AMusEd

Olin was out of town and we ended up recording on the evening of Halloween, so that dominated our conversation

We bring on our friend Julie to talk about Growth vs. Fixed mindsets and teaching music.

We spiral back to our conversation about teaching music beyond the score and what else we can do to teach comprehensive musicianship.

Sus is gone this week so we get to nerd out about band!

We open the discussion on designing curriculum and units of study beyond the score. Also, Sus talks about how big her room is...

We discuss the benefits of a music supervisor in the district, what they can do and why they are important.

John hijacks the conversation to discuss the concerns he has regarding co-curricular conflicts and performances, and finding solutions.

We discuss our communications with parents and our differingresponsibilities for our Back to School Nights.

We discuss new program items we're taking on this year and how that affects our teaching.

We talk about our first days back, how they're different from years past and what we're focused on this year right out of the gate.

For our first episode back after summer (not all of us were teaching yet), we brought in a friend wo's been teaching a bit longer, but has recently completed a masters degree over summers and is still taking opportunities regularly every summer to grow.

We're taking a break for the summer and will be back at the end of July/beginning of August. We discuss our years in review and our goal for next year: to try to build more of a community and interaction with people who listen to the podcast.

We hinvited our friend Jeff on to talk about putting together a band/choir trip and the lessons we've all learned from that process.

As the year winds down we focus on what we need to do now to ensure success next year.

Veronica was out of town so we decided to have some fun...

This week We toss around our experience with end of he year concerts, auditions, graduation and the like.

We bring on our friend Brittany to discuss teaching music in a secular private school, her experiences teaching general music, and how her primary instrument (Harp) has influenced her teaching.

We continue our discussion on technology in the music classroom.

This week we talk about how each of us use technology in the classroom and some of the tools we've seen used to great effect.

We recorded the podcast on Easter Sunday, and so thought to bend the topic towards the discussion of Sacred and Secular Music in the classroom.

This week we continue our discussion on Student Motivation

For Episode 30 (!) we discuss the value of festivals to our programs and to us as young teachers.

This week we talk about what exactly motivates our students and our own experiences in ensembles as students and how they compare.

This week we dig into the benefits and costs of teaching mixed classes as beginners and the prioritization of teaching technique over ensemble skills.

We invite our friend Heather on to talk about her experiences moving into a band program after playing cello and teaching strings her entire life. It's a bit interesting to note the change in our group dynamic from recording on Sunday Morning to Friday evening.