{"id":7,"date":"2018-08-05T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-06-27T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:40:05","slug":"studio-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Studio Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lessons<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Piano lessons will be held weekly for 30 minutes.\u00a0 I recommend that a parent come to the first few lessons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Parental Responsibilitie<\/span>s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check www.pianocounts.com frequently for schedule and tuition updates.\u00a0 I will post information on the webpage and typically write the information in practice books but <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">it is your responsibility to check for schedule information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Read practice books after student lessons and sign practice books before the next lesson.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that all of your child&#8217;s piano books and practice book make it to their lessons.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Keep all of the piano items in a <strong>book bag<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Keep your child&#8217;s fingernails short to all for the correct hand position.<\/li>\n<li>Listen to your child practice.\u00a0 Help them form good habits of when and how they practice.\u00a0 Help them follow through on practice suggestions and goals.\u00a0 They are listed on their practice sheets.<\/li>\n<li>Check to see that your child is well enough to come to lessons.\u00a0 <strong>DO NOT send a child that is running a fever, has lice or other contagious illnesses!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Practice Time<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Practicing is essential to having a positive experience and should be done at least 5 times each week. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">A student can&#8217;t progress unless they have time to practice their skills. Parents and students share the responsibility to ensure that good study habits are developed and maintained. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">I start out asking for 15 minutes per day and gradually work up to 30 &#8211; 45 minutes as the student matures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Mark down the number of minutes spent practicing each day in the practice book. This helps me to know if a new concept is confusing for the student or if there simply hasn&#8217;t been enough practicing done.\u00a0 THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Parental supervision of young students during practice sessions is very important.\u00a0 I have only 30 minutes a week to work with them and children learn more quickly if parents help them follow through from the lesson.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tuition<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Tuition is $80.00 per month and should be paid at or before the first lesson of the month<strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">If you know that there is scheduling conflict<strong>,<\/strong> let me know before the first of the month and I will prorate the tuition.\u00a0 <strong>After the first of the month, tuition amount will not be changed. If tuition is paid after the 10th of the month without first talking with Ms. Ranae, there will be a late fee of $10.00 charged.\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lessons missed, other than those arranged before the month begins, will be reschedule only if my time permits.\u00a0 If I need to cancel a lesson, it will be rescheduled or the tuition price reduced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Most months of the year there will be 4 lessons given but occasionally there will be 5.\u00a0 <strong>On those months the extra lesson will be given at no additional charge.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Books<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Books and music will need to be purchased on a continuing basis.\u00c2\u00a0 A list of books required will be sent home 1-2 weeks before they are needed and can be purchased locally at local music stores, or online at web sites such as Amazon, sheetmusicplus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">I also have a large library of music that I allow students to use.\u00a0 Music is to be <strong>returned in good condition to me when the piece is completed.<\/strong>\u00a0 If music is lost or damaged, I may ask that you pay for the music.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-left: 0in;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recitals<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong>Group Lessons:<\/strong> Several times during the year I will hold group lessons lasting forty-five minutes to an hour for students.\u00a0 This is a time to perform for other students in a non stressful situation, play music games and participate in activities to reinforce terms and concepts.\u00a0 <strong>Please watch for notices in your child&#8217;s practice book and on my website of schedule changes for these weeks. <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">A formal recital will be held in May where parents and family are welcome and encouraged to attend.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Photos<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pictures and videos of students may be posted on the studio website with first name listed.\u00a0 I would be happy to send you the files for those photos.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-left: 0in;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Termination<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">I will reluctantly terminate a student for continual lack of preparation or nonpayment of tuition.\u00a0 It is important to me that students have a positive experience with music and I find this to be impossible when students are habitually unprepared for their lessons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">If a student or parent chooses to discontinue lessons for any reason, I require that you notify me 2 weeks in advance or pay for those lessons.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Please feel free to contact me if you have questions concerning my policies.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lessons Piano lessons will be held weekly for 30 minutes.\u00a0 I recommend that a parent come to the first few lessons. Parental Responsibilities Check www.pianocounts.com frequently for schedule and tuition updates.\u00a0 I will post information on the webpage and typically write the information in practice books but it is your responsibility to check for schedule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4706,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/4706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}