Hi there, I'm after a bit of advice from piano teachers rather than looking for a piano teacher for lessons.
Basically, I used to play the piano when I was younger and went to grade 8. I still play a bit but I'm a lot rustier these days. I've been helping out a friend who is about a year in to learning and have realised that I really enjoy teaching...so much so that I'm now playing with the idea of becoming a piano teacher.
My hesitation is that I don't have any qualifications (aside from grade 8 piano, but no teaching qualifications) and I would be interested in hearing from or talking to other local piano teachers about how they got started, how they learnt to teach, what qualifications are needed, and, from a practical point of view, how you set about teaching an absolute beginner and recommendations for books etc.
Any help would be much appreciated!