All you do is teach, we will take care of the rest!

Welcome,
Thank you for your interest in teaching positions with our school. This page will give you an idea of our teaching philosophy and our ideas on how our school can best meet the needs of our students and teachers.
To apply for a teaching position, please fax, email or mail your resume to us. No phone calls please.

Email: info@MusicInstituteNT.com, Attn: Human Resources Department
Phone: 972-668-6600
Address: 4747 Ohio Drive, Frisco, TX 75035

 

OPEN POSITION:

Sr. Piano Teacher to Teach Piano lessons to all ages and levels, plan daily classroom work and assignments based on teaching outline prepared for course of study to meet curriculum requirements; evaluate students’ interest, aptitudes, temperament, and individual characteristics to determine suitable pedagogical piano music for beginners, elementary, intermediate, and advanced level students; play instrument (piano) to demonstrate musical scales, tone color, rhythm, and appropriate interpretation for different styles of music; instruct students in music theory, harmony, score and sight-reading, simple composition, and music appreciation; arrange and judge in recitals; prepare students to enter competitions such as Texas State Theory Exam, Fall Festival, Sonatina Festival held by the Plano Music Teachers Association. Must have Master of Music in Piano Performance.    Send resume with Job#SPT11 to Music Institute of North Texas @ 4747 Ohio Dr. Frisco, TX 75035 

 

Music Teaching Positions
As a music teacher you can either teach privately in your house or in students’ homes, or you can teach in a music store or school - both have upsides and downsides. If you teach in your home or students’ homes, the upside is you can set your own rate and keep all of the money you charge. Since you do not have expenses like rent, or a receptionist, your overhead expenses should be minimal. However, there are also downsides of teaching in your home or your student’s homes. It can be hard to keep your schedule constantly full with new students. Even if you are a good, well-liked teacher, it can take a long time for referrals and word of mouth to fill your schedule. If you chose to advertise through classified ads in the newspaper, it can be expensive with unknown effectiveness. If you are driving to student’s houses you also have to factor in the driving time between students which limits the amount of teaching you can actually do.

The other downside of teaching on your own can be the difficulty in enforcing your attendance and payment policies. No one likes being a collection agent. It can be difficult to concentrate on your teaching while trying to keep track of who owes money and to make sure you are paid. It can also be difficult to have your time respected. For example, if a student tells you they are going to Disney World for the next two weeks, it can be difficult to still make them pay for their lesson time. If this scenario happens a couple of times per month it can greatly reduce your earnings.

Now let’s look at teaching at a music school. The downside is your teaching rate may be less. Teaching rates that in-home teachers and music schools charge are usually pretty similar. So the pay per student to the teacher may lower because of rent, advertisement, receptionists and other expenses. The upside can be having a fuller schedule of students each day. Being paid a little less per student but having 10 or 11 students in a day will mean you earn more overall.

Another upside to teaching at our music school is that you do not have the hassles of running a small business. You only have to focus on the teaching and we will take care of billing and scheduling. Also our music school provides a professional educational environment that is stimulating to the students. It is free from distractions found in a home such as ringing phones or doorbells, TVs and noisy family members.

Those are the general differences between teaching on your own and teaching in a music school or store.

Here are reasons why music teachers choose to teach at our school over all other choices:

1. A constant flow of new students to keep schedules as full as possible

At our school we spend a lot of money on advertising and marketing year round to keep our teacher’s schedules as full as possible. Each year we spend a considerable amount of resources advertising in newspapers, yellow pages, direct mail, community publications and other media to constantly attract new students. We are continually registering new students for our private music lessons even during typically slower registration months like May or June. We will also train you on how to retain your current students through quality teaching and customer service.

2. Extras are taken care of - your only responsibility is to teach

We have full time front desk administrators to handle all of the “details” of teaching. From scheduling to collecting fees or arranging an accompanist for recitals. These details are handled by our administrators, not the teacher. This means the teachers are free to focus on teaching and not get bogged down by administration.

3. Your time is respected and you are paid whether or not students show up

Teachers are paid for lessons even when the students fail to show up due to unexcused absences. The students are only allowed the maximum of 3 make up lessons for excused absences. If a student does not pay for their lessons or has an uncollectible debt, the teacher is still paid. Our priority for our teachers is to make sure that your time is not abused and your teaching day can be as productive as possible.