You’ve excelled in music at high school, you’ve analyzed Bach in college, you’ve been taught by an instrumental professional (and probably are one yourself!), but now you have to teach RECORDER. This can strike fear in even a top-level orchestral performer. 30...
It’s hard to believe that Halloween is behind us, and somehow, we survived! We know that you have been busy at school, so we thought that we’d check in this week to make sure you know about all the great things we have in store for you this month. If you’ve been...
Hey there music teacher! This is Michelle from Music with Miss W and I’m about to be real with you for a minute. Three Mondays ago, I was having trouble breathing. It started when I opened my laptop to check my school email while watching the news and eating...
How difficult it is to assess music skills when we have hundreds of students! We are all familiar with the traditional analytic rubric. You know, the one with 3-6 different dimensions and 3-4 different criteria for each dimension. While this is a nice...
As teachers, I think we all want to help our students become better humans by fostering positive character traits. But with so much to teach, so many students to interact with, and everything else pulling for our attention, it can be hard to find ways to really focus...
