“I have developed a unique and achievement- based approach to pedagogy. ”
- Polina
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While working with international and multiculturally diverse pupils of the age between 3 to 18 due to my expanded knowledge of cultures and foreign languages, I developed a unique and achievement- based approach to pedagogy. The latter embraces the belief of a success as a continuous and consistent process to acquire a specific subject with an understanding of the importance of each element of the subject and its implementation. I teach children from the beginning at any stage of the student’s level, the independence of learning and teaching themselves as Music and Arts require a tremendous amount of self-discipline. However, it is a domain that requires solid guidance in order to establish a non-reversible foundation. Like Mr. Mandela’s quote starts: “Education is the most powerful weapon ...” By teaching children the purpose of learning, developing confidence and making constant progress with no trust in failure I indulge in understanding the meaning of the quote stated above. Not to forget to mention, my pedagogical philosophy consists in avoiding to explain excessively but rather teach through practical facets. I would like to extend my deepest gratitude in advance for considering my application in hope to be able to elaborate on my pedagogical approach in the very near future.
Name: Polina (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: female
Schulich School of Music McGill University - Bachelor Degree
English
French
Russian
Rates and Studio Policies
Registration Fee: $25.00 (One-time lifetime registration fee may be used by all family members)
Rates for instruction:
30 minute private lesson: $39.00
45 minute private lesson: $49.00
60 minute private lesson: $59.00
Travel charge: additional $15.00 per visit (for lessons in a client's home as opposed to my studio)
1. Cancellation Policy
Lessons not cancelled or rescheduled with at least 24 hours notice are billable to the client and payable to the teacher. This does not of course apply to travel fees unless the notice is effectively given at the door and the teacher has travelled to the location.
2. Cessation (quitting) Policy
A client must provide a 2 lesson notice period to stop lessons. So a weekly student needs to give 2 weeks of notice, a biweekly student works out to 3 weeks notice and a twice weekly student works out to a week of notice.
3. Illness Policy
Lessons cancelled due to illness or extraordinary circumstances with less than 24 hours notice remain billable to the client and payable to the teacher.
BAH teachers are encouraged to offer a make-up lesson at a future date in the interest of client relations and general goodwill. This only makes sense as teaching a student with the flu for example, will ruin the rest of your week's employment.
No more than 2 lessons may be made up due to illness within a 60 day period.
4. Rescheduling Policy
Any lesson can be cancelled or rescheduled with at least 24 hours notice.
Summer Vacation and Extended Absence Policy
Clients may schedule longer absences for trips etc. 24 hours notice is required.
It is normal and typical for students and about 20% of our teachers to schedule a break in the summer. We do not enforce a notice period (see cessation of lessons) at the end of a long summer break.
5. Evaluation Period
There are no free trial lessons with Beethoven at Home but we do offer a 2 lesson evaluation period where it is easy to try out a teacher. There are no free lessons during the evaluation period and clients may choose to discontinue the lessons at any time by providing the required 24 hours notice. After the student's 3rd lesson the required 2 lesson notice period will apply (see cessation of lessons above).
Lessons in your home
Polina is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Polina can provide online instruction. While other platforms are possible BAH strongly recommends the use of the Zoom video conferencing platform as it is optimized for music lessons and audio quality.
Polina's Studio Location
Polina offers lessons from her studio. Please note that map locations are based on the postal code of the teachers studio. address will be released to you if needed.