Become a Guild Mentor

Offer mentorship, coaching, clinics, or professional development easily and effectively to music educators worldwide

Amplify Your Impact

The Music Teacher Guild, a pioneering professional development organization for music educators, is forging ahead with a robust online platform designed to seamlessly connect educators seeking support with experts willing and able to help.

We're on the lookout for seasoned music educators eager to elevate their influence by stepping into roles as mentors, content-specific coaches, clinicians, or professional development providers.

With the Guild, individuals will receive meticulous vetting, comprehensive training, and all the necessary business tools, empowering them to make a significant difference in the field.

Be the mentor you wish you’d had.

Take the next step by clicking the button below to begin the vetting process. We recommend setting aside 20 minutes to complete.


The Process.

  • Attend the live event to learn more about becoming a Guild Mentor.

  • If you pass through our initial screening, you will be invited to apply.

    Complete the Guild Mentor application and complete the invesment requirements. We will also look into your background and require you to agree to the policies of the Guild.

  • Though we thoroughly vet Guild Mentors to ensure they are experienced educators with the ability to make a powerful contribution, we also provide you with our bespoke mentorship training.

    Guild Mentor training is to ensure all mentors are providing consistent assistance, and mentees will have a familiarity with the experience regardless of which mentor they work with.

  • Once Guild Mentors are thoroughly vetted and trained, we will set you up in the platform, including building you a landing page and providing you back-end access to the apps.

    We believe in portfolio competency, so as Guild Mentors complete training, they will be adding practical examples to their portfolio…including their mentor training!

    The Guild Mentor profile page will include an introduction video outlining their approach, what they expect of their mentees, and what mentees can expect from them.

    The Guild Mentor portfolio will also include a CV of all their experiences, publications, media, and mission.

  • Once you’re all set up in the app, you’re ready to start scheduling and booking! That’s also when you are sent your official Guild Mentor merch which you will be able to wear with pride, knowing that you are an elite and in-demand music educator.

Guild Mentor Benefits

The Merch

Only Guild Mentors are sent official Guild Mentor merch. It’s the ultimate status symbol to show the world you’ve passed the tests and are a trusted authority in your craft.

Build Your Portfolio

Add to your online portfolio of courses, products, workshops, clinics, and services. Stand out by showing the world your influence and expertise. Each course you create (or take!) through the Music Teacher Guild can be embedded in your own portfolio.

Be Found

We know you’re a fantastic educator, mentor, or clinician…otherwise, you wouldn’t be a Guild Mentor! We think you deserve to be found and we work to actively promote our Guild Mentors through robust SEO, online marketing strategies, and through our partners.

Business Management

The Music Teacher Guild handles all of your payment collection, payroll, tax reporting (as a 1099 employee), and tracking, while enforcing cancellation and no-show policies. We provide you with all the tools for booking and delivering your services so you don’t have to!

Exclusive Community

Guild Mentors have a private community within the MTG Commons app. It’s the ideal place to collaborate, support, and continue to learn.

Add to Your Bio and CV

Set yourself apart by adding “Music Teacher Guild Mentor” to your bio, and all of your successes as a clinician, mentor, and educator to your CV.

Serve as You Prefer

Only offer the services that you’re most comfortable with. Most of the Guild Mentor services are delivered online, but you have the option of offering in-person, too! It’s the easiest way to be FOUND and get BOOKED and get PAID.

Build Your Network

As part of the exclusive Guild Community, you’ll be meeting and collaborating with like-minded, master educators from around the globe.

Help Usher in the Future

We know Guild Mentors wouldn’t be Guild Mentors if they weren’t devoted to improving the practice of teaching music. Helping you fulfill your personal mission is our mission.

FAQs

Do I set my own schedule?

Yes! Our custom booking app, MTG Connect, allows you to sync your Google or Outlook calendar and set the hours that people can book you. If your schedule is blocked out in your personal calendar, it is blocked in MTG Connect, too. We want this to feel easy for you to make a difference in the lives of the people who book you for any service. You can set up the days you want to serve, the times you want to be available, and even how much time you require between offerings.

What services can I offer as a Guild Mentor?

As a Guild Mentor, you can offer 1:1 mentorship or coaching, group coaching, online or in-person clinics, and synchronous workshops (upon approval and using our workshop framework). We want you to offer services based on your expertise!

How will I manage all the bookings?

We hope to fill your schedule with music educators seeking your help or organizations wanting to book you for PD! We also want to make it easy for you to have sessions scheduled, get to know your clients, and set your own schedule. This is why we provide you with an app-based solution and a browser-based solution where you can set your availability, sync your calendar, check in bookings, complete sessions so you can get paid, and track all the data you could need or want to be successful! We manage the business so you can focus on your craft.

What is the investment to become a mentor?

The application process to become a mentor is robust. We want you to focus on providing a quality application, having a quality training experience, and providing quality services - that is your investment at this time. We will fully fund your onboarding and setup!

How does the money bit work?

The Music Teacher Guild will handle all the financial transactions for you! We collect the fees from the individuals or organizations booking you and pay you your share at the end of the month. We have a menu of services you can choose to offer. For 1:1 appointments and group mentorship, you will be paid a percentage of the sign-up fee. The funding we retain helps cover the cost of marketing you, managing all the transactions, payroll, the website, social media, the app, and the personnel to help make all of this happen. It is totally worth it!

Do I get to create my own profile?

Yes! And we will help you. We want people to connect with you immediately, so we will coach you on developing all the information to maximize your profile. We will also use our SEO (search engine optimization) know-how to ensure you’re found on Google, too, and not just through MTG Connect.

I have a question that isn’t answered here. Who can I contact?

We welcome your email: hello@musicteacherguild.org