"Double Careers" to Support Piano Teachers Become Independent
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How do you start your career as a piano teacher? PTNA proposes "double careers", as one of the options. It is not easy for young piano teachers to become mentally, technically, and financially independent right after they graduate from music colleges. Thus, PTNA looks for a few employees (through paper screening, examination, piano performance, interview. a few people /year), which enables them to work at the PTNA headquarter 3 days a week, and 2-3 days as piano teachers. It is expected to help them learn the basics of working as professionals, communicate with experienced piano teachers, and understand what are truly desired for piano teachers and music education. Above all, they have weekly presentation session in order to review their piano lessons and receive feedbacks from their colleagues ("lesson review"). Narumi Uegaki, who graduated from the Graduate school of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, has been working at the PTNA offce for 4 years. While she serves as an operator of STEP advisors' logistics (1,800 advisors for 550 venues / year), she learns the website building techniques, as well as the basic skills and knowledges as a member of society. On the other hand, she teaches 24 students at her studio and a music school. She is grateful to learn how professional teachers teach and think about their students. She also listens to various performances at PTNA Piano Competition and STEP, which inspires her a lot. After 4 years of double careers, she will leave the office and become independent from next year.
Moe Toyota graduated from the Ueno Gakuen University (piano course) and entered in To-on Kikaku, the affiliated company of PTNA, last spring. She works for 3 days, teaches for 2 days, while continues her activities as a pianist. Every week, she gives a "lesson review", in which she reports some challenges, questions, and problems being discovered through lessons, and obtain feedbacks, advices, and ideas from her colleagues (CEO, professional piano teachers, students, etc). As they have different perspectives, those feedbacks really help her reflect herself, and improve her skills and attitude toward teaching. She keeps in mind, whenever she works or teaches, that everyone and everything she encounters nurtures herself. 【GoogleAdsense】