Teaching is time bound, situational and always changing, but good teaching is good teaching. And having those foundations in place is absolutely essential to stay grounded in good teaching. Anne…

It's turned into really easy assessment for me and I have real data from this game that kids love and will play over and over and over. Jennifer Timidaiski Truth…

Assessment is literally observing, gathering responses from your kids, watching what they are doing, taking notes about their musical interactions, and relating that back to your lesson objective so that…

Whether it's changing your lesson flow, writing new songs for your students to sing and play, or breaking out the barred instruments when they usually take up space in your…

Focusing on the kids makes every decision easy. "Does this serve children best" is always the filter I run everything through, even now. It's not about making my life easier,…

It's normal to feel those times that you just don't have the passion and the drive to pour yourself into it all the way you know that you and your…

By becoming a teacher musician, you are able to fully step into that power. Because, yes, as a performer you are impacting lives through the personal expression of music. But…

When you are asking your students interpretive questions, or to give contributions, there's a very specific out come that you're looking for, in a very specific context. When we are…

There's a difference between commanding or demanding that your students participate, and creating a lesson and activity flow that allows the students to both be active participants and have a…

By focusing on this layer and allowing them to identify it, and then use it as an inspiration piece for different modes of music making or to create with it,…