Policy on Missed Lessons?

[Jeralee]

I am assuming you have a studio policy sheet that you hand out to parents and students which they sign when they begin taking lessons from you?

I will quote you from my studio policy sheet and maybe it will give you some ideas.

Lesson Cancellation and Make-up Policies:

“If you must miss a lesson for any reason, I require a 24 – hour notice when at all possible.

[donna-benier]

Teachers, What is your policy for payment of missed lessons 1) when

they call the day of the lesson because they got sick; 2) when they

call just before the lesson because parent can’t get them there or

they have to stay after school; 3) when they notify you in advance

but it is because they choose to do something else “special” at that

time. (Of course, if they don’t call and don’t show up, that’s a

given that they are charged.) Do you “credit” them onto next month if

the reason they missed was legitimate? Thanks for the

information/advice!

[donna-benier]

Thank you; I like your ideas.

[unknown-user]

It sounds good. You might even switch to a semester registration calendar with lessons paid up front or in a few installments. You wouldn’t them to miss their first lesson of the month and not get your check. I also like how dance studios issue for example, 10-class cards that must be used within two months.

[Muriel Denoix-Eaton]

There is another system for more casual students or less organized harp teachers:

[unknown-user]

In a large studio such as ours, we soon learned that we had to come up with absence policy.

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