Music Teacher Coffee Talk

MTCT #159: Starting the School Year: Putting First Things First by Carrie Nicholas and Tanya LeJeune

Carrie and Tanya share ideas for summer learning such as classes, podcasts, and book recommendations.

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Tanya and Carrie discuss their end of the year plans including what content we are still going to teach and some of the extra fun things we do this time of year to keep kids engaged.

In this podcast, the hosts discuss implementing ideas from 'Realizing Diversity' in music education, exploring challenges in student music programs and projects. They delve into teaching the Son Clave rhythm from Ghana, engaging students through cultural music elements. The hosts also analyze Rihanna's song 'Umbrella' from a music theory perspective and share thoughts on a movie about a conductor's personal life versus career.

Discussing takeaways from the 2024 OAKE National Conference, Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter', cultural inclusivity in music education, genre-blending albums, Kodály methodology evolution, accommodating diverse student needs, setting expectations post-school break, exploring art through an audio guide app, and pop culture critiques.

Carrie and Tanya welcome Debbie O'Shea from Crescendo Music Education to talk about manipulatives in the music room.

Tanya and Carrie discuss strategies for putting together a musical performance when you are short on time.

Guests Tanya and Carrie share work smarter teacher tips, focusing on time management strategies, lesson plan consistency, tech tools like Canva and Google, personal organization tips, and discussion on true crime documentary 'American Nightmare' and the word game 'Blank Slate'.

Carrie and Tanya discuss strategies that help with classroom management and building relationships within a challenging group of students.