Studio Web Site: A Call for Help
June 6, 2009
I’m considering the idea of creating a web site/blog for my private students and their parents, and I’m looking for good examples. (Yes, I’m giving you an invitation to plug your site and shamelessly brag about why it’s so great.)
If you do have such a site, what are its main features? I’m wondering specifically about including the following elements:
- Teaching schedule, so parents can see when they might schedule make-up lessons
- Lesson policies, and all that boring stuff
- Curriculum, so parents and students can have an idea of where they’re at and what’s next in the grand scheme of things
- Photos of students, to give the site a more personal feel
- Videos/audio files of students’ work
- Links to online activities and educational sites
Is your site an interactive blog where readers can make comments, or is that an opportunity for problems?
What else am I missing? Please share your thoughts!
June 7, 2009 at 6:08 am
I use a service called Music Teacher’s Helper – found at http://www.musicteachershelper.com
I’ve found it to be a very useful service to help me with my invoicing especially for my teaching, and it is designed more as a help for teachers. However, students can be given a login in which they can check lesson notes, book make up lessons, log practice times. Parents can have a seperate login where they can see their account, seeing if they owe any money or not.
I think you need to be careful with putting photos of students online due to privacy concerns – photos need to be made private.
July 31, 2009 at 5:55 am
Yes, Music Teacher’s Helper can be your great studio partner. Aside from this, they also have a blog where you can find reliable music teaching tips and resources.