Create the multi-teacher studio of your dreams

by hiring teachers who are the perfect fit

Recruit Right: The Essential Guide to Hiring Teachers Course

You want a thriving studio with happy teachers and happy students.

Which means figuring out

โœ…ย  Who to hire
โœ… Where to find them
โœ… How to convince them that they want to work in your studio
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You donโ€™t want to come across as desperate.

(But you donโ€™t want to seem uninviting)

Spending hours trawling the internet, struggling to find answers, isnโ€™t very appealing.

(Youโ€™ll end up in a web of confusion trying to piece together tips from various sources)

And you donโ€™t even want to think about having to turn down a teacher.

(What if you end up hiring every person you interview just to avoid that feeling?)

If only someone who has a studio full of 300 smiling students and 10 enthusiastic teachers could tell you everything they didโ€ฆ

Recruit Right: The Essential Guide to Hiring Teachers is your step-by-step framework to attract, interview, and hire the right teachers for your studio.

Whether youโ€™re hiring your first teacher or growing your team, Steve Armstrong will guide you through his tried and tested process for finding teachers who match your studioโ€™s values, goals, and brand.

You'll learn to:

โœ”๏ธ Create job pages that attract high-quality candidates

โœ”๏ธ Write application questions that reveal genuine interest

โœ”๏ธ Lead professional and insightful interviews

โœ”๏ธ Use rubrics and panels to make confident and fair hiring decisions

โœ”๏ธ Onboard teachers professionally and effectively with employment contacts that protect your studio and your teachers

Iโ€™ve been waiting for something like this for years!

โ€” Amy

Take the course for your students:

High-quality lessonsย 

By hiring teachers who align with your studioโ€™s values, you know that theyโ€™ll be teaching your students in the best way possible

A supportive studio environmentย 

Create a safe space for your students with your dream team of teachers.

Improved student retention and progressย 

Happy students in a musical community are more likely to stick around

Take the course for you:

Feel confidentย 

Create musical memories your students will never forget

Save timeย 

Remove your insecurities about attracting, interviewing, and hiring

Reduce stressย 

Actually enjoy the process of building a team

Who Is This Course For?

โœ… Teachers with a long waitlist who want to start a multi-teacher studio

โœ… Studio owners tired of making it up as they go along

โœ… Multi-teacher studio owners looking to grow their team

Learn from the expert โ€“ Steve Armstrong

Steve Armstrong

Steve Armstrong founded a brick-and-mortar music school, Advantage Music Academy in 2018 in Perth, Western Australia, where he leads a team of 10 teachers, including piano, violin, guitar and voice teachers. In 2023, the Academy reached a student body of 300 which includes one-to-one instrumental lessons and an original early-years program, Early Starters Music and Movement and Head Start Piano, which has been featured on the Integrated Music Teaching podcast.

Steve has over 20 years of teaching experience in the studio and the tertiary sector, in which he was a multi-award-winning lecturer of musicology. Steve holds a bachelorโ€™s degree in classical piano with first-class honours (UWA), two postgraduate graduate degrees in educational leadership (ECU) and one in educational design (MON). His reputation for excellence and leadership in pedagogy led to an invitation to join the Australian Music Examination Board as a piano examiner in 2023. Steve has a passion for mentoring teachers in the application of education research and practice to maximise student learning outcomes and mentoring studio owners, particularly in the areas of recruitment and policy.

Buy the course today!

Join the thousands of teachers who are more confident thanks to TopMusic courses.

Steve shares specifics about how he hires teachers in a way that is transferrable to my own context. He speaks with authenticity and gives clear takeaways. Because of his experience in setting up a multi-teacher studio, Steve has already thought through the effective steps for each part of the hiring process. This course saves hours of worrying time!

โ€” Rebecca

Here's what you'll get:


10 video lessons you can watch at your own pace

Downloadable handouts of each lesson

Strategies to assess teaching skills
Interview questions to uncover qualities that matter the most to you

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