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HARMONY membership
by Jessica Peresta
This is the members only podcast for the HARMONY music teacher membership. You'll find any solo episodes just for members, Facebook live audio, member calls, or any other episodes relevant to HARMONY members.
Episodes
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FB Live: Integrating Technology Into Your Music Classroom
Join me as we talk about integrating technology into your music classroom and this month's lesson plan pack.
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FB Live: Serving Special Needs in the Music Room
Join me for our monthly Harmony Facebook Live where I'll talk about serving special needs students in the music room.
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FB Live: Data and Assessment + Planning for February
Join me as I discuss our theme of the month for January: data and assessment. I'll also talk about planning for this month and what resources to use from the Harmony membership. 1:30 Why teachers track data differently 2:10 Some ideas of different data points to track 4:25 Making decisions about...
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FB Live: Diversity in the Music Room + What's Coming Up in January
Join me as I talk about our theme of the month, talk about what's coming up in January, and talk about this month's lesson plans. 1:09 - 3:50 Diversity in the Music Room 3:50 - 5:06 The Diversity of Music 5:06 - 12:20 How and Why to Teach towards the Learning Standards 12:20 - 15:18 What to…
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FB Live: Program Planning + What's Coming Up in Harmony!
Join me as I talk about our theme of the month: program planning. I'll also be reminding you of what's coming up in Harmony! 4:40 How to navigate finding resources for the theme of the month in the Harmony Facebook group 8:15 Finding support around program planning in the Harmony membership 12:05...
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FB Live: Classroom Management + October Harmony Updates
Join me as I talk about our theme of the month: classroom management. I'll also be reminding you of what's coming up in Harmony this month! 1:40 The theme of the month: classroom management 5:15 Why students need lots of reminders 11:15 Sticker charts and how I use them 15:15 Why transitions are…
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FB Live: Building Relationships + Building a Curriculum and Backwards Planning
2:45 Relationship building with your students and how to do it by using your unique personality 13:25 How to plan a curriculum and do backwards planning while using the Harmony materials and lesson plans 20:28 The September Harmony newsletter and what goals to set for yourself 23:37 Reminders…
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FB Live: Heading Back to School and How You Can Get Going in the HARMONY Membership
Join me as I talk about our theme of the month: heading back to school AND help remind you how you can get going in the Harmony membership.
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FB Live: 4 Key Points about Finding Relevant Lessons + The July Newsletter
1:00- 4 key points about finding relevant lessons 6:25- Reminder about the messenger prompt in Facebook group 6:45- The July newsletter and how to find relevant lessons 9:50- Harmony calendar in July
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FB Live: Reflecting on Last School Year + Summer HARMONY Updates
In this podcast episode, I discuss: 1:37 - What does reflection mean 7:00 - Brain dump on paper what's in your mind to know what to focus on first 10:55 - Looking at the HARMONY calendar and what's coming up in the summer months 15:02 - The June HARMONY newsletter and how to use it 19:00 - Why...
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FB Live: End of the School Year Activities and Month 10 Plans
Join me as I talk about the theme of the month: "End of the School Year" as well as using the monthly lesson plan pack and resources. In this episode, I discuss: 2:30- How to get support from Harmony around the end of the year 9:30- Month 10 lesson plan pack fun end of the school year activities...
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FB Live: Month 9 Lesson Plans and Using Your Personality in Teaching
In this episode, I discuss: 8:30: Using your personality in teaching 21:40: Adapting lesson plans to fit your personality 29:00- month 9 lesson plan tips 47:00- Why teaching is a marathon and not a sprint
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FB Live: Month 9 Lesson Plan Pack and Integrating Technology
In this episode, I discuss: 5:30: How to get support around the topic of the month: Integrating technology 11:50: Month 9 lesson plan tips and strategies
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FB Live: Month 8 Lesson Plan Pack and Serving Special Needs Students
In this episode I discuss: 2:20: Month 8 lesson plan tips 21:20: Getting support around serving your special needs learners
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FB Live: Month 7 Lesson Plan Pack and Data and Assessment
In this episode, I discuss: 3:15 Data and assessment and how to get support in these areas 19:15 Lesson plan pack month 7 including the plans, classroom management, and work-life balance
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FB Live: Why Classroom Management is Getting Harder
In this episode I discuss: 2:00- Classroom management and why it's getting harder 4:00- Things I want you to try this school year 16:30- Going back to the success path in Harmony
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FB Live: Where's Your Mindset At Right Now?
