Become a Certified Worship Piano Instructor
Do you love to worship, and feel called to teach others how to minister to the Lord at the piano?
This program is designed to train up worship piano teachers who teach from the heart of worship, with skill and excellence.
Whether you want to start your own studio, teach online, or serve your church, you’ll gain a proven framework to help students grow both musically and spiritually.
What You’ll Learn
This is not traditional piano pedagogy.
You will be trained in a worship-focused teaching method that prioritizes real-world application—helping students play songs, follow the Holy Spirit, and grow in worship from day one.
Inside the program, you’ll learn how to:
Teach chords, inversions, and accompaniment patterns in a simple, step-by-step way
Break down worship songs so beginners can start playing quickly
Train students in improvisation, aural skills, and the Nashville Number System
Lead students into a deeper understanding of worship—not just music
Structure lessons that are engaging, clear, and effective
Adapt your teaching for different skill levels and learning styles
This is the same approach used inside the Adoration Music Academy curriculum, designed specifically for worship pianists—not classical performers.
Who This Is For
This program is ideal if you:
Feel called to teach worship piano
Want to start or grow your own teaching business
Are already teaching but lack a clear system
Desire to disciple students spiritually, not just train them musically
The program is open to those who do not have a degree in music as well as those who do.
What You’ll Receive
Step-by-step teacher training curriculum
Proven lesson structure and teaching framework
Practical tools and resources to use with your students
Guidance on building your own teaching studio or online business
Certificate of Worship Piano Instruction upon completion
The program fully prepares you to teach with clarity, confidence, and a proven path—for a fraction of the cost and time commitment of traditional pedagogy programs.
Why This Program Is Unique
Most piano training focuses on performance.
This program trains you to raise up worshippers.
At Adoration Music Academy, the goal has always been clear:
to help people minister to the heart of Jesus through music, not just play the piano .
That same vision is at the center of this certification.
Content
The Certificate of Worship Piano Instruction covers 5 categories of content:
Personal Worship: Cultivating the teacher’s heart of worship
Teaching Worship: Forming others in the heart of worship
Personal Piano Skills: Developing the teacher’s proficiency in worship piano
Teaching Piano Skills: Teaching the skills needed to play for worship
Music Business: Preparing for the business aspects of teaching music
The full syllabus (subject to change) is available here.
Cost and Commitments
Endorsements
The CWPI program consists of 3 endorsements, corresponding to the level that the recipient is certified to teach: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced.
Candidates must start with the Beginning endorsement (required for certification) and optionally can choose to pursue the other endorsements (Intermediate and then Advanced) upon completion of the first.
Format & Schedule
The CWPI program consists of weekly, 1-hour, 1-on-1 sessions with Makayla and assigned homework. The program requirements are fixed, but the sessions are customized for each student, and the pacing can be customized to meet the student’s needs. (Weekly meetings are recommended, but the schedule can be tailored as necessary.)
The Beginning endorsement is expected to take an average of 8-9 months to complete if meeting weekly with Makayla. The Intermediate endorsement is expected to take 4 months, and the Advanced endorsement is expected to take 3 months. Homework will average 3-5 hours a week. These timeframes may be longer or shorter depending on the student’s individual needs and learning pace.
Cost
The cost is $85 per 1-hour session with Makayla. Tuition is prepaid at the beginning of each month for the sessions that are scheduled that month.
Your Next Step
If you feel called to teach worship piano, this is your path forward.
Learn a clear method.
Gain confidence as a teacher.
And begin raising up worshippers—one student at a time.
The full syllabus (subject to change) is available here.