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The Elementary Music Teacher Podcast: Music Education — 313 episodes
311- A Few of My Favorite Manipulatives
310- Tips and Tricks for Bucket Drumming
309- Growth Mindset for Kids in the Music Room
308- Why I'm Not for Everyone and Why That's OK
307- Practicing the Art of the Pause
306- Why There Are Many Pieces to Curriculum Design
305- How to Get the Most Out of a PLC
304- Time Blocking and Why it Works
303- Dealing with Negative Co-Workers
302- It's Not Your Job to Make Every Student Love Music Class
301- Staying Sane in this Season of Everything
300- Why Trial and Error is a Good Thing
299-Redefining What Curriculum Is
298- Where I've Been Lately
297- Planning Your Summer for Maximum Effectiveness
296- A Perspective on Teaching in my 40's
295- What I Would Have Done Differently This School Year
294 - Jamaican Music in Orff with Javel Perriel
293- What's Worked Well This School Year
292- Bucket Drumming to Food Beats with Jesse Mell and Travien Bryson
291- Preparing for a Music Teaching Interview
290- Teaching in the U.S. as a Foreign Teacher with Lewis Baez
289- Implementing What You Learn at Music Education Conferences
288- Co-Teaching in the Music Room with Linzie Mullins and Betsy Carter
287- Teaching Music with the Orff Schulwerk Approach with Tiffany English
286- 5 Steps to Being a Conference Presenter
285 - Utilizing AI in Music Education with Priten Shah
284- Ways to Thrive as an Introverted Music Teacher
283- Using an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Teaching
282- How Concepts and Standards Work Hand in Hand
281 - Bridging the Gap Between Students with and without Private Music Lessons with Chandler Owen
280- Utilizing Transitions in the Music Room
279- The Benefits of Singing Together in the Music Room with Debbie O’Shea
278- How to Dominate Your Formal Observation
277- Time Management for Music Teachers with Linda Kardamis
276- How Long to Spend on a Particular Song or Idea
275- 3 Lessons I’ve Learned in 2023
274- Take a Break and Don’t Think About School
273- Bringing Hip-Hop into the Music Room with Dr. Patrick Cooper
272: Making Decisions as a Music Teacher
271: The Power of Brain Dumping for Organization
270: Inspiring the Next Generation of Composers with Emi Ferguson
269: How to Contribute to Parent/Teacher Conferences as the Music Teacher
268: Moving Away from Sunday Night Panic Lessons with Anna Jo Knight
267: How to Be a Minimalist Music Teacher
266: 3 Ways to Naturally Integrate Technology Into Your Lessons
265: Culturally Responsive Music Education with Ashley Cuthbertson
264: How to Batch Your Lesson Planning
263: The Power of Sharing Your Story with Your Students with Starr Loutsis
262: How to Ask Questions in the Music Classroom with Dr. Philip Tacka
261: Reframing What Makes a “Good” Music Teacher
260: How “Education Through Music” is Creating More Music Teacher Positions in Schools with Stephanie Nantell
259: Making Lemonade from Lemons in Your Teaching Journey
258: Sound Seeds: Nurturing Musicianship in the Elementary Classroom with Dr. Micheal Houlahan
257: 5 Ways I'm Rethinking Classroom Management
256: Teaching the Recorder in an Engaging Way with Bill Henry
255: How I'm Preparing to Teach Again
254: Summer Series: In Personal Professional Development Opportunities for Music Educators
253: Summer Series: Online Professional Development Opportunities for Music Educators
252: Summer Series: Favorite Music Education Social Media Accounts
251: Summer Series: Music Education Websites and Apps
250: Summer Series: Favorite Music Education YouTube Channels
249: Designing a Curriculum that Works for You with Katie Jenks
248: Summer Series: Favorite Music Education Books
247- Summer Series: Favorite Music Education Podcasts
246: Summer Series: Favorite Music Education Blogs
245: Real PD that Music Teachers Need with Dr. Sarah Gulish and David Allen
244- Teaching the Wiggly Students in the Music Room
243- Making the Music Classroom Relevant to Upper Elementary Students
242- Take these Steps to Improve Your Teaching Practice and Life
241- Why Reflection, Processing, and Renewal is So Important
240- 4 Practical Ways to Collaborate with the Other Related Arts Teachers
239- Being a Multi Passionate Music Educator with Melody Jenkins
238- How to Create and Deliver Lessons that Foster a Positive Classroom Environment with Terri Lloyd
237- How the School Year is a Marathon and Not a Sprint
236- Professional Development that can Support Teachers Throughout their Careers with Kate Hagen and Sarah Fairfield
235- Using Centers for Assessment with Aileen Miracle
234- Following a Roadmap for Curriculum Development