In this episode, I discuss: 2:00- Starting off the school year and letting go of what you can't control 16:23 Things to remember about mindset this school year 23:00 Where to get support in the Harmony membership when it comes to mindset
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Member Call: Teaching Movement, Singing, and Instruments
In this episode, we talk about teaching movement, singing, and instruments.
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FB Live: Incorporating Instruments, Movement, and Singing
In this episode, I discuss: 1:05 Knowing how much of singing, instruments, and movement to do with your students 6:00 Coming up in March
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Member Call: Autism Spectrum and Music Class
In this episode, we discuss how to best help your student's who are on the autism spectrum.
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FB Live: Special Learners in the Music Room
In this episode, I discuss: 3:55: What's coming up in HARMONY 7:02: Guide 6- Special needs students 8:20: My autistic son's music experience 12:23: Rely on the resource teacher at your school 13:00: Look at a student's IEP or 504 plan 15:03: Talk to the classroom teacher 16:30: Specific music...
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Member Call: Assessing Your Students
In this episode, we discuss assessing your students.
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FB Live: Assessing Your Students
In this episode, I discuss: 1:40 Lesson plan packs updates 6:28 Accountability groups and mentor/mentees 7:11 Accountability week and sharing your work! 10:05 Upcoming member call and why you should come 12:45 Roadmap to navigating around Harmony PDF 13:43 Harmony Bingo board and winning prizes...
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Member Call: Diversity and Inclusion
In this episode, we discuss diversity and inclusion in the music room.
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FB Live: Diversity in the Music Room
In this episode I discuss: 6:00 What's coming up in HARMONY 10:05 Reflect and Renew challenge 14:45 Why teaching 6th grade is different than teaching elementary music 22:40 Long term sub plans 26:20 Songs about themes 27:08 Diversity in the music room 31:25 Mindset and how you're feeling
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Member Call: Program and Performances
In this episode, we discuss programs and performances.
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FB Live: Program Planning and Performances
In this episode, I discuss: 2:23 HARMONY calendar and what's coming up 12:07 A step by step approach to using the HARMONY lesson plan packs and resources 27:15 Finding specific topics you're needing help with 29:45 All about program planning and performances
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Member Call: Classroom Management
In this episode, we discuss classroom management.
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FB Live: Rethinking Classroom Management
In this Facebook live, I discuss: 3:02-What's coming up in Harmony 4:27- Classroom management and thinking about it in a different way 33:47- Feeling overwhelmed with "keeping up" and what to do and what to use from Harmony
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FB Live: Building Student Relationships
In this Facebook live, I discuss: 2:54 What's coming up in HARMONY in September 7:45 Building relationships with your students 23:40 Answering member Q&A 31:00 Overwhelm you're feeling
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FB Live: Your Mindset Heading Back to School
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 2:58 Your mindset heading back to school 13:23 How to utilize the month 1 lesson plan packs and resources 38:51 Back to school resources in the HARMONY hub 44:55 What's coming up the rest of August
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FB Live: Encouragement to Spur You Forward
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 2:35 Classroom management won't go perfectly 8:15 What's happening in HARMONY this month 13:26 Encouragement to spur you forward
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FB Live: Keep Showing Up
In this Facebook live replay, I talk about the importance of continuing to show up even when it's hard.
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FB Live: Music in Our Schools Month
In this Facebook live replay, I talk about ideas for Music in Our Schools Month.
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FB Live: Black History Month
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 2:45 Getting over the mid year slump 16:50 Black History month 22:50 Teaching in a Title 1 school 35:24 Tech ideas to use with your students 47:08 Not giving up on yourself
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FB Live: Getting the Most Out of Harmony
In this Facebook live replay, I talk about how to get the most out of Harmony, whether you're a new or returning member.
