Have multiple sources of revenue
Fortify your home base
Sometimes your enemies are really friends
Continually upgrade and learn
It’s ok to change strategies
Put yourself in the other person’s shoes or perspective
Maybe you’re not seeing details behind the scenes
The big picture isn’t always revealed immediately
Anyone, at any age, can win
There’s always a do-over!
And second chances are ok – as [...]
Does your school have terrible coffe in the lounge? Put half of a cinnamon stick in the bottom of your cup before pouring. Yum!! And good for you.
Hi readers! I’m curious who’s reading the blog. Post your name (just first is fine!), what level you teach, and what major city you are near. Thanks!
No year will be perfect.
There will always be students you don’t like.
There will always be students you do like.
There will always be students that like you.
There will always be students that don’t like you.
There will always be students that practice.
There will always be students that don’t practice.
You will never have 100%. That doesn’t mean not [...]
I’m looking to use my skills in the field of personal coaching.
As a music teacher, much of my job is basically personally coaching. During a rehearsal, I organize, analyze and review data. Then I decide what to do with that data, if anything.
In rehearsals, lessons, meetings, and throughout the day knowing what to discard, what [...]
Why should and do we have orchestra (or anything for that matter?) in schools?
We’ve all heard and given many reasons – to have a musical experience, to cultivate the arts, to allow to kids to ‘express’ themselves (yeah, right), because it’s good for them (it is, but WHY?), etc…
But these are all superficial reasons that [...]
Hello Readers! Do you have any PowerPoint / Keynote lessons you’d like to share? I’m looking to do something theory related on my SmartBoard and wanted to get some ideas.
Thanks!Here’s a simple presentation KeyNote presentation for teaching key signatures.
100 reasons to be a teacher from OnlineCollegeGuru
Google offers a lot more than just search and email. Their online office software has become quite robust over the years. I used to have my school database and documents on my laptop which I brought back and forth to school but now I do most of that with Google Docs. Of course I still [...]
If emotions are at the core of learning, why do music educators and ensemble directors consistently ignore the student’s emotions? Nearsightedness and for their own emotions. Or perhaps we should be thinking about future emotions.
It is easier to look a month or two down the road. It is easier to view own your road rather [...]
Warren Buffett’s Advice to Your Kids
Once a year, more than 10,000 shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) descend upon Omaha, Neb., to listen to its managers, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, answer questions for more than five hours. Buffett, arguably the world’s greatest investor, is known for his willingness to teach others. Here, paraphrased, are [...]
What are we really training our students for? My brother is a mathematician and educator and it’s refreshing to get his perspective. We should be creating life long learners and appreciators with a foundation that allows them to pursue the field if they so choose. Too often we approach students as though every one is [...]
What do you do to counteract the mid-year blues?
Here’s a newspaper blurb about a recent school concert!
Post your 2010 goals, resolutions, and thoughts!
from “The Perfect Wrong Note” by William Westney
I hope everyone is having a great and restful holiday break!
Happy Holidays everyone!
As an employee of a not-for-profit organization, teachers are entitled to participate in a 403(b)(7) investment program. A 403(b)(7) plan is a tax-deferred retirement plan often available to employees of public schools or non-profit organizations.
You hear your corporate friends talk about their 401k. It’s kinda of like that but with no employer match and you [...]
“The development of ability is strtaightforward. This can be absolutely relied upon. People either become experts at doing the right thing, which is seen as a fine talent, or they becme experts at doing something wrong and unacceptable, which is seen as lack of talent. So it behooves everyone to become expert in the right [...]
This post is part of the Teachers Certification Map’s “lessons from the field”, a series of posts featuring passionate, inspiring educators from across the country discussing some of the lessons that they have learned over the years that would help young teachers as they embark on their careers.
Is differentiation a regression to the 19th century one room schoolhouse? Probably not, but I wanted to post a controversial question.
Will we return to tracking students again as was popular in the 80s and 90s?
Great teachers have always differentiated and taught to the learning standards.
What are your thoughts?
Education is an interesting and delicate phenomenon. Should we promote the often touted ‘well-rounded’ or generalist concept, or should we track students early on to become specialists?
What are your thoughts?
•3 minutes Warmups
• Long bowing
• Frog-tip (from Sevcik)
•3 minutes scales
•2 minutes arpeggios
•2 minutes scales / arpeggios with bow – tip exercise
•10 / 10 Book – 10 minute teach, 10 minutes practice
•15 Orchestra Music – practice on own
How Neccesary is Homework? By Betty’s Blog.
Which begs the question – If your students are in rehearsal 4 days a week and receive a weekly lesson, how necessary is home practice?
What do you think?
