Expectations
Improvement is the most basic and most important expectation a teacher, student, or parent should have of private lessons. Improvement comes at different rates for different students at different times. Children will go through periods of rapid advancement and slowed progress multiple times over the course of their study. To improve simply means that positive changes are being made in reasonable increments of time. With that said, the list below is meant to offer more specific guidance about what it takes for successful study.
Parents of young children (11 or below) are expected to:1.) Attend every lesson, ovbserving carefully in order to guide practice at home. Taking notes is strongly encouraged. (Only one parent is required to attend lessons.) |
Parents of older children (12 and above) are expected to:1.) Gradually increase student's responsibility for assignments as guided by the instructor. |
Young students are expected to:1.) Practice regularly. |
Older students are expected to:1.) Practice regularly, working to improve efficiency and self-analysis. Students are expected to engage in some measure of independent problem solving instead of relying heavily on parental guidance. |