Careers at Edmonton Suzuki Piano School
The Edmonton Suzuki Piano School provides musical development to students, parents, and teachers following the Suzuki Method. Through this method, we seek to create a learning community which embraces excellence and nurtures the human spirit.
Whether you are currently a Suzuki piano teacher looking to expand your studio and community or trained in another style and looking to become a Suzuki piano teacher, this is the place to discover how!
About ESPS Teachers
ESPS teachers are professional musicians and music educators who provide lessons in studios throughout Edmonton and surrounding communities. All teachers have a degree in music or have achieved RCM Level 10 and working towards their ARCT. To qualify to teach with Edmonton Suzuki Piano School, interested teachers must also have completed Suzuki Method-specific training, including Suzuki Volume 1, and follow an observation process with other ESPS teachers. ESPS teachers provide weekly individual and monthly group lessons.
Our teachers are the key to success at ESPS. They excel at connecting with our families and embracing our Suzuki community mindset. In addition, ESPS teachers focus on students’ personalities and progress as they develop individualized lesson plans.
About Our Community
ESPS provides administrative support and coordination so teachers can focus on teaching and playing music. ESPS also supports teacher contractors by organizing special events, offering parent education opportunities, and coordinating performance opportunities like recitals and graduations. Teachers attend and assist at special events and should be interested in collaborating with the greater ESPS community. Additionally, we provide professional development opportunities for Suzuki certification and other training opportunities and a built-in network of like-minded teachers who support each other.
Please visit the teacher FAQ section in the sidebar, or contact us today to learn more about becoming a teacher at ESPS.
About Suzuki Piano Lessons
Following the Suzuki approach, the piano is taught like a language, first by ear, learning sounds, matching music to keys, and then reading music. As students learn and grow, performances celebrate progress versus examinations to test skills. Suzuki piano lessons draw out each student's unique style and strengths, recognizing that every child's best can look different.Our Suzuki "triangle" supports each learner; the teacher, parent, and student work together to create a supportive and effective learning environment. Parents are essential to the process and receive coaching to support their children at practice time. The parent's involvement creates a support structure for the learner at home. In turn, the parent enjoys quality time with their child, strengthening the parental bond and providing a front-row seat to their progression.
The Suzuki approach develops essential life skills for the student that will carry them far into the world: confidence, goal-setting, problem-solving, tenacity, perseverance and poise.
Teacher FAQ’s
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For more information about becoming a Suzuki teacher, visit here
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Our teachers either teach in their home studios or can utilize ESPS rental space at Suzuki Charter School. If you are interested in learning more about our rental space, please get in touch with us at office@edmontonsuzukipiano.ca
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ESPS teachers are contractors and instrumental in setting our community's general operational guidelines. Each contractor follows these policies to have consistency within the community, and each teacher can choose how involved they want to be in the active discussion. Teachers and ESPS administration generally meet monthly for planning and oversight as needed.
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Each teacher with ESPS manages their student roster size and lesson schedule. So, ESPS teachers, while expected to take their role as piano teachers seriously, can create a studio framework that best complements their lifestyle or schedule constraints.
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By joining the ESPS community, you get an immediate network of like-minded peers to support your journey. You get access to marketing resources to help support and grow your studio. You receive administrative support for running the studio so you can focus more time directly on teaching. ESPS also offers ongoing training opportunities for its teachers as a direct investment into our team.
Join Our Team!
Whether you are currently a Suzuki piano teacher looking to expand your studio and community or trained in another style and looking to become a Suzuki piano teacher, we would welcome the chance to connect with you. Please email us at office@edmontonsuzukipiano.ca or fill out the online form.