All Episodes

A Bridge Too Far: Band Directors stepping into Teaching Orchestra

End of Semester Potpourri Spring 2019

Teaching in a Rural Community

Advocating for Yourself

End of the Semester Units

What makes a Class a Program?

More than Just a Class

Ya like Jazz? How about Anxiety?

Adjudicators, Clinicians and Guest Conductors.

The Joys of Teaching Middle School with Selena Dalmacio

Pre-concert Practices: Dress Rehearsals, Calls etc.

Program Values and your Audition Process

Resources for the General Music Teacher with Anne Mileski

Curriculum Redesign

CASMEC Debrief (with Chelsie Chan)

Scheduling with Brandon Lee

Second Semester Goals for 2019

Tell Your Neighbor You Love Them

2018 Wrap-up: Getting Students to Practice over Break

Never Abandoning the Fundamentals with Bobby Rogers

Encouraging Students to get involved in the Music Community

When Performances are Postponed: Cancel or Reschedule?

How to defuse (or prepare for) parents who go above your head.

Marching Percussion with Justin Preece

Long Term Planning and the Tyranny of Immediacy

Integrating Composers into the curriculum

Stimulus Variation in Rehearsal

Developing a Process Oriented Curriculum

Collaboration Ups and Downs

Building a Healthy Community in your Program

Conflict Policies

Procedure for Music Teachers

Differentiated Instruction in the Music classroom

Getting Started

Season 5 Welcome - Leaving students you love

Season 4 Wrap-Up

Enabling Your Student Leadership to Teach

Defining the Purpose Behind End of the Year Trips

Reflections on Culture

No way! A String Specialist!?

When your predecessor comes to town.

Counting Systems and Count Singing

Percussion with Patrick Neff

NAfME/NCAS Model Cornerstone Assessments

Integrating Small Ensembles into Your Curriculum

More Brass Questions with Clyde Quick

Concert Planning... for 90 minutes.

What do you want in a brass methods class?

Student Teaching

Working with your Administration

Sending Kids to Honor Groups

Back to Work (On the Road Again)

Semester 2 2018 Goals

Sensitivity in Music Programming

Dealing with Loss on Campus

What Makes a Teaching position Desirable?

Incentivizing and Inspiring Student Practice

Serving our Students & "How to Human Better"

Students who do EVERYTHING

Vocal Health with Dr. Sandra Babb

Integrating Theory into an Ensemble

Barriers to Professional Development for new teachers

Choir Thiiiiiings!

First Impressions

Season 3 Wrap-Up, Summer Goals

End of Year Checklists and Equipment Management

End of Semester Brain Dump (Spring '17)

Retention Discussion

Concert Pacing

Non Repertoire/Musicianship Skills (Music Olympics)

Competition and Music Education with Wes Brewer

Reference Notebook Revisited

Programming the same arranger/composer on your concert

Teaching Blend and Balance

Developing a Relationship with your Feeder School

Macro Rehearsal Planning

Elementary Music with Cindy Teresi

Careers in Music

CASMEC Wrap-up/Clip show

Lessons Learned from our first five years of teaching and Q&A

The Job Search with Dr. Tina Bull

Social Emotional Learning with Amanda Craig

CMEA Bay Section Presentation: Developing Community

Struggling with Differentiated Instruction

Values of a Music Educator

Married to a Music Educator

Musical Rivalries

Communication

Teachers as Counselors

Make Up Assignments for Missed Performances

Taking Classics to Festival

How to Earn a Nobel Peace Prize (Getting a Middle School Band to Play in Tune)

Developing Emergency Sub Plans and Dealing with their Limitations

Establishing an AP Theory Program with Bobby Rogers

Performance Spaces

Warm-Ups as a Meal

Season 3: Welcome Back and Professional Goals for 2016-17

Jazz with Josh Murray

End of the year Self-Evaluation

"Your Second Five Years of Teaching" with Jonathan Grantham