Grosse Pointe Music Academy

Music Lessons and Instruction for All Ages

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Careers

We are looking for teachers for Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums, Voice, Violin, Viola, Cello, Mandolin, Banjo, Flute, Trumpet, Clarinet, Saxophone, and everything else.

Thank you for your interest in teaching positions with our school. This page will give you an idea of our philosophy of teaching and our ideas on how our school can best meet the needs of our students and teachers.

Why teach with us?

Here is why music teachers choose to teach at our school over all other choices:

The Grosse Pointe Music Academy is a privately owned school that was founded in May of 2005 with it’s first location in Grosse Pointe Park. The first location was moved to Grosse Pointe Woods in 2012 and we have since expanded to Canton Township, Clinton Township, and Brighton.

We are one of Metro Detroit’s largest music teaching schools with over 600 students attending weekly classes. We cater to all ages and skill levels. Our mission is to help people enjoy the process of learning music and playing music for a lifetime!

We realize that most of our students will not become professional musicians. We strive to provide a fun but educational environment with well organized administration and first rate equipment and facilities.

As a music teacher you can either teach privately in your house or in students homes, or you can teach in a music store or school – both have upsides and downsides. If you teach in your home or students homes, the upside is you can keep all of the money you charge to the student. Since you have no expenses like rent, a receptionist or advertising you do not have to pay out a percentage to overhead costs. There are also downsides of teaching in your home or your student’s homes. It can be hard to keep your schedule  constantly full with new students. Getting a full schedule can be difficult and expensive if you have to run classified ads or small newspaper ads. Even if you are a good, well-liked teacher, it can take a long time for referrals and word of mouth to fill your schedule. If you are driving to student’s houses you also have to factor in the driving time between students which limits the amount of teaching you can actually do.

The other downside of teaching on your own can be the difficulty in enforcing your attendance and payment policies. No one likes being a collection agent. It can be difficult to concentrate on your teaching while trying to keep track of who owes money and to make sure you are paid.

Now let’s look at teaching at a music school. The downside is you don’t get paid as much per student. Teaching rates that in-home teachers and music schools charge are usually pretty similar. So the pay per student to the teacher is lower because of rent, advertising, receptionist and other expenses. The upside can be having a consistently full schedule of students each day. Being paid less per student but having 10 or 11 students in a day will mean you will earn more overall.

Another upside to teaching at our music school is that you do not have any collections hassles. You only have to focus on teaching . Also our music school provides a professional educational environment that is stimulating to the students. It is also free from distractions found in a home such as ringing phones or doorbells, TV and noisy family members.

Over the course of a year, students can move or quit. This can leave a teacher with gaps or holes in their schedule. Most students register and start their lessons in September. Most music schools only advertise in August and September for new students. At our school we spend a lot of money on advertising and marketing year round to keep our teacher’s schedules as full as possible. We advertise in various print, google, social media, community publications and other media to constantly attract new students. We are continually registering new students for our private music lessons even during typical slower registration months.

We have full time front desk administrators to handle all of the daily business tasks. From scheduling to collecting fees, these details are handled by our administrators not the teacher. This means the teacher is free to focus on teaching and not get bogged down by administration.

Teachers are paid for all lessons on their schedule for any appointment that was not cancelled at least 24 hours in advance. The only exception to this policy is if a student has a Covid-19 related protocol and must stay home. In this case we will offer virtual lessons if the student is well enough to do the class online.

If you are interested in applying for a teaching position after reading this sheet or reviewing our website please fill out the form below. Only suitable applicants will be contacted for an interview.

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