In order to maintain the professional standards set by Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association (ARMTA), each member shall aspire to the goals and ideals outlined in the code of ethics below.

Commitment to Students
ARMTA Teachers will endeavor to:

  • Clearly communicate the studio expectations and financial arrangements, to the student, and/or parents
  • Maintain the privacy of the students, and all information, unless required by law
  • Treat all students with consideration, patience, dignity and respect, without discrimination of any kind
  • Respect the student’s right to obtain instruction from the teacher of his/her choice
  • Offer every student the best quality music instruction
  • Participate in continuing education, to develop professional excellence and improve personal teaching standards

Commitment to Colleagues
ARMTA Teachers will endeavor to:

  • Respect the privacy of colleagues, and refrain from disclosing sensitive information, unless required by law
  • Respect the reputation of colleagues, honouring their abilities and expertise, and refraining from false statements or disparaging remarks regarding their professional or personal qualities
  • Respect the reputation of colleagues, refraining from false statements or disparaging remarks regarding their students

Commitment to Community
ARMTA Teachers will endeavor to:

  • Teach music with the objective of improving its prestige as an art form and enhancing the status of music in the community
  • Serve as a resource in the community
  • Organize, promote and/or participate in cultural events for the students and the community at large

CFMTA Code of Ethics

This Code of Ethics is a statement of the general principles governing the professional behavior and conduct of members of the Federation in their relations with one another. It is to be applied in particular circumstances and cases, as the conscience of the individual members shall dictate, having due regard for any current usage or practice of the particular province/territory or branch. Professional conduct that is not, in good faith, consistent with such principles or that willfully departs there from is unethical.

The CFMTA/FCAPM promotes:

  1. high musical and academic qualifications among its member teachers
  2. progressive ideas on the teaching of music
  3. workshops and lectures for the continuing education of teachers
  4. attendance at Provincial/Territorial and National Conventions
  5. participation in cultural events throughout the community
  6. awareness of Canadian contemporary music
  7. formal tuition contracts between the teacher and the student

The Code of Ethics expresses our commitment to:

  1. the profession
  2. the student
  3. the community
  • The teaching of music is primarily a cultural activity, yet all business matters should be handled in a professional manner.
  • Music shall be taught with the object of improving its prestige as an art form and enhancing the status of music in the community.
  • The art of music teaching shall be regarded as a continual process of self-education and improvement to develop professional excellence and improve standards.
  • Students shall be treated with consideration and patience.
  • Fair and honorable business practices shall at all times be observed in dealing with students, their parents and other members of the Federation.
  • Members of the Federation may fairly compete with one another, but misrepresentation of one’s own or disparagement of another member’s professional standing or personal qualities is unethical conduct.
  • A fair and reasonable period of continuous instruction shall warrant a member’s claiming a student.
  • On undertaking to give instruction to a student who has formerly received instruction from another teacher, a member should be satisfied that the student has formally discontinued instruction with the former teacher.