrasing, then have the students apply it to their own piece. She noticed it was a genuine learning experience that they would remember and most likely practice that week to show their classmates the following week.
She was there 4 hours
She called and emailed many times after that, wishing I had more information written or available in a tangible form. She went on to teach music in the elementary school in Tennessee by her home, and even started an after school group piano class.
My greatest desire is to help you see the value and strength of small group classes. Now that I have tangible aids to help, there is no need to fly across the country to sit in my classroom for 4 hours.
Enter your email below for a free video of how I adapt beginning to read music for a small group class of brand new students
