The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast | Proven and practical tips, strategies and ideas for music teachers

In this episode, I’ll answer some great questions from members about makeup lessons, pentascales, goals and choosing repertoire for students.

Transfer students can be tricky. We don’t know what they learned with their previous music teacher, never mind what they retained. Find out what you should do in the first lesson with a transfer student in this episode.

As private music teachers, it’s SO easy to feel overwhelmed. There are so many ideas that we could be trying, and so much to do in a day...what should we prioritise? How can we feel good about what we’re achieving?

As private music teachers, it’s SO easy to feel overwhelmed. There are so many ideas that we could be trying, and so much to do in a day...what should we prioritise? How can we feel good about what we’re achieving?

What types of lesson plans actually work for music teachers? How can we plan out our lessons but still be flexible? Find out how to plan your lessons and fit more into the same amount of time on this episode.

It’s so important to keep expectations and goals aligned so that parents are happy in our studio, sign up again next year, and their children have a great musical experience. What can we do to make sure parents are on the same page as us?

Next to make-up lessons, practice motivation is one of the top answers when you ask teachers what they’re struggling with. So how can we motivate our students to practise? What can we do when they just won’t? And how do we make practice more efficient and bring in strategies that our students will actually follow through on at home?

Are you ready for a new year of teaching? Follow along with my step-by-step process for putting everything in place and making sure that you don’t feel overwhelmed or stressed with everything we need to do at this time of year in our music teaching studios.

Take a listen to this introductory episode to find out why I'm starting this podcast and what to expect.