STUDIO POLICIES
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Parental involvement with student practicing and lesson attendance is the number one boost for student growth that I have discovered. I require parents to attend all lessons for students through sixth grade, with lessening attendance through eighth grade. You are encouraged to take notes and videos to help you and your child have successful practice sessions at home. I also ask that parents practice with their children everyday for the first few levels, and then fewer days as they become more self-sufficient. I have lots of tips to help this practice time to be a positive time for you and your student!
PRACTICING
Five to six days of recorded practice at or above the minimum is required for Performance Track, and four to five days for Traditional Track. Students who consistently struggle with regular practice will not find my studio a great fit.
TUITION
Tuition is due before the 1st of each month. If tuition is paid after the 10th, please include a $25 late fee. One month notice or one month’s tuition is required for ending lessons.
MAKEUP LESSONS
I offer two types of makeup lessons. The first is for students who know ahead of time that they will be missing a lesson and have given me at least 24 hours notice. In this case, a student will send me audio or video recordings of each of their assignments. During their missed lesson time, I will respond to these videos through Tonara, Marco Polo, or texts.
The second is if a student is unable to create recordings to send me. I will provide a video lesson in Tonara to give a student new material. I will provide these video lessons if I have a few hours' notice of a missed lesson.
Lessons missed with no notice will not be made up.
I have built flex weeks into the schedule for myself. If I must miss more than the built in flex weeks, I will provide a makeup.