Group lessons are obviously sub-standard to private lessons, right?

There's no way parents would ever pay a PREMIUM for group lessons, right?

I'd like to introduce you to someone who is charging premium rates for a group lesson program.

But, before I do, I want to end our "information week" for group lessons with one final lesson.

What Kind of Group Lessons Should You Run?

There are many ways to use the group lesson format in your studio.

A few:

• Makeup lesson groups (infrequent groups)

• Preschool group programs

• Rock band programs (usually for students in addition to a lesson)

• "Practice clubs"

• Camps

• Short-term beginner classes

• Group classes based on a curriculum

These are good and they have their place...

But for my money there is nothing better than a year-round group lesson program that is the MAIN offering of your studio... that allows children to be scheduled with students of any other age or level.

In other words... a multi-level group program.

Since 2008, my studio only offered one option for an incoming student:

Multi-level group lessons until that student completes a basic method.

Avoid These Group Lesson Headaches

I strongly recommend running a multi-level group program to avoid the following headaches:

(a) Small studio scheduling issues. If you have less than 50 students enrolled, it's going to be almost impossible to get all of your students in the same level to meet at the same time. Multi-level groups solve this problem.

(b) What happens if a student gets sick? Illness, schedule conflicts, sporting events, school functions... anything that pulls a student out of your class means that you now have differentiation. One student is now behind... it doesn't take long in a "group curriculum" for students to be out of sync, making the teacher's life extremely difficult. Multi-level groups solve this problem.

(c) Punishing your good students. Bright, motivated students are held back in a group curriculum that forces students to "march in lockstep." Multi-level groups allow students to progress at the rate that is best for them.

(d) Burning out your casual students (poor retention). Similarly, if you are force marching casual students... they are going to get burned out and leave the studio because they feel dragged by the curriculum. Multi-level groups solve this problem.

Yes, there are workarounds for these problems... but why try to fix something that's broken when you can just use a model that works right out of the box?

Meet a Premium Multi-Level Group Teacher

I'd like to show you just how good it can be!

Meet Lucia... she took our Successful Group Lessons training and implemented a multi-level group in her studio.

And raised her rates... a lot.

Click below to hear her story and her experiences with a multi-level group: