PODIUM & PURPOSE
Business Skills for Music Educators
Practical business skills for music educators who want to build, lead, and celebrate sustainable, thriving programs while maintaining a healthier work-life balance.
ABOUT PODIUM & PURPOSE
Music educators spend 30-50% of their time on business skills and administrative tasks - but typically received only 3-6 credit hours of training on these skills. Podium & Purpose provides the extended professional development that picks up where degree programs leave off.Through the CEO Band Director podcast, free resources, and practical tools, Podium & Purpose prepares music educators to run their programs like the small businesses they actually are.Because good business practices don't take you away from music education - they make excellent music education possible. And excellent music programs, and the exceptional music educators who lead them, are some of the most precious resources we need as a nation right now.
LATEST EPI: CEO Band Director Podcast
Bi-weekly episodes covering budgets, recruiting, booster management, stystems, and the business side of running a music program. New episodes every other Tuesday.
GET FREE RESOURCES
Download practical tools, templates, and guides. Join other music educators building outstanding and sustainable programs.
LIST OF CURRENT RESOURCES
CEO Band Director Podcast - Bi-weekly episodes on vision, planning, budgets, recruiting, systems, advocacy, and other facets of running your program like a small business.8 Business Skills Every Music Educator Needs - Essential competencies for leading your music program like a seasoned CEO. Includes a short self-assessment.The Program Philosophy Workbook - Define your vision before building systems - 5 essential questions every director needs to answer.To get the resources - If you've not already done so, join our rapidly growing community below.