Let’s talk about the elephant in the virtual classroom: student engagement. We’ve heard about students quitting music for a variety of reasons, but the truth is if they are still loving music then they will either not quit, or if they do, they will come back.
Friends, I know it’s tough right now. If you’re a regular listener, you know I’m all about self-improvement. We’ve talked about mindfulness, being present, morning routines, and productivity.
This episode is all about your students. As much as we, as teachers, need help and advice, I think we can agree our students need help too.
Now more than ever, it’s important for us to practice collaboration and to creatively communicate in ways that are meaningful for others—especially our students.
There is a new term that has become prominent in our music educator world: Zoom Fatigue. Something different happens in our minds when we’re on camera.
Six months ago, when the school shut down first started, I reached out to my friend Dr. Matthew Arau to join me for a series of webinars we called “Living in Tune.” Our goal for these webinars was to give people a single time—once per week—to get away from all of the stress, and to join in a group setting to refocus and rethink the way we approached our challenges.
The secret to happiness can be hard to uncover amidst the uncertainty of this back to school season. So for this episode, I sat down for a candid, casual conversation with my good friend Michelle Rose to talk about just that.
Music educators are faced with a true crisis. Something unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes and decisions we wouldn’t wish on anyone.
Most music educators are a little burned out when it comes to online teaching and worrying about what next school year is going to look like.
We all should have a mission, right? In the last few years, my mission shifted from teaching students to love music, to teaching teachers to teach students to love music.