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.
Music Ed Mentor Podcast #75: Job Transitions: How and When to Make a Change
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.
Music Ed Mentor Podcast #74: Planning for Next School Year—Pandemic or Not
This week’s episode recaps a webinar I recently hosted that wasn’t really a webinar at all! Not a lesson, not a lecture—it was a work session.
6 Simple Steps for Starting Your Music Booster Organization
Have you been struggling to get funding for your growing music program? Though schools and districts have the bulk of the responsibility for providing the needs of school music programs, often they fall short of the mark.
Music Ed Mentor Podcast #73: Being Transparent About Yourself with Your Students
As much change as we are going through in music education right now—and no matter how unsure the future may seem—some things stay the same.
Music Ed Mentor Podcast #72: The Frustrations of Teaching Online and What You Can Do About Them
A couple of days before recording this episode, I posted a little poll in the Music Educators Creating Online Learning Facebook Group.
Music Ed Mentor Podcast #71: The Realities of Teaching Online
In just a matter of a few weeks, the whole world has changed. It is with mixed feelings that I welcome our new reality.
Music Ed Mentor Podcast #70: Performance Programming and Diversity
As a member of the greater music education community, chances are you’ve come across the topic of programming for diversity in one way or another.
Music Ed Mentor Podcast #69: What Admin Wants from Their Music Teachers
This week’s episode addresses the relationships we all have with administrators. As music educators, we have a responsibility to demonstrate the value of the arts and what music does for the greater school community.
Music Ed Mentor Podcast #68: Live at TMEA
In this episode, I turn over the hosting reins to my friend John Mlynczak live from the exhibit hall at the Texas Music Educators Association annual conference.