Strategies for Reaching Kids Who Don’t Care Having spent the bulk of my music education career working in schools known for students with challenging behaviors, I can attest to the truth in the old maxim, “Kids don’t care what you know until they know that you...
At the end of the year, it is inevitable that our students’ behavior gets a little crazier. In my district, the kids are doing tons of state testing, spending hours staring at computer screens and are very stressed out. At least in my state, we have had a long winter...
It is finally December and we all know what that means…concert season is upon us!!! I don’t know about you, but I have major anxiety surrounding all things concert. I am master of the “what if” game and worry about every tiny detail. It doesn’t matter whether the...
A few years ago,Someone introduced me to whole brain teaching, used in many classrooms around the world. It is a great interactive way to run your classroom. I moved to a new school this year and as I introduce my class rules, I was pleased to have the kids say,...