by Bonnie | Jul 24, 2018 | Classroom Organization, Professional Collaboration, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats, Teaching Music 101, Tips and Tricks
Music teachers typically fall into two categories; those with school money and those without. You might not yet know what your situation will be, BUT if your school has some money set aside for your use, GREAT! You can read more about what questions to ask about your...
by Bonnie | Jul 24, 2018 | Classroom Organization, Money Management for Music Teachers, Notes and Budgets, Professional Collaboration, Professional Development, Reflections and Caveats, Teaching Music 101
Music teachers typically fall into two categories; those with school money and those without. You might not yet know what your situation will be, BUT if your school has some money set aside for your use, GREAT, you need to be a good steward of the money so that the...
by Bonnie | Jul 23, 2018 | Education Through Music, music teacher encouragement, Professional Collaboration, Professional Development, Professional Videos, Reflections and Caveats, teacher corner, Teaching Music 101, Tips and Tricks
If you are looking for a post about how to decorate your classroom or how to write a lesson plan or plan a performance, this is not that post. As a first year music teacher you may be facing hours of professional development with other first year teachers, most of...
by Bonnie | Jun 8, 2018 | Classroom Organization, Music Classroom Set up
In my school district we have to entirely pack up our rooms every year so that the entire school can be thoroughly disinfected and cleaned. We can’t leave a command hook or label anywhere in the room. Between being in the habit of packing up so completely every...
by Bonnie | May 1, 2018 | Bulletin Boards, Classroom Organization, Music Classroom Set up
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I have an admission to make. For a full 19 years of teaching, I have suffered from a low-grade case of ENVY! Every time I walk into a gen-ed classroom my eyes immediately zone in on the really cute wall calendar and I turn a little green...
by Bonnie | Apr 8, 2018 | Technology, Uncategorized
My FAVORITE thing about my music teacher Facebook group is that sometimes I learn something new! I’m sharing this jewel of a find now because, at the time when this amazing resource was launched in March 2016, I was ALMOST halfway through my graduate studies and...
