Start your new year off on the right foot by registering for Parents as Partners Online!

The 2012 event begins Monday, January 30 and runs through the end of June.

Registration closes Sunday, April 8.

A few highlights from PPO 2011:

PPO 2012 features more than 30 new inspirational talks, plus selected presentations from PPO 2011. Aimed to provide a dose of parent education on Suzuki-related topics, all sessions can be viewed online at your convenience, 24-7.

We’ll post a few new talks once a week in February and March and let you know by email. Once posted, everything can be viewed until the end on June 30.

For Parents

Are you a parent in need of rejuvenation? Want to hear from others on how to make practice more effective? Need some input on how to make review fun? Or wondering how to balance a busy schedule? If so, then Parents as Partners Online is for you!

For Teachers

As a teacher, this event can serve many purposes. Perhaps you are in need of some Suzuki inspiration. Or wondering how best to help your parents balance their busy schedules. Or in need of advice on how to help parents practice, incorporate review or understand the value of group classes. These topics, plus many, many more will be addressed in the 2012 Parents as Partners Online event. We encourage teachers to watch and learn, and even more importantly, to discuss these relevant topics with studio parents.

Here’s a glimpse into the new and informative topics for both parents and teachers:

  • Sue Baer: A Star for Victor

  • Lauren Baker: Sharing the Vision of Excellence

  • Beatrice Blanc: Practice Buddies

  • Reagan Brasch: Let’s Hear from the Students! An interview with ten-year-olds

  • Jennifer Burton: The Importance of Group Classes

  • Beth Cantrell: Nurturing the Individual: Rivers, Trails and Time

  • Susan Crawford & Tal Schifter: Graduation: What It Really Means

  • Donna Davis & Debby Bandy, with Irene Mitchell: Why Are Summer Institutes Worthwhile?

  • Teri Einfeldt & Anne Lambright: Our Ambitions, Our Children—A Reality Check!

  • Sasha Garver: Preparing for Recitals and Performances

  • Danny Gee: Working with Adolescents and Teenagers

PPO Monitor

  • Carrie Reuning-Hummel: Help! I’m So Different From (and Similar To) My Child

  • James Hutchins: Guarantees for More Progress During Practice—The Sequel

  • Karen Kimmett: Around the World in 8 Minutes: Where Suzuki Can Take You!

  • Ellie LeRoux: A Realistic Look at Balancing Activities

  • Joanne Martin: Why Delayed Reading is Important

  • Lynn McCall: The Suzuki Early Childhood Experience

  • Irene Mitchell: Motivated to Practice

  • Sarah Montzka: Dynamic Practice: Creative Movement Games for Channeling Energy, Regaining Focus and Productive Practice

  • Donna Ngai, Jessica Meyer and Calida Jones: Parent Power!

  • Fernando Pinero: The Power of Music

  • Koen Renz: Competition: Striving Together or Against?

  • Robert Richardson: Ideas for Creative Review

  • Laurie Scott: Children on the Autism Spectrum: Collaborating Towards Success

  • Lucy Shaw: Are We Having Fun Yet? Part 2

  • Kimberly Meier-Sims: Suzuki Perspectives

  • Ann Montzka Smelser: Trusting Your Teacher

  • Kathleen Spring: How You Can Be Helpful and Supportive of Your Teacher

  • Ed Sprunger: Power

  • Rafael Vidiera: The Rewards from the Special Ones

And don’t forget, selected talks from the 2011 PPO!

Once you’ve registered, you and all your parents will receive a welcome email with the first week’s videos and other information.

Pricing

Studio

Teacher (you!) plus your studio parents. You will need the name and email of each parent to enroll them. Parents do not need to be SAA members.

$45 for teacher plus 1 to 5 parents
$8 for each additional parent

Individual

$25 for SAA members
$45 for non-members