You’re eligible if you’re

• A teacher, teacher trainee or social worker
• Providing general music education or a youth-focused program to students primarily under the age of 19
• Applying on behalf of a public or private school, charity or youth club 
• With access to computers that meet the minimum system requirements needed to run Live

Organizations excluded from the offer

• Colleges and universities providing further or higher education courses
• Organizations providing vocational or career readiness courses
• Private colleges providing professional production courses

If you’re teaching vocational, further or higher education courses and want to incorporate Live and Push, visit Ableton for Colleges and Universities.

You confirm you’re

• A teacher, teacher trainee or social worker
• Providing general music education or a youth-focused program to students primarily under the age of 19
• Working for a public or private school, charity or youth club

Ableton will provide you and your organization

• A Live 12 Intro multi-seat license installable on up to 60 computers, for your organization to keep
• Two Live 12 Intro single-user licenses for you and a colleague to authorize on your own computers to assist with lesson preparation
• Access to Ableton’s online community of educators
• Information about additional training, teaching resources and community activities – both online and offline
• Technical support installing and authorizing Live if needed

Ableton asks you and your organization

• Not to sell or transfer the Live licenses you receive without our prior written consent
• On request, provide us with information about how Live is being used in your teaching
• To take part in surveys periodically asking about your experiences using Live in the classroom
• To keep your contact email up to date so we can stay in touch with news about the program

Ableton confirms

• All data submitted as part of the application process and subsequent surveys will be used for the sole purpose of the Ableton for the Classroom program and for no other commercial purposes
• At no time will personal data from students be requested or collected

1. You’ll be asked to submit information about yourself and your organization, along with a teaching plan describing how you intend to use Push in your classroom (see What should be prepared before starting an application? for more information). 
2. We’ll review each application in the order we receive them – please be aware that the review process can take up to 3 months, depending on the volume of applications submitted.
3. We’ll get in touch via email to let you know the decision. If your application is successful we’ll ask you to provide a preferred date for your Push units to be delivered. 

1. Check your organization has a Live multi-seat license version 9, 10 or 11

If your organization doesn’t have a Live license you can now get Live Intro for free.

2. Have your organization’s Ableton.com user account details to hand 

You’ll be asked at the start of your application to verify the compatibility of your organization’s license. You can do this one of two ways:

• Log into your organization’s Ableton.com user account
  or
• Enter the email address your organization’s license is registered to and the software serial number for one instance of Live currently in use (you can find the serial number by going to Live > About Live [Mac] or Help > About Live [PC])

3. Prepare a short summary describing your background as a music educator 

Your summary should be no more than 200 words and include information on how long you’ve been a music educator and what type of classes you’re currently teaching.  

4. Prepare a teaching plan explaining how you intend to use Live and Push in your classroom 

Your teaching plan can be produced in whatever format you like. You’ll be asked to upload a copy of the plan no bigger than 25 MB in size. It should answer the following questions: 

• What is your teaching concept?
• What role does music technology play in your teaching?
• What age group of students do you plan to use Live and Push with?
• What musical skills do you plan to teach with Live and Push? 
• Will Live and Push be used as part of your regular teaching or for a specific extracurricular project?
• What opportunities do you see Live and Push providing your students?
• Where do you see challenges in integrating Live and Push into your teaching?

5. Ask your school principal, program director or person responsible for the funding of your organization to provide a letter of endorsement for your application.

You’ll be asked to upload a copy of the letter no bigger than 25MB in size. The letter should indicate the following: 

• Support for your plan to teach with Live and Push
• Commitment to providing the IT support needed to keep everything up and running