Klarinet Archive - Posting 000339.txt from 2000/04

From: Michael Moors <mdmoors@-----.us>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: lesson fee
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 05:14:41 -0400

Don't blame Germany for the system being inequitable. Like it or not there
is a human factor in every situation regarding lessons, including public
school teachers giving lessons. It's unfair to tar everyone with the same
brush. Research your recommendations for private student referrals. If
the student isn't first, keep looking. Check the solo ensemble scores

Mike Moors.

At 02:08 PM 4/9/00 +0800, you wrote:
>chr,
>I am glad I don't live in Germany. The system you describe is so
>inequitable to
>the student, that it must make you feel uncomfortable at times. For
>example, you
>as a teacher can be sick and retain the fee for a lesson not given, but a
>student forfeits the fee on a public holiday? Must have been set up by a music
>teacher with a vendetta.
>Cheers, Karel.
>
>chr wrote:
>
> > My private students are handled like this: when a new student start, the
> > parents fill out a form with their bank information. I take this form to my
> > bank and every 4 months at the beginning of a trimester money is taken from
> > their account and put into mine. If a student misses his lesson, I usually
> > don't have to make it up unless I know ahead enough to rearrange the lesson
> > for another time. I'm allowed to be sick once a trimester without having to
> > make up lessons. If a holiday happens to land on the day of their lessons,
> > the lessons are canceled. Any time there is no school, there's no
> lesson but
> > I still get paid. I get paid for the whole year including the 6 week school
> > summer vacation. Of course a student can quit end of April, end of
> August or
> > end of December.
> > I teach private students one day a week and the rest of the week, I
> teach at
> > the city music school. There it's even easier because I get paid by the
> city
> > and don't have to worry about the money at all. If I know enough ahead of
> > time when lessons are missed, I try to reschedule them if possible. Usually
> > if they miss because of sickness, it doesn't get made up or if a student is
> > gone the whole week. If I'm sick, I can miss one lesson per student per
> > trimester without having to make it up. For the music school, I get 13
> > months pay per year.
> > I've never had trouble here about getting paid. I only have one private
> > student where it doesn't run over the bank. He's always late paying because
> > his family has real trouble getting the money, but so far, they have always
> > paid me. When I lived in Utah, I had to worry about getting paid with every
> > single student I had. Some never did pay me. One still has a Rubank
> method I
> > loaned. They were so dishonest. I'm so glad I don't have to worry about
> > those things any more. I feel very fortunate with the way it's run here in
> > Germany.
> > Cindy
> >
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