233- How Assessment and Lesson Planning Work Together
232- Using Concept Based Teaching in the Music Room
231- 4 Ways to Incorporate Curriculum Development in the Music Room
230- How to Use the ADDIE Instructional Model in Teaching
229- Building a Strong Music Program in the First 5 Years with Adrian Gordon
228- How to Effectively Plan with Other Music Teachers
227- How You're More than a Music Teacher with Franklin Willis
226- Music Technology Ideas for Elementary Students
225- Recapping the Best Episodes of 2022
224- When You Feel Like Quitting Music Teaching
223- Talking Less During Instructional Time as a Music Teacher
222- Online Opportunities to Help Music Teachers Create and Consume with Jaime Slutzky
221- The 10 Things No One Tells you About Being a Music Teacher
220- How the Creative Process Promotes Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving Skills with Kathryn Patricia Cobbler
219- Music Education Technology with David Smolover
218- Teaching Music to a Large Class
217- SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning and How that can Play a Role inside the Music Room with Elizabeth Peterson
216- 10 Engaging Ways to Bring Classical Music into the Music Room
215- Songwriting and Children's Books in the Music Room with Dennis Mathew
214- Why Trial and Error is a Good Thing
213: Bite Sized PD- Feeling Successful
212: Bite Sized PD- Staying Organized
211: Elementary Music Coaching Week Wrap Up and Harmony Q&A
210: Bite Sized PD- Accountability as an Elementary Music Teacher
209: Bite Sized PD: Believing in Yourself
208: Bite Sized PD: Finding Fulfillment
207: Bite Sized PD- Finding Peace
206: Bite Sized PD- Feeling Unappreciated
205: Bite Sized Summer PD- Beating the Overwhelm
204- Let Your Summer Be YOUR Summer
203- 3 Areas to Focus on as you Wrap up the School Year
202- Technology Tips and Tricks with Katie Wardrobe
201- Musical Play in the Music Room with Tina Arenas
200- Celebrating the 200th Episode with Jessica Grant Interviewing Me!
199- 4 Ways to Reframe Negative Thoughts About Teaching
198- Being a Music Teacher and an Entrepreneur with Bree Noble and Katie Zaccardi
197- Bringing Popular Music into the Music Classroom
196- 4 Easy Ways to Make Extra Money as a Teacher
195- Mental Health in Life and Teaching with Lauren Marcinkowski
194- How to Teach Elementary Music without Enough Instruments
193- Building a Sense of Belonging in the Music Room with Dr. Missy Strong
192- Assessment in Elementary Music
191- Building a Music Program from the Ground Up with Natassia Perrine
190- Organization Tips to Balance your Work and Life
189- Literacy and Music Education with Vicky Weber
188- Trusting your Intuition
187- Bringing Guests Artists into Your Music Room with Allison Russo
186- 45 Minute Class Period Break Down
185- Teaching Music on a Cart with Amy Walworth
184- Recapping the Podcast in 2021
183-4 Guiding Questions to Help You Create a Mission Statement
182- 5 Steps for Finding Renewal as a Music Teacher
181- Being an Empowered Educator with Jen Rafferty
180- Music Teacher Coaching Call with Stephanie Klemetson
179-Working with English Language Learners in the Music Room with Angela Ammerman
178- How to Be Thankful Even When it's Hard
177- Lining Up Students to Leave the Music Room
176- Deconstructing K-5th Grade Music Standards
175- Decolonizing Music Education with Giuliana Conti
174- Music Teacher Coaching Call with Joanna Busch
173- Drama Education and Integration with Deb Baldwin
172- Dealing with Feeling Left Out
171- Diversity in Music Education with Nate Holder
170- How to do Centers in the Elementary Music Room
169- Being a Leader in Your School as the Music Teacher with Jamal Maxsam
168- What to Know About Students Entering the Music Room
167- Taking an Empathy Based Approach to Behavioral Challenges in the Music Room with Dr. Erin Parkes
166- First Steps in Pursuing your Edupreneur Dreams
165- Empowering Music Students and the Student-Centered Music Room with Theresa Hoover
164- Personal Development and Creating Educational Leaders who are Empathetic with Robert Anderson
163- What to Expect Heading Back to in Person Teaching
162- 3 Mindset Beliefs to Tackle Before Heading Into the New School Year
161-How to move from feeling stuck to supported as a music teacher with Taylor Middleton
160- How These 15 Music Teachers Journeys Are Just Like Yours
159- Reframing the Way You View Professional Development
158- Planning Out the First Month of School
157- A Simple Way to Keep Your Lesson Plans Organized
156- Determining How to Structure Your Class Time in the Music Room
155- What Classroom Management Is and Isn't
154- School’s Over… Now What?
