The Afternoon Ti Guide to Teaching Music: Strategies and Support for Becoming Your Best Music Teacher Self

Description

There are many ways to approach teaching music in the classroom setting. As teachers, each of us has a different set of strengths and a unique way of presenting information while having the same goal: giving our students a wonderful musical experience and education.

Within The Afternoon Ti Guide for Teaching Music, you will find three main sections to help you grow as an educator:

Exposition – The first few chapters of the book focus on our starting points, including weaknesses and strengths, classroom management, music approaches, organization, rehearsals, and performances.

Development – The next few chapters depart from the main theme and focus on how we can maintain joy for ourselves and in the classroom, how to talk with administration, and all of the unmentionables that no one seems to talk about before becoming teachers, but everyone talks about once they are in the classroom.

Recapitulation – The final chapters focus on the recent shifts we’ve experienced in music education. You’ll hear about technology ideas and sites, virtual teaching, and how important your voice is in the music community. You have something to share!

The purpose of this book is to allow you to learn about tried and true methods of teaching music, gather new ideas for you to try, and provide specific ways to implement those ideas into your classroom. The hope is that you’ll come away from reading this book with greater confidence and joy. For further reflection, check out The Afternoon Ti Guide for Teaching Music Journal that can be used alongside this book. This resource provides you with pages for journaling, writing personal insights, creating lessons, and applying what you learn in the book in a more personal and applicable way for your teaching situation.