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Do Your Students Belong to Your Teachers or to Your Music School? | EP 297

Do Your Students Belong to Your Teachers or to Your Music School? | EP 297

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In today's episode, I talk about the text every music school owner dreads: the one from a teacher saying they're moving on. The teacher shortage is real, but I don't think it's our biggest problem. The bigger problem is that in most music schools, students belong to their teachers instead of the school, and when a teacher leaves, the families can leave too.

Key ideas from this episode:

  • Why teacher turnover is a design problem, not a people problem
  • The difference between linear growth and leverage growth
  • Three ways to make sure the value lives in your school, not in one person
  • Why group programs create a stronger anchor than private lessons alone

In this episode, you'll learn:

  • Why losing one teacher can put 30 or 40 students at risk, and how to stop that from happening
  • What a restaurant and its favorite waiter can teach you about your music school's biggest vulnerability
  • The simple test that tells you whether you have a real curriculum or "a collection of freelancers"
  • Why Kelly Bennett trains her group teachers for three months, not three days
  • Why your best musician isn't always your best group teacher, and who to hire instead
  • How to build a school that doesn't need you there every night

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