The Victoria Clark Show for Music Teachers
The Victoria Clark Show is the podcast for music teachers who are tired of chasing payments, saying yes when they mean no, and feeling like their teaching life is running them rather than the other way around. Hosted by Victoria Clark, a piano teacher with almost two decades of experience and a full studio with a waiting list, each episode digs into the real challenges of the teaching life and how to make things work better for you.
Episodes
10 episodes
You Are A Professional Music Teacher
Do you feel like a "proper" professional, or does part of you still feel like you're just teaching piano on the side?In this episode, I share the story of the night I agreed to something I never wanted to do, and what it taught me about ...
Do You Even Need A Website? Here's What It's Costing You
Do you even need a website, or is word of mouth enough? In this episode I answer that honestly, for teachers with no website, an outdated one, or one that has never quite earned its place. I talk about what most music teacher websites get wrong...
I Don't Work Late and I Don't Work Weekends: Here's How
If you feel like your teaching week runs you more than you run it, this episode is a realistic look at what really changes things. Not a productivity system or a colour-coded calendar, but an honest conversation about what time management means...
How I Built A 50-Person Waiting List
A 50-person waiting list doesn't happen by accident. But it also isn't the result of having the most qualifications in the area, or spending money on advertising, or doing anything particularly complicated.In this episode, I walk t...
Stop Chasing Payments: My Monthly Billing System
If you've ever reached July wondering how you're going to get through the summer before the next term's invoices come in, this episode is for you.I'm walking you through how monthly billing actually works, why I made the switch, and what...
How to Raise Your Fees and Secure Your Studio For September Without The Guilt
If the idea of raising your fees makes you feel slightly sick, you're not alone. Most teachers I speak to have either avoided it for years, or they've done it once and vowed never to go through that stress again.But here's what I've disc...
You're Self-Employed. So Why Does It Feel Like You Have No Choice?
If you work for yourself, you're supposed to be in charge of your own time. So why does it feel like your teaching week is something that happens to you, rather than something you've actually chosen? In this epi...
Why The Cost of Living Crisis Isn't Yours To Fix
Something happened on social media recently that I haven't been able to stop thinking about.I posted about why music teachers undercharge, and the comments that came back stopped me in my tracks: teachers who hadn't raised their rates in...
I Used to Refund Every Missed Lesson. Here's Why I Stopped.
You know you shouldn't refund it. You've told yourself that. And then the text comes in, and you feel the familiar pull, the guilt, the worry about how they'll react, and somehow you end up saying yes again.This episode isn't about what ...
I Had a Cancellation Policy. I Just Never Used It.
You probably already know you need a cancellation policy. Most teachers do. The problem isn't the knowing; it's the doing: the awkward reply, the stomach-drop when the text comes in, the path of least resistance that ends with you letting it go...