Building Your Instructor Booking Page

Your instructor booking page is the space that allows students to search and match with you as a teacher.

The Basics

Be you. Teaching and mentorship relationships are based on personal connections. Keep in mind that people often relate to personalities, not resumes.

Own what you know (and what you don't). Highlight your expertise to put your best foot forward. This can help you find students with shared interests and may help avoid students with whom you might not be a great match (and that's OK).

Keep it concise. Brevity is king in the online world. Keep it short and sweet to ensure that students read everything.

If you want to edit your teacher profile, hover over the gear in the top right corner and click on My Settings, then click Instructor Profile.

To leave the editor at any point, click on the green View button at the top of the page.

Your Profile: What the Student Sees​

1. About
Discussion of you, including your training and areas of expertise, and other relevant details (recording, performing, other musical endeavors, etc.).

2. Rate
You'll set your own rates. And you also can offer a free 15-minute trial lesson here (which we recommend, because trials often result in subsequent paid lessons). If you want, you can disable listing your price so that it is not displayed until student checkout.

3. Picture or video
Your instructor profile picture/video will be displayed here. You have the option to post a YouTube link instead of uploading an image. If you do not have a video, your photo will appear instead.

4. Teaching Style, Lesson Materials, & More
What students can expect from you as a teacher.

5. Message System
Students can send you a message directly on your booking page.

6. Availability
This is the calendar of dates that students use to sign up for lessons. You'll want to ensure this information is kept up to date.

Editing Your Booking Page

If you've already populated your booking page, feel free to jump ahead to "pro tips."
If you'd like a step-by-step guide to getting your profile set up, continue reading below.
On the right side of this guide, you'll see some photos of what students will see when visiting a booking page; click on these photos to be able to see an exemplar booking page for Wolfgang Mozart.

Account

The email address you list here will be the one we use to send you Lessonface notifications, so make sure you use an address that you regularly monitor. You can update your email address and password at any time.

Set your local time zone, and Lessonface automatically converts your listed available times to your viewer's local time zone.

Your Account Avatar/Photo

You'll be asked to post an image/video as part of your Instructor Profile. Be sure also to upload an image under Account for use as an avatar with messages exchanged through Lessonface.

​Now that the basics are out of the way, let's click save and move onto the Instructor Profile tab.

1. Availability

Lessonface will publish your availability for students to be able to sign up for available times; students will see a populated calendar at the bottom of your profile page.

Step 1 - select the date range

This tells the calendar interface when your availability is valid. If you want this box to reflect your current availability, make sure that the "to date" is set for the future (don't forget to check the year).

Step 2 - select the days and time

Input a time range (in 24-hour time mode) for when you are available.

Step 3 - select the days of the week

These are the days that you are available for the times you selected above.

Step 4 - save

Once you've added a time range, go ahead and save at the bottom of the page so you don't lose your information.

But what if I want to have different times available on different days of the week?
No problem!  Click the "add another item" button.  This will create a second Availability box.  Enter the next time range when you are available. This will be cumulative; that is, each new set of times will be in addition to your previously added blocks of availability, but won't replace them.

I want to set up some blocks of time in my general availability when I can't teach.
You can add availability exceptions which will make certain blocks of time unavailable on your profile.  You'll enter exceptions the same way that you added blocks of availability.
If you need to input multiple exceptions, you can click on the "add another item" button.

2. General Info

a. Skill Level

Help prospective students find you by advertising the skill levels that you teach. This is a place to be honest; for example if you don't want to work with beginners or aren't equipped to teach pros, it's OK say so.

b. In-person & Address

Don't worry about this at the moment; we're rolling this feature out later in 2015. You can leave the address fields blank.

Make sure to save and move on!

