Music Teaching Tips

10. Read good teaching magazines (Keyboard Companion, Clavier, etc.)

9. Encourage your students to perform regularly, and provide them with developmentally appropriate performance venues.

8. Research all the teaching material out there - and use the best.

7. Join a piano teachers' email list. It's an unbelievable wealth of practical and pedagogical information. (I love the one I'm on - visit it here.)

6. Join the local piano teachers' organizations in your area to stay connected with and learn from other teachers near you and take advantage of the performance opportunities for your students.