Professional support offered to teachers:
- email Deb to ask a question or to arrange a time to chat via phone or on skype;
- email Deb to request additional worksheets, teaching videos, practice videos or other resource you need (to go with the Musicianship & Aural Training for the Secondary School Series);
- email Deb to request some professional learning time with Deb herself ;
- email to arrange for Deb to visit your school to:
- work with your school’s music staff to
- help teach a particular level (e.g. Lower Secondary; VCE etc);
- to improve your musicianship skills;
- to help plan/design/create a curriculum;
- show you how to get the most out of the Musicianship & Aural Training for the Secondary School Series;
- show you around the Musicianship & Aural Training for the Secondary School Series if you are considering using it at your school.
- work with your school’s music students to
- teach a particular level (at the beginning of the year to get them started or at the end of the year to prepare for exams etc) ;
- to help you improve your students’ musicianship skills.
- work with your school’s music staff to
Consider speaking with other schools in your area to host a combined schools workshop with Deb!
Music Education Advocacy
9 MUSIC TECH ACTIVITIES FOR MUSIC ADVOCACY
Music tech activities for music advocacy from Midnight Music
The Transformative Power of the Arts in Education
Article by Paul Isbel artsHub | Saturday, March 03, 2012
Why Teach Music in Schools
Changing values since the 1850s by Robin Stevens
Children’s Music Workshop
This fantastic website has a very comprehensive advocacy section including great documents such as “Top 10 Advocacy Quotes” and “Top 10 for Parents” etc
WhyLearnToPlayMusic
An American brochure that was in the ISME showbag with some great advocacy information.
Richard Gill at TEDxSydney 2011
Music educator Richard Gill argues the case for igniting the imagination through music and for making our own music.
The Case for Music Education
Why is music education important?
Why Music
I have this framed and on my door wherever I am teaching.
Other
Watch the pentatonic scale by Bobby Mcferrin on youtube – very clever!