153- How to have a Side Hustle and Teach Music Full Time with Katie Holbrook
152- What to do if You're "Ready to Quit"
151- Wrapping up the School Year with Your Students
150- Self Care for Music Educators with Beth Duhon
149- Teaching Music in Low Income Schools
148- Making Music Education Inclusive for All Students
147- Culturally Relevant Music Education with Casey Hall
146- 3 Ways to Implement Instructional Software in Elementary Music
145- How to use Orff and technology and connecting elementary and secondary music with Eric Young
144- What a formal music education doesn't teach you
143-How to do songwriting with your students with Lori Burke
142- At home virtual music classes with JoEllyn Sumner
141- Why Music in our Schools month matters and how to celebrate with your students
140- The importance of advocating for yourself as a music teacher with Rainy Barton
139- Using technology and teaching during a Pandemic with Katie Wonderly
138- Celebrating Black History all school year long
137- How to talk to your friends and family about what it's like being a music teacher
136- Preparing for a sub and teaching with anxiety with Liz Kutschke
135- Crawl before you walk, music teacher friend
134- Recapping the most downloaded podcast episodes each month of 2020
133- Why community matters so much for an elementary music teacher
132- How to keep moving forward when the overwhelm is so real
131- Adapting instruction for our new normal with Taylor Nardone
130- Celebrating Winter in the music room, no matter the teaching situation
129- Informal learning and creativity in the music room with Steve Giddings
128-Why I’m thankful for you music teacher friend
127- How to put on performances with your students this school year
126- Hip hop music education with Courtney Powers
125- 5 things to consider if a lesson bombs
124- The Music Podcast for Kids with Bill Henry
123- Using technology as a music teacher while still being you
122- How to help kids cope with the impact of COVID-19 with Jenny Delacruz
121- "What if" statements for music teachers
120- Songwriting and teaching music to younger students with Stephanie Leavell
119- 5 ways to help your student teacher thrive
118- Active listening and bringing live music to children with Robert Franz
117- How to cope with a crazy schedule this school year
116- Inclusion and literature in the music room with Charissa Duncanson
115- A snippet from my book "Make A Note"
114- Creating engaging content for elementary music students with Darlene Machacon
113- Teaching music virtually and self care with Michelle Rose
112- How to cope with anxiety and worry as you go back to school
111- Classroom management, setting up your classroom, and having the right mindset as you head back into the school year
110- Intentional bridge building in music classrooms with Justin Mclean
109- A conversation with my teacher sister Jeralyn about all things education
108- How to start the school year off feeling a little bit less overwhelmed
107-Why joining HARMONY is an easy choice with Autumn Shurley, Justin Stanton , and Lauren Larson
106- How joining HARMONY helps music teachers beat the overwhelm with Joseph Tagnipes and Ashley Hawk
105-What my former student wants teachers to know with Ralph Edwards
104- Finding balance while teaching from home and being a parent
103-Beating imposter syndrome with Katie Holbrook
BONUS-White Music Teacher...Do Better
102- How to connect with your students while teaching virtually
101-Preparing for any teaching situation next school year
100- Ideas for integrating music and social studies
99- The importance of early childhood music education with Dr. Michael Ruybalid
98- Ideas for integrating science and music
97- Cultural Relevant Teaching in the Elementary Music Classroom with Franklin Willis
96- Ideas for integrating music into math
95- Being a music education author with Sarah Gulish
94- Ideas for integrating music into reading
93- Keep teaching music… yes even online
92- Teaching solfege with Melissa Stouffer
BONUS- Teaching music amidst COVID-19
91- What a flower and teaching music have in common
90- Transitioning to a new school with Rachel Hahn
89- You can successfully teach music without ever taking a levels course
88- Movement and improvisation using the Orff approach with Allison Croskey
87- How to encourage love and kindness in the music room
86- 5 Practical Ways to Implement Social and Emotional Learning Strategies In the Music Classroom with Paige Bell
85- Teaching ukulele and curriculum design for elementary music with Annie Rasmussen
84- Combining Orff and Kodaly and teaching upper elementary and middle school music with Jessica Grant
83- How to have a successful first year teaching music with Bethany Johnson
