Tuition
Your child will receive 3-5 lessons per month. The exact number will vary depending on school holidays and the number of weeks in each month. We allow for these variables by planning and offering every Childbloom student at least 42 lessons per year. A group rate of $88 per month works out to be either $17.50, $22, or $29 per half-hour, depending on the weeks in that month. Although students are technically enrolled “a month at a time,” monthly tuition payments are based on this scheduling and the format of the lessons (group, private, sibling, etc.).
Please make tuition checks payable directly to Aidan Elwell, not “Childbloom."
Tuition is due at the LAST LESSON of the month for the upcoming month, or by the 5th.
MISSED LESSONS
I will always do my best to reschedule missed lessons. Please feel free to discuss scheduling makeup lessons with over the phone or by email.
All students must pay the full monthly tuition regardless of any lessons missed.
If I have to miss a lesson and cannot reschedule, you will be credited that amount in the tuition payment due for the following month.
Exceptions: The only exceptions to these rules are family emergencies and illness of the student. If your child was sick enough to remain home from school, please do not come to the lesson that day and risk exposing others to illness.
DROPPING LESSONS
Your instructor must have notice of intent to drop by the 15th of a month prior to the month withdrawing from the program. If notice is not received, you will be responsible for the following months tuition . Any family withdrawing otherwise must pay the full monthly tuition to the end of the month in which they withdraw. Please note that if you must drop for a period of time, your instructor cannot reserve your lesson time. Also, if you miss a month of lessons, do not pay, and did not call two weeks prior to the month missed, this action will be considered an “illegitimate drop.” You will need to re-contact your instructor to reschedule weekly lessons as your prior lesson slot will be forfeited, and you will be required to repay the enrollment fee of $30 before resuming lessons.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS
Students are expected to behave appropriately in lessons. This means they are to follow the instructor’s directions to the best of their abilities. If a problem occurs in the lesson (not related to behavior), the instructor will attempt to handle the issue first. However, parents are expected to assist, when asked, with issues directly relating to their own child’s behavior or in helping the student to understand an in-class issue or concept. If behavioral problems persist, the student will be excused from the lesson, and ultimately the program. If conceptual, technical or other class/curricular problems persist, we may need to move the student from the group, or recommend other courses of action until we are able to better able to serve the student.
Students are expected to practice the guitar at home between lessons as outlined by their instructor. “Practice” means something entirely different for a six-year old child in Level One and a 14 year-old intermediate student. Talk with your instructor about age/level appropriate practice activities and strategies for your child.