Good Evening!
This post is a little long, so I apologize for that. But please bear with me so we can all be on the same page. There's important information in there, though, so please read carefully! =)
I hope that as we are preparing to go back to school, or have gone back to school at this point for some of you, that everyone is doing well. These are certainly unprecedented times, and I know we have all had challenges adapting to the changes over the last 5 months. Like I have always said, it's important to be flexible. If you told me a year ago that I would have to be teaching all of my lessons as well as several masterclasses each week remotely, I probably would have laughed. I had never even considered that before this spring.
So I am very thankful for your flexibility now that we (yes, my husband, Paul, is still helping with the billing) are finally billing for August lessons. We have delayed billing as my schedule each week fluctuated a lot, and we wanted to make sure we were billing as accurately as possible. We will try to bill in advance like we always have as much as possible going forward. So, as soon as I have a schedule for your child that I feel fairly confident that won't change, I will notate that and then Paul will generate the invoice for September the next time he works on them. And, for those who have them scheduled, lessons for 8/31 are included on this invoice. If we miss that day for some reason, you will get credit on the September invoice.
And, as I am already starting to add new students for the coming school year, and for now lessons are still online-only, I would like for you to review my previous post about payment info. I have updated it with all of the latest information. If you need to know where to send PayPal, Venmo, Bill Pay, or personal checks, just send me a text or email, and I'll share that with you individually.
I have already started teaching remote lessons during school for a few campuses. The platform and procedures for some of these are different than what we have been using to date, and it varies by the district and campus. As I work through these changes, I will let everyone know what the procedure will be for your child at their school. If you are still taking remote lessons from home, however, we will continue to use what has worked in the past. And for those lessons, and for those who are new, please remember a couple of important items to make lessons work best for everyone:
- Please wait for me to initiate the lesson on Facetime, Zoom, or whatever platform we are using.
- I only schedule a minimum amount of time between lessons, so I am probably teaching someone else right before your lesson. Sometimes lessons run a little late. I admit it!
- If you text me or try to initiate the lesson, you're probably interrupting someone else's lesson.
- If I have difficulty connecting with you, I will call or text or email you to see what the issue is.
