Maxim Pakhomov

To enroll in the second half of the second year of the Suzuki teacher training program at SFS.

Max has entered the last year of the Teacher Training program at the Suzuki School for Strings. This year, the teacher trainees are becoming faculty members of SFS as part of the Start-Up Program. SFS recruits beginner piano students with a purpose of training new Suzuki teachers. Teacher trainees practice how to teach these students and their parents in individual and group settings under the advice and leadership of teacher trainer, Marina Obukovsky. Marina Obukovsky is head of the Piano Department at SFS and Suzuki Department at Mannes College. This year’s teacher training program curriculum includes writing lesson plans, as well as observing, discussing, and trying different kinds of teaching techniques. With the help of this training, Maxim’s goal is to learn how to make his work with beginners more efficient through a focus on pedagogical methodology, encouraging help from parents, and using the experience of a generation of Suzuki teachers.