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FB Live: Celebrating the Winter Holidays
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 1:55 How the hard things are actually good things 6:40 Teaching virtually doesn't mean you need to reinvent the wheel 25:27 Let's talk about your personal life during the busy Winter season 31:31 Celebrating the Winter months with your students 42:23...
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FB Live: It's Okay Not to be Okay
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 1:30 It's okay not to be okay 12:20 Fall books and activities 23:15 Taking care of yourself during the holiday months 28:10 What's coming up in HARMONY 29:15 Reflect and Renew challenge
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FB Live: How to Not Feel Stuck
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 3:15 How to not feel stuck 15:12 Teaching music from other cultures and countries 24:00 Why community is so important
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FB Live: Teaching During Covid
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 2:35- Beating the feelings of overwhelm 23:45- Sharing wins from our HARMONY group 27:30- Battling fear of teaching in person during COVID 32:20- Why you matter so much as a teacher 38:02- Dealing with a crazy schedule
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FB Live: In Person vs. Virtual Teaching
In this Facebook live, I discuss: 33:40 Teaching in person vs. online differences 46:05 Find out how you're teaching and move forward 53;23 Ways to move forward with virtual teaching 1:00:56 Setting up your virtual classroom 1:07:36 What are 3 things you can do each week 1:09:38 Focus on the...
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FB Live: Overwhelm and Teaching During Covid
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 9:50 feeling overwhelmed and identifying where those feelings are coming from: *Is it from seeing so many ideas from other teachers? *Feelings of sadness from the way the school year ended? *Comparing yourself from others and trying to do things the way…
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FB Live: Helping Kids Sing Softer
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 2:40 What to do when you feel mentally and emotionally exhausted 6:30 Should you renew your teaching contract 12:35 How to help loud singers sing softer (including those with hearing impairments) 17:05 Ideas for Music in our schools month 19:00 How to get…
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FB Live: Technology Ideas
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 2:56 ways to use technology in the music room 8:20 what to do if you only have a few Chromebooks or iPads 11:20 some of my favorite websites and apps to use in the music room: Noteflight Music Lab Garageband Soundcloud solfeg.io wurrly.edu 19:00 report…
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FB Live: 5th Grade Music
In this Facebook live, I discuss: 5:00 Honor choir and using folders or not 8:10 How to teach the recorder tips 20:50 What to do when you feel tired and worn out 29:25 5th grade and how to survive teaching them 43:50 The feelings you may be experiencing as a music teacher and how to deal with…
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FB Live: Assessing Your Students
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 3:00 How to prepare students to see a musical or any other musical performance 7:50 Formal observations by your principal 8:45 How to assess your students 16:45 What self care looks like
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FB Live: All About Performances
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 3:13 Why "Octember" is crazy for a music teacher 4:45 Program expectations 6:00 Why picking out program music is a personal decision 8:00 Look through old text books... they're hidden gems 9:45 Look at the teaching resources you already have 11:40 Music K8...
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FB Live: Program Planning and Grants
In this Facebook live replay, I discuss: 3:43 How to deal with hard classes and students 14:40 losing your voice as a teacher 20:15 working on programs 25:35 fundraising and grants 28:52 transitions from one activity to another in the music room 32:15 engaging your older students 43:18…
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FB Live: Using the HARMONY Lesson Plans
In this Facebook live replay, I talk about: 2:22 Overwhelm caused by all the resources 3:11 Using lesson plans to beat overwhelm 4:40 Making the lesson plans your own 6:20 Practice teaching the lesson 7:07 Program planning and overwhelm 13:45 Why you shouldn't use the word failure 15:05 Why…
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FB Live: Battling Overwhelm and Creating Community
In this Facebook live replay, I talk about: 2:50 Performing at PTA meetings 7:50 Teaching content while working on programs 10:40 Feeling overwhelm and community 11:15 Setting student expectations 13:45 Substitute teachers 19:20 Incorporating popular music 22:50 Beating feelings of overwhelm…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is the members only podcast for the HARMONY music teacher membership. You'll find any solo episodes just for members, Facebook live audio, member calls, or any other episodes relevant to HARMONY members.
HOSTED BY
Jessica Peresta
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