How to balance family life and running your own music education business
Juggling mom life and work life can be an overwhelming challenge. Eight moms/music teachers share their secrets on how they create a balance between parenting and teaching, from establishing innovative strategies to utilizing group lessons to the importance of setting boundaries.
Course outline
Module 1: Swan Kiezebrink - Help for Every Stage of Parenting
Module 2: Lelia Viss - Parenting, Productivity, and Encouragement
Module 3: Jeanetta Hopkins - Smart Strategies for Busy Piano Moms
Module 4: Megan Desmarias - Maximizing Time with Groups, Assistants, and Boundaries
Module 5: Noelle Reed - Piano, Parenting, and Homeschooling
Module 6: Kay Lowry - Practical Ways to Handle Life Changes
Module 7: Christina Whitlock - Workaholics CAN Find Balance
Tracy Selle is a Christian wife, mom, piano teacher, and author of 101 Piano Practice Tips. She’s also the creator of Upbeat Piano Teachers, which launched in October 2015. Prior to teaching piano for 15 years, she worked as a television meteorologist.
Business and Mindset Strategist, Co-Founder of Upbeat Piano Teachers
Sara is a piano and voice entrepreneur who loves to educate (and entertain!) fellow teachers by sharing creative teaching ideas and business practices. She’s an active blogger at SarasMusicStudio.com, FB Live Personality and co-host at Upbeat Piano Teachers, and Resident Piano Pro at Musical U. Outside of the piano world, Sara also works a group of independent voice teachers at The Speakeasy Cooperative. Her passions include yoga, cats, wine, and working as a business coach for fabulous teachers all around the world.
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