82- Why reflecting on the beginning of the school year is important
81- HARMONY Facebook live replay
80- A recap of every podcast episode from 2019
79- Responsive classroom and movement in the music room with Matthew Stensrud
78- Ways to beat the holiday stress as a music teacher
77- How to turn negative parts of teaching music into positive ones with Traci Stewart
76- What I'm thankful for 3 years after starting The Domestic Musician
75- How your background makes you the teacher you are today
74- Working with special learners in the music classroom with Bryson Tarbet
73- Adaptive music education and technology adaptations for deaf and hard of hearing students with Kelly Surette
72- Restorative behavior management and equity in music education with Elizabeth Caldwell
71- How to be a more purposeful, sequential, and joyful music teacher with Anne Mileski
70- 4 Ways to Celebrate Halloween in the Music Room
69- Aimee Pfitzner on using the Orff approach with singing games and body percussion
68- Why Teaching Music in Year Three Is the Best
67- How to transition from teaching classroom music to a private teaching business with Jessica Dutton
66- Juggling Being a Parent and a Music Teacher
65- 10 Things Music Teachers Really Think During Staff Meetings
64- Marketing and technology advice for music teachers with Megan Kuhar
63- Setting up your music classroom
62- Teaching music in a large Title 1 school with Audrey Jones
61- How to build relationships with your students as the music teacher
60-Composing with technology and pitched percussion ensembles with Justin Griffith
59-Hear why 3 elementary music teachers joined HARMONY
58-Work-Home Life Balance Tips
57- Starting the school year off with success
56-David Row shares about Orff, centers, puppets, and books
55-10 of the best Patriotic songs for elementary students
54-A few of my favorite elementary music teaching resources
53-Routines and classroom management with Jane (Silly O' Music)
52-Music teaching resources- how to choose what to use
51-How to deal with the "It must be nice to get summers off" statement
50-Music Literacy with Kristen Pugliese
49-How to prepare your music classroom for summer
48-How to put on an end of the year talent show
47-How to use the Orff-Schulwerk approach with Erin Elliott
46-Dealing with stress and anxiety in your teaching and home life
45-Ways to use keyboards in your music classroom
44-Teaching music with a limited budget and pursuing a graduate degree with Stacey Garrepy
43-What to do during testing week in music class
42-How to bring your musicianship into your classroom
41-Why you shouldn't lose the musician side of who you are
40-How to advocate for music education in Music in Our Schools Month
39-Mentorship for the elementary music teacher with Elisa Jansen Jones
38-4 ways to deal with music teacher burnout
37-How to celebrate Mardi Gras in the music room
36-I'm a music teacher, what's your super power?
35-Forming a sense of community in your classroom with this Valentine's Day activity
34-Simple yet effective ways to plan and implement programs
33-How to apply the words of Martin Luther King to your teaching
32-How to celebrate Black History month in the music room
31-How to get back into the swing of things after break
30-My top 5 podcast episodes from 2018
29-Ways teachers can really relax over Winter break
28-5 reasons I'm thankful for music education
27-5 things I'm thankful for this year
26-The importance of teaching music from other cultures
25-Tips for simplifying lesson planning- part 2
24-Tips for simplifying lesson planning...part 1
23-How to handle a behavior problem child in the music room
22-What it's like being a teacherpreneur
21-Pass the Pumpkin Fall music activity
20- "Peanut Sat On a Railroad Track" music lesson
19-Ways to beat imposter syndrome as an elementary music teacher
18-Why songwriting in elementary music isn't scary
17-Teaching kids to sing in the elementary music classroom
16-The Elementary Music Teacher Blueprint FREEBIE
15-Making students feel welcome in the music room this school year
14-Tips on transitioning from summer back to school
13-10 things you don't know about me
12-How you can feel successful teaching elementary music
11- Why teaching Patriotic music to kids is so important
10-Why self care for teachers is so important
9-Advice for new music teachers
8-Find motivation to take professional development
7- Why music teachers matter during teacher appreciation week
6-How to plan for the next school year
5-Classroom management in elementary music
4-Why the teacher walkouts matter
3- Springtime activities for the music classroom
2-How to teach music in a low income school
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