3. Personal Info

a. Photo

Your photo is going to help give a great impression of you. This will show up in the list of teachers so go for something with some serious curb appeal.
How to polish up that photo of yours:
  • A landscape (horizontal) photo will work best; if possible, you'll want to crop it to a 3x2 width-to-length ratio.
  • Avoid group photos; if you are using a group photo make sure that it's pretty clear who's you.
  • Have your face be close to the center of the photo with some buffer space around it that might be cropped out.
  • If possible, a professional headshot or performance photo is best. Remember that you're here to teach and only put a rocking-style photo if you are a rocker-teacher.
  • Include your instrument in your photo.
  • Avoid grainy or blurry photos, such as those taken with a phone.

b. Video

Your video is a great tool for building a connection with students. Please don't include any co-branding or alteration/imitation of the Lessonface logo.
Some tips for choosing a great video:
  • Choose a video that demonstrates your teaching ability, not necessarily your performance.
  • If you can, make a 2-3 minute video showing off your teaching skill.
  • Please don't include any co-branding or alteration of the Lessonface logo. If you want to use the logo in a video reach out to [email protected] for help.
  • Some teachers are master performers in a particular repertoire or technique; if this is the case, performing this skill can be a great idea.
  • Like photos, avoid those that are blurry, grainy, or low-resolution.

 

c. Bio

The first few sentences of your bio are visible across the entire site and are one of the best attractors for students; make sure to make it something that entices potential students to read more. This should be a one or two paragraph summary of you. Remember to let your personality shine through and to keep it brief.
Some things to focus on:
  • The first few lines are the most important since they will display in the teacher listings and be a huge drawing point for students. Make sure that you start with something descriptive and memorable.
  • What is your education and performance background?
  • What are some of the highlights of your career? Don't make this a list - our students can feel intimidated by teachers with a list of accolades - so focus on a 2-3 of your biggest accomplishments.
  • Who or what are some of your inspirations artistically?
  • Remember - be you and let your personality come through here.

d. Teaching Style

This is where you will share with your students what they can expect to get from you as a teacher. This is your chance to get students to say "I just can't say no to this teacher!" by expressing what you can teach best. Be as specific as possible.
Some things to include:
  • The specific sort of techniques or repertoire for which you have expertise.
  • What are the very specific things that you can do best? Is there a repertoire or technique that you are great at? Highlight it.
  • Is there a set curriculum?
  • Give some specifics about your actual approach to instruction and students. Are you super rigorous or better for the casual student (or both)?

e. Lesson Categories

What are you an expert at teaching? Choose no more than 4 instruments, styles, or repertoire in which you can instruct students.

4. Lesson Materials

a. Describe your lesson materials

Here you can direct students to any materials that they will need for your lessons.

b. Make a statement

These allow you to make up to two extra subsections of your lesson materials. For example, you can add supplementary materials for different types of instruments or repertoire.

c. Upload your materials

Click the grey BROWSE button, locate the file on your computer, and click the green UPLOAD button
Once an item has been uploaded, you can add a description or remove it.

5. More

This section allows you to add extra information, such information about your studio or preferred gear. We recommend that you take some shots of your studio; this will help reinforce your professionalism and ensure students that they are in great hands.

6. Individual Lesson Rates

Step 1 - select the length of lessons you'll offer

Click on the boxes for each of the lesson lengths that you will teach. The most common classes taught are 30 and 60 minutes in length. If you aren't available for a particular lesson duration, be sure to uncheck the corresponding box.
Prospective students also really dig a free 15-minute trial lesson; this can also be a great way to start building a relationship.

Step 2 - determine the rate of each lesson type

Input the price of each lesson type in USD.
If you want to offer a 15-minute trial, enter "0.00" in the 15-minute box.

Step 3 - display rates option

Some teachers like openly advertising their rates; some don't. Whatever your preference, the choice is yours. By checking this box, your price will not be visible on your profile page until a student selects an available time for a lesson.

Step 4 - bundling

Select if you want to allow students to purchase bundles of lessons.  If you select the 10 lesson bundle, students will automatically get a 10% discount when they purchase 10-lessons with you at one time.

Personal & Financial Info

There are two items you can change here:

1. Your type of account

You'll want to keep this set to student unless you will have other users for whom you will be managing their schedule.

2. Full Name

You can update your displayed name here if you prefer to have a different or stage name. You can change this at any time.

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