Set expectations and ensure proper use of the equipment and facilities.
Your Music Studio likely has a bunch of state of the art equipment – it should be viewed as a privilege for your teens to have access to this specialty program. Setting appropriate expectations for behavior is a good way to reinforce a sense of ownership among the teens.
We recommend establishing a set of House Rules, ideally with the input and buy-in from some of your participants. The rules set expectations for general behavior and for how to handle musical equipment.
A set of House Rules is intended to like a “contract”, where the participant agrees to a certain set of standards in order to have the privilege of accessing all the benefits of the program. Use the example below to develop House Rules that make sense for your program.
Read More How to… While each music program is encouraged to establish their own set of “house rules” (based on your organization’s mission and core values) we have provided the following example:
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