Six Music Classroom Management Strategies
I recently came across an article by Rachel Maxwell and Jessica Corry called Six Music Classroom Management Strategies. As I read through the list, I […]
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5 Reasons I Loved Teaching Middle School
This past summer was a whirlwind tour for me and someday I may share a bit about the amazing experiences I had traveling by myself […]
Why Experience Is The Best Teacher
“You’ll understand when you’re older.” We tell that to our students, and they don’t like. We hear it when we start out in the teaching […]
10 Years of Teaching: How Do I Keep My Sanity?
Five years ago, I wrote a series of seven articles called “Questions That Will Save Your Career” that still remain among the most visited articles […]
10 Years of Teaching: How Do I Keep My Students Quiet?
Five years ago, I wrote a series of seven articles called “Questions That Will Save Your Career” that still remain among the most visited articles […]
Help A New Student Teacher Out With Resources
KMB writes: I’m starting student teaching this Spring and would really like some advice, tips, and resources to help me out. I’m sure 12th graders […]
Where Have YOU Been?
This school year is turning out to be pretty crazy in a lot of ways. I’m now in my ninth year of teaching and am […]
Rookie Mistakes
This year I am in the position to be able to work relatively closely with two first-year teachers and a second-year teacher. I also am […]
10 TEDTalks of Music Education Greatness [VIDEO]
One of the greatest parts of being a band director is that what I do really matters. Beyond the students acquiring a skill of playing […]
Why I Removed Comments From My Blog
This evening, I decided to do something I’ve been toying around with since the summer. I finally deleted comments from my blog entirely. Where it […]
Dissection of a Band Director
I saw this cartoon posted on The Yellow Board yesterday and thought some of my musician-type readers wouldappreciate it. The cartoon is by John Bogenschutz […]
How Do We Show Our Students That We Love Them?
When I was struggling to find hope early in my career as a teacher, I came across a few pieces of advice given by King […]
20 Ways I Really Use My iPhone To Teach Band Class
On the day that the iPhone 3G was released, I rushed out to the local AT&T Store to pick up my very own. I was […]
Building A Legacy
Legacy Main Entry: 1legacy Pronunciation: \?le-g?-s?\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural legacies Etymology: Middle English legacie office of a legate, bequest, from Anglo-French or Medieval […]
20 Classic SYWTT Articles And Series
If this is your first time visiting this site, or even if you’ve been reading for a while, there are undoubtedly some articles that you’ve […]