Lesson and Studio Policies Professional Guitar Instruction Prof. Scott Elliott In accordance with the majority of professional studios and instructors of music, I have adopted certain policies which, for the mutual benefit of student and instructor, must be reviewed and agreed upon. Tuition Tuition is due in full the first lesson of each month, for the number of lessons to be given that month. Rates, for a monthly block of lessons, are based upon $40 per hour; $25 per half hour: “Four-week” months: $160 for four one-hour lessons $100 for four ½ hour lessons “Five-week” months: $200 for five one-hour lessons $125 for five ½ hour lessons Individual lessons (less than the full monthly block, no- contract) are available @ $50 per hour; $30 per ½ hour. Students may not pro-rate monthly tuition payments for any reason other than the instructor’s cancellation(s). Checks which are not written for the full and proper amount cannot be accepted, and instruction will be withheld; full tuition for the monthly timeslot, including payment for any lessons withheld will be expected before instruction can resume. Lessons withheld due to late payment will not be made up or credited. In the event you must miss the first lesson of the month, please send your payment to my home address for delivery before the second lesson of the month. Transition / Set-up time Please realize that a few minutes between lessons are necessary for students to pack / unpack. This transitional time is part of the lesson time. For this reason, I follow University guidelines: a “university hour” is actually 50 minutes; a ½ hour slot is actually 25 minutes. This is generally the (unspoken) rule in any music studio – set up time is, in fact, part of your lesson time. Please try to have your guitar in tune to standard pitch before we begin to keep this transition as short as possible. Cancellations Please check your e-mail just before you leave for your lesson. There may be last minute cancellations! In the event of my cancellation of lessons, the following month’s tuition will be pro-rated in accordance with the above fees. There will be no adjustment of tuition, make-ups, or credits for lessons missed or canceled by the student. Lessons will be cancelled if main roads are closed due to emergency conditions, as announced via local news or state police advisories. I will send notification via e-mail if this occurs. If your road is officially closed due to emergency conditions and have not received my notice of cancellation, please contact me. Lessons will be canceled on the following legal and religious holidays: New Year’s Day Martin Luther King Day Valentine’s Day Easter Week (including Passover, Wednesday – Sunday) Mother’s Day Memorial Day Father’s Day Independence Day Labor Day Halloween Election Day Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Eve Christmas Eve Christmas Day New Year’s Eve Additional holiday cancellations for those of the Jewish faith: Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Hanukkah Tuition will be pro-rated for these holidays. Otherwise, being an independent music studio, our lesson schedule cannot be planned to correlate to each student’s school or work schedule. Lateness Time lost due to a student’s lateness cannot be made up. In paying the monthly tuition, you are renting a specific and unchanging timeslot. In respecting other student’s schedules as well as my own, I cannot inconvenience another student in the event you arrive late, just as I would not inconvenience you if an earlier student did so. Please arrive on time! Family Vacations As indicated above, lessons will not be held during most legal and religious holidays. If extended vacation time is planned beyond these holiday cancellations, your timeslot may be reserved for an extended (but reasonable) period free of tuition (normally not to exceed two additional weeks per year); thereafter, the student would have to risk forfeit of the timeslot to another interested party, or pay for reservation of the slot while on extended leave. Release I, the undersigned student and/or guardian, will not hold the instructor or his family liable for any personal injury incurred on his property. Correspondence Announcements of cancellations, student news, events, and general info from the guitar studio will be transmitted via e-mail. In order to be placed on the guitar studio e- mail list, please send your current e-mail address to: profscottelliott@aol.com. I have read the above policy statement / contract, and agree to these terms. _________________________________________________________ Signature Date For _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ (Students) Address Phone / e-mail |