We have a couple of directors in our district who teach lessons. One in particular teaches their own students, in the band hall after school or on weekends, for pay. I think it's ethically dubious at best. When I brought it up to our DFA I was essentially told to look the other way.
I think there are arguments to be made that you could teach kids from another campus, or even your own kids if it was over the summer. We have a director who teaches from home all summer, and I have less of a problem with that. Having kids over to my house is a personal boundary that I don't cross. I intentionally live in a different town from where I teach for many reasons.
I may be in the minority, but I just think it's a bad look. Too many ways for accusations to be made. I help my own kids in my office during lunch or after school, and I don't charge. I don't invite kids to my house for lessons, I don't go to theirs, and I don't use the school-owned facilities for personal gain.
I do teach all summer at the local music store. Brass lessons aren't popular but I also teach piano. Every once in a while one of my students will sign up. We have a quick discussion about boundaries and expectations at the first lesson, and it's never been a problem. Having the layer in between makes it cleaner. The kids pay the store, the store pays me. Staff development week is my last week of lessons, so I'm never teaching a kid who is currently in my class.
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