Scheduling

Lessons are scheduled weekly throughout the year. These may be conducted in-person or remotely and will be supplemented with asynchronous teaching and practice resources such as audio and video. When you register for lessons, there will be opportunity to choose preferences for meeting.

If you are a new student, please contact me at klander@nexicom.net or 705-868-1070 to set up an interview. Once a student is accepted into the studio, a non-refundable registration deposit is required to secure the lesson time.

Lessons for RCM Levels 2-5 are 45 minutes. Lessons for RCM Levels 6 and up are one hour. All other lessons are 30 minutes unless arranged otherwise.

My teaching year spans 52 weeks, commencing September 1. The tuition structure provides for 30 weeks of regularly scheduled lessons, scheduled Studio Break weeks with no lesson, and the balance are Flex Weeks. Regularly scheduled lessons will occur September through June and I am available in the summer to book lessons at a mutually agreeable time.

Flex weeks are used at the discretion of student families during the regularly scheduled lesson time to  accommodate family holidays or special events, for example. I am available to teach during the summer and so flex week scheduling extends into July and August.

Tuition

Teaching is my profession. The annual tuition covers not only contact time with the student but also considerable time outside of lessons planning, corresponding with parents and students, researching and purchasing teaching materials, attending professional development events, marking theory and participating in the music education community.

Payment for the annual tuition can be made in 12 or 4 equal instalments and can be made by post-dated cheque or by etransfer, provided that payments are regularly made on the 1st of the month. I am set up for autodeposit of etransfers which means that you can set up a recurring transaction.

Missed Lessons

It is not my responsibility to accommodate missed scheduled lessons. Flex weeks allow families to anticipate and plan for missed lesson time, however, in the event of an unscheduled cancellation or no-show, that week will be accounted for with student Flex time. Participating in music lessons is just like involvement on a team. We are all dependent upon one another to make the scheduling work.

Cancellation

If a student chooses to withdraw from lessons during the year, I require four weeks’ notice or payment in lieu.