Teacher Training
Short-Term Teacher Training
Allen Lieb (Violin Book 7), Cathy Lee (Violin Book 3), and Barbara Wampner (Cello Book 3) will provide Short-Term Teacher Training with SAA credit available. All teachers must meet the new SAA video requirements and deadlines (see Application for SAA Short-Term Teacher Training, below).
Please see Registration for more information about registering for teacher training at the Institute.
Application for SAA Short-Term Teacher Training
- Prerequisite to Training: Every Child Can!® (ECC!) is required prior to taking Book 1.
- Course Order: Courses must be taken in order through Book 2.
- Membership: SAA active membership is required before beginning a course (except ECC!).
- Auditions: For requirements, please see the SAA Teacher Audition Guide. It includes:
- General Information
- Eligibility Requirements for Short-term and Apprentice Courses
- Video Audition
- Audition Options by Training Level
- Audition Deadlines
- Audition Preparation
- Requirements for Basic, Intermediate, and Comprehensive
- Audition Pending (Provisional Participant Status)
- Retry Options
- Auditor
- Required Course Preparation: All workshop participants are asked to prepare the repertoire to be studied to the point of fluent performance. Memorization is not required, but is recommended. Additionally, participants should be conversant with the ideas presented in Dr. Suzuki's Nurtured by Love.
- All participants will be performing in class. Strings are expected to provide their own instruments. It is recommended that participants bring a tape recorder and a notebook to all sessions. One hundred percent attendance is required for registering in the course.
- Audition Form: The SAA provides an Audition Application Form that you can download.
