Makeup & Missed Lessons
Definitions
A makeup lesson is a lesson given to the student outside of their regularly assigned lesson time. Additional time before or after a student’s regularly assigned lesson time is also considered a makeup lesson. Makeup lessons are reserved for when the teacher isn’t available at the regularly assigned lesson time or the studio is closed due to weather related school closings.
A missed lesson is a lesson that the student misses. Missed lessons should not be a regular occurrence. Student illness, deaths in the family, etc., qualify as missed lessons. Sometimes there are scheduling conflicts with lesson time. Makeup lessons are not offered for missed lessons. Please email me before your lesson time when missing a lesson.
Students are paying to reserve a regular weekly lesson time. This means the teacher has already arranged their schedule to be available for the student. Please provide as much notice as possible when missing lessons for non-emergency situations.
Studio Calendar
Lessons are taught the entire year.
Please be aware that I don’t follow area school calendars for breaks or vacation.
Specific dates the teacher isn’t available for lessons are included on the monthly invoice. Makeup lessons are scheduled for students when the teacher is unavailable at the regularly assigned lesson time and the holiday isn’t included on the list below. All makeup lessons will be scheduled by email.
The studio is closed the week of the following holidays:
New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day
Palm Sunday
Memorial Day
Fourth of July
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
Student Policy
Students are paying to reserve a regular weekly lesson time. It is strongly recommended that students review schedules for activities that could conflict with their lesson time. Notice for a missed lesson should be emailed.
An email will be sent when a lesson is missed without prior notification. Genuine emergencies that cause a student to miss a lesson without notification are rare and will be forgiven. Persistent missed lessons without notification may result in the teacher requesting to discontinue lessons.
Students on the yearly tuition plan have five (5) missed lessons to allow flexibility for illness, vacation and other conflicts with lesson time. This allows for a maximum of 40 weekly lessons out of 52 weeks.
Some students need more than five (5) missed lessons. Additional missed lessons are provided with the understanding that the student is still responsible for paying for all lessons included on the yearly tuition plan. There is not time to schedule makeup lessons for students who exceed the five (5) missed lessons included on the yearly tuition plan. Continued payment holds the student’s regularly assigned lesson time. Stopping payment will result in losing the student’s regularly assigned lesson time.
Makeup lessons are not offered for missed lessons. The only exception is when the studio is closed due to weather related school closings. A makeup lesson will be scheduled once the student has missed five (5) lessons. After the makeup lesson time is completed, the student will have one missed lesson removed from their total. This will be shown on the next invoice.
Requests to temporarily reschedule a lesson time are treated as requests for makeup lessons. These are dependent on the teacher’s schedule and not guaranteed. Email should be used for all requests to temporarily reschedule a lesson time. Alternative lesson times should be clearly stated along with the date(s) the lesson time change will be needed. Please make this request a minimum of two weeks in advance. Requests to temporarily reschedule a lesson time should be rare. Temporarily rescheduled lessons that the student fails to attend are counted as missed lessons and are not eligible for makeup lessons.
All permanent lesson time change requests should be emailed. Alternative lesson times should be clearly stated along with the first date for the permanent lesson time change. Please provide as much notice as possible.
Illness
Students (and anyone accompanying them) should not attend lessons if they are symptomatic and/or ill.
Please consider staying home if others in your home are ill. This is especially important if someone in your home is contagious.
Students should remain home until they are well enough to attend their lesson without a face mask.
Weather
Weather that causes school closings will result in the studio being closed for the day. This will count as a missed lesson.
Inclement weather that causes an early dismissal or a remote learning day is considered a school closing.
Students who have one (1) or more missed lessons due to a weather related school closing qualify for a makeup lesson at a later date. The teacher will schedule a makeup lesson once the student has missed five (5) lessons. After the makeup lesson time is completed, the student will have one missed lesson removed from their total. This will be shown on the next invoice.
Teacher Policy
Makeup lessons are scheduled for students when the teacher is unavailable at the regularly assigned lesson time. All makeup lessons will be scheduled by email. Students will be emailed, with as much notice as possible, if I become ill or have a family emergency that prevents me from teaching.
I do not teach if symptomatic and/or ill. Lessons will not resume until I am well enough to teach without a mask. Email notification will be provided.