WhatsApp, spreadsheets and student data: the GDPR trap for music teachers
Student lists in a spreadsheet, parent chats on WhatsApp, recordings emailed around: where the real GDPR risks hide and what to do instead.
Read more →Guides for music teachers
Practical know-how on running your teaching — make-up lessons, GDPR, weekly scheduling and going self-employed — for independent music teachers and small studios.
Make-up lessons: how to write a cancellation policy that ends the arguments
A clear make-up and cancellation policy stops most disputes before they start. Here's how to design one that's fair, easy to explain and simple to run.
Read more →Scheduling music lessons: weekly slots, waiting lists and holidays without the chaos
Build a weekly teaching schedule that holds together: fixed slots, buffers, a waiting list that fills gaps, and a holiday plan families understand in advance.
Read more →Going self-employed as a music teacher: the admin starter kit
The unglamorous half of teaching for yourself: money, records, contracts and systems. A starter kit you set up once so admin never eats your evenings.
Read more →A student cancels last minute: charge it, reschedule it, or let it go?
The text arrives three hours before the lesson: “We can't make it today.” A decision framework for last-minute cancellations — fair, consistent, argument-free.
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