Welcome to DAY THREE of 2025 Studio Teacher Thanksgiving! ๐ฅ
Wow; you've all been BUSY learning from your students! Your replies to yesterday's question had me laughing one minute and crying the next. Thanks for sharing; it's such an honor to read your stories.
One quick reminder:
This is the ONLY time of year I send daily emails. You'll hear from me Monday through Friday this week. If you would like to OPT-OUT of Studio Teacher Thanksgiving emails, please click the button below.
(You will still receive Piano Teacher Confessions, but not the gratitude reflections in this series.)
The (3 min) video, above, introduces our third point of gratitude for the week.
Spoiler Alert: Today I'm giving thanks for the fact that our teaching inspires our OWN growth every bit as much as it does our students'.
I'm curious: how has teaching changed YOU this year? Have any of your priorities shifted? Have you grown in patience? Perhaps you learned how to communicate boundaries more clearly?
Click that reply button and let me know! I can't wait to hear.
Claire wins a FREE Studio Foundations Course, which covers my 14 sanity-saving principles for long-term teacher satisfaction. ๐ฅ
(Claire, I'll be in touch later today!)
And Now: Time for TODAY'S Giveaway:
After all, what's Studio Teacher Thanksgiving without a little GIVING?!
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Janna Williamson and I share a heart for helping teachers better understand the Intermediate stage of piano study. If you don't already know Janna's YouTube Channel, allow me to introduce you to it here.
One of the most frequent questions we get is how to transition students from method books to intermediate literature.
Fortunately, Janna has created an invaluable resource linking method repertoire to corresponding anthologies. It's called Method to Masterworks and one of YOU will win a FREE copy today.
To enter the giveaway:Simply REPLY TO THIS EMAIL before 10pm tonight (EST) and tell me how teaching has changed YOU.
Tomorrow I will announce a winner (chosen at random) from the names of those who reply. It's that simple! โค๏ธ
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