Friday, April 10, 2009
Surviving the Summer
For the past few years I've notice the trend that about 1/2 of my students take the summer off. I usually pick up a couple students during the summer and some of them will continue in the fall. The students who do continue during the summer usually have vacations, so my summer income is rather lean. What do you do to survive the summer? Do you "require" you students to take summer lessons? Do you take on another job?
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This year, my students are required to take a minimum of 6 summer lessons. I'm offering a 6-lesson package and a 9-lesson package. There are 11 weeks of summer that I am teaching. They choose which 6 or 9 they will come for their lessons. The 6-lesson package costs slightly more per lesson than the 9-lessons. And if they take the 9-lessons, they are able to come to a 10th or 11th lesson at their regular time if they're able and want to. Summer tuition is due in two installments on June 1 and July 1. And if they don't take summer lessons, they may forfeit their place in the studio for the fall. Now that I've got a waiting list, they know I mean business! So I don't anticipate any trouble keeping students over the summer. The income does drop some, but I planned for it early in the year. So hopefully it's not too much of a crunch come August!
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