Pedagogy questions ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Talk about the 3 person pyramid - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Teacher, student, parent
What does your studio look like, or what will it look like - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Degrees, calendar, pictures of teachers, music, recording equipment,
audio/visual, grand piano, electronic keyboard, computer lab desk, group piano instruction,
well-tuned piano, clean, organized, no distractions, separate from the home, no food or drink,
metronome
How do you handle payments - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mubis, Venmo
What will be done in the telephone interview - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅age, grade, level,
experience, how much they practice, name of student, practice habits, why they want to take
lessons
Talk about what you will do in a beginning interview - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅check on
aural, sight-reading if applicable, rhythm test, dynamics, ask them to play 1-2 pieces, talk
with the child, find out why they are taking lessons, ready for lessons, committed to
practicing? go over studio policies
What are your studio policies - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Payment is due at the beginning
of the month in full. Late payments are charged an additional $5 per week late. I do not
make-up lessons that the student misses, except for family emergency or the child was too
sick to go to school, no outside food or drink, no friends, parent and child are the only ones
allowed in the studio. I start on time and end on time, child needs to be there on-time and
picked up on time. When the lesson is done I have them wait outside.
How do you interview a transfer student - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Same as a new
student, find out why do they want to transfer
Reasons for transfering - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅They don't link their teacher - why?
Teacher moved, teacher doesn't demand enough, teacher too easy, teacher suggests they find
someone better, too expensive, they dont practice enough and got kicked out, etc. Is student
, and teacher compatible? Have they talked with the teacher, give them a month, I talk with the
teacher
What goes in the folder you give them - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Practice requirements,
studio rules, calendar, teaching schedule, tuition payments, resume, business card,
expectations, have them sign it, recitals and performances requirement, missed lesson policy,
biography, additional classes offered
what effects tuition prices - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mubus, degrees, location, amount of
teachers, how often I educate myself, students success, my experience, NCTM, demand and
supply
Strategies to get students - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅website, facebook, google plus,
craigslist, flyers, word of mouth, networking, invite people to recitals
Tell me about different learning theories - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Herbart, tabula rasa,
teacher focused teaching, don't teach like China! Guided learning vs. direct instruction. Hear,
see, do. Present and relate to them, apply/explore, then it becomes a habit
Talk about Basic piano technique - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Hand shape, sitting position,
arm weight, sitting straight, wrist level with arm, elbows slightly forward
How do you help a student prep for a performance - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Record
yourself, mental practice, peform for as many people as you can, practice in the room you are
performing if possible, listen to recordings
How do you help a student memorize - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Listen to recordings,
sing a fugue, tap the rhythm in a recording, NERF, try to play as much from memory before
looking at the music, think about it during the day, let it run through your head, harmonic
analysis, formal analysis, research, understand your music
Second year piano theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅scale patterns, circle of fifths, chord
progressions
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Talk about the 3 person pyramid - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Teacher, student, parent
What does your studio look like, or what will it look like - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Degrees, calendar, pictures of teachers, music, recording equipment,
audio/visual, grand piano, electronic keyboard, computer lab desk, group piano instruction,
well-tuned piano, clean, organized, no distractions, separate from the home, no food or drink,
metronome
How do you handle payments - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mubis, Venmo
What will be done in the telephone interview - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅age, grade, level,
experience, how much they practice, name of student, practice habits, why they want to take
lessons
Talk about what you will do in a beginning interview - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅check on
aural, sight-reading if applicable, rhythm test, dynamics, ask them to play 1-2 pieces, talk
with the child, find out why they are taking lessons, ready for lessons, committed to
practicing? go over studio policies
What are your studio policies - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Payment is due at the beginning
of the month in full. Late payments are charged an additional $5 per week late. I do not
make-up lessons that the student misses, except for family emergency or the child was too
sick to go to school, no outside food or drink, no friends, parent and child are the only ones
allowed in the studio. I start on time and end on time, child needs to be there on-time and
picked up on time. When the lesson is done I have them wait outside.
How do you interview a transfer student - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Same as a new
student, find out why do they want to transfer
Reasons for transfering - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅They don't link their teacher - why?
Teacher moved, teacher doesn't demand enough, teacher too easy, teacher suggests they find
someone better, too expensive, they dont practice enough and got kicked out, etc. Is student
, and teacher compatible? Have they talked with the teacher, give them a month, I talk with the
teacher
What goes in the folder you give them - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Practice requirements,
studio rules, calendar, teaching schedule, tuition payments, resume, business card,
expectations, have them sign it, recitals and performances requirement, missed lesson policy,
biography, additional classes offered
what effects tuition prices - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mubus, degrees, location, amount of
teachers, how often I educate myself, students success, my experience, NCTM, demand and
supply
Strategies to get students - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅website, facebook, google plus,
craigslist, flyers, word of mouth, networking, invite people to recitals
Tell me about different learning theories - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Herbart, tabula rasa,
teacher focused teaching, don't teach like China! Guided learning vs. direct instruction. Hear,
see, do. Present and relate to them, apply/explore, then it becomes a habit
Talk about Basic piano technique - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Hand shape, sitting position,
arm weight, sitting straight, wrist level with arm, elbows slightly forward
How do you help a student prep for a performance - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Record
yourself, mental practice, peform for as many people as you can, practice in the room you are
performing if possible, listen to recordings
How do you help a student memorize - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Listen to recordings,
sing a fugue, tap the rhythm in a recording, NERF, try to play as much from memory before
looking at the music, think about it during the day, let it run through your head, harmonic
analysis, formal analysis, research, understand your music
Second year piano theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅scale patterns, circle of fifths, chord
progressions
