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53 | Learning Centers in the Music Room with Aileen Miracle
What if I told you that you could easily implement more student choice in your classroom while at the same time increasing the level of differentiation in your lessons?
Today’s episode is all about how learning...
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52 | Recorders: NOT Instruments of Torture
I never liked the recorder. Even when I was in school it wasn’t my favorite.
But once I discovered how the recorder can be used as another tool of music-making rather than just another unit, I changed my tune (see...
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51 | Ukulele in the Music Classroom with John Hamel
This episode is all about ukulele in the music classroom. You’ve probably heard of people using the ukulele in their classroom, but if you’re like me you still don’t quite have the administration support for the...
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50 | How Curriculum Mapping Changed My Teaching
My lessons were a bit of a jumbled mess my first year of teaching. I’ll be the first one to say that I spent the majority of my first year just trying to survive.
But once I started mapping out my curriculum,...
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49 | Five Ways to Teach a Song
There are so many ways to teach a song, so how do we choose the best ways?
In this episode I share five ways to teach a song so you aren’t just using the same methods day in and day out.
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48 | Preventing Teacher Burnout with James Robinson, II
What can we do to combat teacher burnout?
That's what I chatted with James Robinson, II about on this week's episode of That Music Podcast.
Unfortunately, burnout is a very real problem within the teaching profession...
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47 | Seamless Transitions in the Music Classroom
Transitions can make or break a lesson. By thinking through the ways in which our students (and us as the teachers) move from one activity to the next, we are able to help make our lessons more streamlined and...
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46 | What I Wish I Knew Before Teaching
There are SOOOO many things I wish I knew before I walked into my music classroom. In this week’s episode I share a few of the things I truly think would have been a game-changer had I known before I started teaching...
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45 | This Episode is all About YOU
This week I’m stepping back and thanking YOU for all of the hard work you have done this past school year.
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44 | You've Got the Job: Now What?
Today I share a few steps that you should take once you accept a teaching position.
Whether it is your first position, or you’re moving onto something new, there are so many things that you need to do to help set...
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43 | Inclusivity: Thoughts from a Music Teacher
A lot has happened in the past few days in my professional and personal life that has made me think about what it means to be inclusive in my classroom.
I’m not going to lie and say that the past few days have been...
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42 | Ideas for the End of the Year
This week we talk about some ways to keep students (and ourselves) engaged at the end of the year!
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