4.. If you are using more than three sick days, please provide a doctor’s note within 48 hours of your return. Medical details need not be noted, just the estimated time needed for recovery.

5. To collect paid sick leave:

Admin staff: Submit the Confirmation of Use Form below and specify the number of hours missed due to qualified safe/sick reasons.

Teachers: Submit the Confirmation of Use Form below and specify the number of scheduled lesson hours that were missed and not made up by you, during the qualified safe/sick time off.

5. Once the Confirmation of Use Form is received and reviewed, you will receive a confirmation email and the paid sick/safe leave in your next paycheck.

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Permanent Schedule Change Request

Major Changes
Changes of 2 more hours, or change of day.

Minor Changes
Change of less than two hours, but day remains the same.

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FAQ

How much notice do I need to give before a time off request?
Please give us at least 30 days notice.
When will I hear back on a time off request?
In 3-14 days.
What if I am sick?
Please contact your direct supervisor, the Owner, and Reception in a group text right away so that we can handle your students. Let us know:
-how long you think you'll be out
- if you plan to reschedule or cancel the students for the missed days
Can I temporarily swap my teaching time in a given week?
Yes. To request a time swap, submit a Schedule Change Request. Once it is approved, your supervisor will update the applicable days in Acuity and notify Reception to start rescheduling students as necessary.
If I create my own blocked in my personal calendar that is 2-Way synced (such as google calendar or iCal), does it trigger an automatic request for time off?
Unfortunately not. Please send in and get approved a request for time off before your availability is blocked off to students.
Should I adjust my own availability in Acuity to represent my time off?
No. Once your time off is approved, your supervisor will update the applicable days in your Acuity availability and notify Reception to start rescheduling students as necessary.
What amount of time off would be considered excessive?
2-3 days off each month would be considered excessive.
What about vacation?
We are still formalizing the vacation policy. For now please keep it to a respectable amount. The policy in the Teacher Orientation & Policies remains valid:
“Keep a consistent schedule” and “Limit the amount you reschedule”. The goal is disrupting a student’s regular schedule as little as possible.
What do you consider a “consistent schedule”?
We want the student’s experience to be as frictionless as possible, so that they experience the greatest gains possible, and stick around as long as possible.
The more changes that are introduced into the student’s schedule, the more friction is entered.
I hold you to the same standard I hold myself. I would consider that changing a student’s regular time more than once a quarter to be too much. Obviously, things do come up from time to time, but I think changing a student once a month to be unaccceptably excessive. In this case, the only thing that is consistent, is inconsistency!

PERKS

Practice Rooms

If a room is unused, you are welcome to use it (almost) any way you like, free of charge.

You can practice, get admin work done, eat lunch, any multitude of uses.

If you are teaching a lesson to a non-studio student (i.e. a not through the studio), you will need to rent a room at the advertised rates.

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Classes

All staff can take any group class free of charge. This is a particular benefit to admin staff who want to take a class, but we also bring in experts from time to time as guest teachers, and you can sign up for these classes for free.

Just enter the code STAFFPERKS.

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Sheet Music

Song Library
Plenty of quartets in here worthy to be used at wedding gigs.

MuseScore.com
(The paid subscription enables you to download musescore, xml or PDF files)
[email protected]
Text me for the current password

SheetMusicDirect.com
(You can use my past purchases and if my account is active, use ScorePlay, where you can view many items in detail.)
[email protected]
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SheetMusicPlus.com (you can use my purchases, and put credits into our account with your purchases)
[email protected]
Text me for the current password

Ultimate-Guitar.com
Huge resource for modern stuff like rock and presumably jazz. Scores not available but parts available. Key can be modulated.
[email protected]
Text me for the current password

My OneDrive
My personal collection of sheet music: SHEET MUSIC
There are hundreds of things in there, and feel free to add to it. We might as well help each other out!
Text me for the current link

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

Below is the organizational chart we use to determine chain of command and communication.

If a post is unassigned, it is automatically held from above by the person whose name is on top of the department, division or group of divisions.

View on Mobile here.

STAFF MANUALS

Teachers

Teacher Orientation & Policies

Manual

Receptionists

Receptionist Manual

Manual

Director of Music Education

Dir Music Ed Manual

Manual

Director of Group Instruction

Dir Group Instruction Manual

Manual

Director of Private Instruction

Dir Private Instruction Manual

Manual

STAFF RESOURCES

Staff Bulletin Board

LINKS TO FORMS

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Time Off Request Form

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Paid Sick Leave

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Permanent Schedule Change Request

FAQ

PERKS

Practice Rooms

Classes

Sheet Music

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

STAFF MANUALS

Teachers

Receptionists

Director of Music Education

Director of Group Instruction

Director of Private Instruction

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