There never seems to be enough hours in the day. To help, you might turn to time management experts for advice., Unfortunately, they never seem to grasp the life of a music educator.
5 Ways to use Canva in the Elementary Music Classroom
This article was originally published in the October 2022 issue of NJMEA’s TEMPO Magazine.
Canva for Education is a free tool for K–12 teachers and their students where one can create and personalize their own original designs, posters, videos, manipulatives, badges, certificates, or choose from thousands of high-quality, copyright-free educational templates.
From Methods to Madness: Ideas for a Sane Teaching Experience
We currently live in a crazy time for teachers. If you’re just starting out, your undergraduate methods classes and student teaching experience can’t begin to prepare you for all that is about to happen.
Student Motivation in the Music Classroom
I want to motivate my students, but how? In the music classroom, motivating students is so important because it encourages them to constantly seek to improve.
Teaching Music with Technology
Technology is a powerful tool in the music classroom. There are countless apps, programs, and resources available to educators that can use to enhance their teaching and explain complicated concepts with ease.
Classroom Management Part 1: General Music Classrooms
The two words we hear in education more than anything else: Classroom Management. One of my former colleagues and close friends has a plaque in her office that says, “I teach music, what’s your superpower?” No group of words has ever been more true.
5 Conducting Tips for Choir Rehearsals
Here are five tips to help improve your conducting during choir rehearsals.
1. Know What Sound You WantI believe it’s important to know the sound that you ultimately want your choir to achieve – and audiate it – before you give them a downbeat.
Build It. Sustain It.
As an elementary school orchestra and general music teacher, I have heard these two words countless times over the last ten years of my teaching career.
11 Common Characteristics of Highly Effective Directors
We can all agree that music directors who run highly effective programs may possess specific traits that contribute to their success.
“Why Doesn’t My Band Sound Better?”
Top 10 Band Rehearsal Mistakes
Many band directors are frustrated by sub-par performances from their ensembles and mistakenly blame their students. My 33 years of conducting and observing have helped me identify some common band rehearsal mistakes that lead to poor performances.