Many professional musicians find teaching to be a tedious yet necessary part of the job, a money-maker that fills in the gaps between gigs. However, these people often find themselves stuck with a full studio they can neither manage nor escape when the time comes to break into full-time performance gigs.
THe bottom line: don't teach if you don't like teaching!
Private teachers with more interest in performing tend to end up jaded, unreliable, and inefficient, since their teaching is not their "official" job.
Teachers who enjoy teaching, however, can take advantage of a wide variety of options to keep track of students, send invoices, keep lesson plans and resources organized, and collect payments. Teachers who dive headfirst into teaching will have more enthusiasm for staying on top of their schedule.
Here are some of the ways I stay organized:
Teachers who enjoy teaching, however, can take advantage of a wide variety of options to keep track of students, send invoices, keep lesson plans and resources organized, and collect payments. Teachers who dive headfirst into teaching will have more enthusiasm for staying on top of their schedule.
Here are some of the ways I stay organized:
Google apps | Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets |
Evernote | This is where my lesson plans, scale sheets, bookmarks, and quickly-jotted-down ideas go. I have the Evernote Web Clipper that can save webpages as articles (which I can view offline) while I am surfing. This works very much like Pinterest - which I also use obsessively. |
Square reader/paypal
weebly | Do you like what you see on my website? This is the drag-and-drop builder that makes it all happen! I can post from my phone or my laptop, and the customizable themes and page layouts make it easy to show you exactly what I want! |
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