• Every Child Can! (ECC!) must be taken prior to beginning Book 1 training. 
• Training for Books 1, 2 and 3 must be completed in order. After that, books may be studied in any order. 
• Auditions are required prior to beginning Book 1 training. Audition requirements can be found on the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) website.
• For all teacher training courses except ECC participants must: 
• Be an active SAA member
• Be 17 or older
• Have a high school diploma or its equivalent. 
• All participants will be performing in class. 
• All participants (excepts pianists) are required to bring their own instruments. 
• 100% attendance is required in order to register a course with the SAA. 
• No videotaping is allowed in class. 
• All participants should be conversant with the ideas presented in Dr. Suzuki’s book Nurtured by Love. 
• Early bird deadline is May 31. Late fees will be assessed after that time.
• $40 tuition rebate will be given to teachers who sign up for two Suzuki core units. (SECE, Practicum and Supplemental courses not included).
• Course Cancellations 
• ASI may cancel teacher training courses if enrollment is insufficient.
• ASI will cancel teacher training courses on June 26 if enrollment is insufficient. Please register as early as possible so we do not cancel a course in which you would like to enroll.
• If a course you enroll for is cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, you will be notified
  by June 29 and your registration fee will be returned.
• Please use the SAA website to check Teacher Training class enrollments.
• If you choose to purchase a non-refundable plane ticket before June 29, ASI will not be liable.

• July 17 and 18, 2021, 1:00 - 5:00 pm (total of 8 hours)
  
• Cost: $150 
• For teachers, prospective teachers, parents, and others interested in the Suzuki philosophy and method
• Required first course in the Suzuki Association of the Americas Teacher Development Program
• Eight-hour course provides an inspiring, in-depth look at the Suzuki approach to teaching and learning
• Taught by Allen Lieb

• 28 hours of instruction
• 15 hours of observation 
  
• Cost: $775
• Violin Book 1 taught by Nancy Lokken
• July 19 - 30, 2020
• Must take Every Child Can! (ECC) prior to beginning Book 1 (Can be taken at ASI on July 17 and 18, 2021)
• Must complete the SAA audition process prior to beginning Book 1 training
• Latest deadline is 10 days before the start of the course; however, earlier 
  auditions have benefits and incentives. See the SAA audition deadline
• Read Dr. Suzuki’s Nurtured by Love 
• Memorize Book 1 repertoire
• Must take Book 1 before completing other book levels 

• 15 hours of instruction
• 8 hours of observation
• Cost: $455
• Books 1, 2 and 3 must be taken in sequence. After Book 3, unit training may be completed in any order.
• Book 5 and above must have completed the SAA advanced or comprehensive audition.  
• Prepare repertoire to be studied to the point of fluent performance. 
• Memorization is not required but is recommended. 
• Read or re-read Dr. Suzuki’s Nurtured by Love and Ability Development from Age Zero.
• $40 tuition rebate will be given to teachers who sign up for two Suzuki core units. (SECE, Practicum and Supplemental courses not included).

Calling ALL SECE Teachers - You Heard it Here First!

In order to create a more inclusive SECE repertoire, the SAA and the SECE trainers have revised the SECE curriculum. ASI is pleased to be one of the first Institutes to offer these forward-looking revisions.  

• Pre-requisites:  
• ECC! 
• At least one Stage of SECE training
  
• Goals:
  
• To provide all SECE teachers (who have at least 1 Stage of training) with the opportunity to understand and learn about the curriculum revisions.
  
• To facilitate continued growth in the area of SECE within North and South America.
  
• The course is 5 hours in length and will be taught in one day (9:30 am-Noon; and 1:00 pm-3:30 pm). 
  
• This course can be registered with the SAA.
  
• Cost: $85
  
• Sunday July 25, 2021
  
• Team-taught by Sharon Jones and Lynn McCall
  
• Prerequisite reading is Nurtured By Love and Ability Development from Age Zero by Dr. Suzuki, and Lullabies, Actions Songs and Rhymes (Handbook and CD) by Dorothy Jones.
• NOTE: All SECE teachers should incorporate these revisions into their classes by January 2022.
  

• The SAA Practicum Unit™ is a short-term unit developed to enhance the SAA’s system of short-term workshop training.
• While unit core training mainly focuses on Suzuki repertoire and instrumental technique, the emphasis of the Practicum is on honing the art of teaching.
• Topics to be explored will include communication skills, teaching strategies, diagnostics and observation.
• In a nurturing and supportive environment of peers, using video footage from their home studio and on-site teaching, participants will practice self-assessment skills to identify their strengths in teaching and those areas in need of improvement.
• In keeping with the SAA’s commitment to life-long learning, the Practicum will provide teachers with an invaluable opportunity at any stage in their development. 
• The practicum may be taken any time after Book 1.
• Violin Practicum will be presented by Ann Montzka Smelser
  
• Class size is a maximum of five
• Cost: $475
• July 25-30, 2021 

• Using the video recordings made during Dr. Suzuki's two week visit to ASI in 1976, we will practice, discuss and learn teaching strategies for the bowing principles as taught by Dr. Suzuki, including, but not limited to;
• Balanced bow hold
• Use of arm weight and circle training
• Use of thumb power
• Use of stop bows
• Casal's tonalization
• Straight bow
• String Crossing
• Taught by Brian Lewis
• Prerequisite - Violin Books 1-3
• Cost: $200
• July 25-30
• Sunday, July 25th:  1-5 PM
  Monday, July 26th:  5-6 PM
  Tuesday, July 27th:  5-6 PM
  Wednesday, July 28th: 4-6 PM
  Thursday, July 29th: 5-6 PM
  Friday, July 30th:  5-6 PM
  
  
  

• Violin Teaching Strategies is being offered as a 10-hour course, and will be meet 2 hours per day, 
• Designed to support and guide teacher participants in how to become more effective in their teaching. Strategies will reinforce the positive aspects and offer constructive feedback on each participant’s lessons.​
• Teachers who have active studios will be required to submit videos for evaluation. These lessons will serve as material for constructive feedback from the trainer.  Each session is basically a “pedagogy masterclass” where the participants play their teaching videos, receive positive comments from the trainer on what they did well, be given a suggestion or two on something they could improve as well as what would make the biggest difference in the participant’s teaching, and focus on that point. Pre-requisites are ECC, Units 1 and 2
• Cost: $200
  
• M-F 5-7 pm
  
• July 25-30
  

• Cello Unit 2 will be combined with the newly developed Teaching Strategies ​class.
  
• The combined course will be taught over a 7-day period and will offer some individualized instruction and evaluation of teaching. The format is comparable to the Violin Strategies listed above.
  
• Cello Unit 2 and Strategies can be taken independently from each other
  
• The Unit 2 pedagogy and observations will take place during the first 5 days; Strategies will begin on Day 2 and continue through the following weekend.
  
• Teachers who have active studios will be required to submit videos for evaluation
• The cost for the combined course is $655
  
• July 25-August 1, 2021
  

• Available for teachers who wish only to observe the teaching of students enrolled at the American Suzuki Institute. 
• Observers may not attend Teacher Training classes. 
• Observers are free to design their own schedules.  There is no coursework or performing participation requirements. 
• Any adult who is not enrolled in a Teacher Training classes, or is not the parent/guardian of an enrolled student must enroll as an observer. 
• Observer fee: $200 per week; no registration fee required

• Three to four lectures per day and presented by ASI trainers and faculty. Monday-Thursday at 11:05am and 5:05pm. 
• Attendance is optional, unless assigned by the teacher trainer of your class. 
  
• Topics may include Suzuki Philosophy, communication, parent-child interaction, goals, early childhood development, working with teenagers, or instrumental techniques and musicianship. 
• You will receive a schedule of lectures upon check-in.
• An opportunity for added value unique to the America Suzuki Institute