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Inspiration from Fellow Music Educators
We wanted to share some inspiration for the end of the most difficult year ever from your fellow music educators.
Read MoreMaking It Work: Summer Orff Levels
Opportunities to create joyful music, make life-long friends, and become better facilitators are available throughout the country. Learn what to expect from each Orff Levels course.
Read MoreMaking It Work: Take it Outside, 2021
Now that the weather is warmer for just about everyone in the US, it is a great time to take music class outside! LeslieAnne Bird shares updated ideas for outdoor music class in 2021.
Read MoreI Notice – I Wonder – I Value
AOSA Executive Director, Carrie Barnette, reflects on how teachers have adapted to new ways of making music with children and how AOSA has adjusted to support teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreTransformative SEL in the Music Room
Darlene Machacon recognizes that tending to students’ mental health needs is more important now than ever. Events of the past year have amplified the inequities that have always existed in our systems, which has led to the definition of Transformative SEL.
Read MoreBook Review: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education
Richard Lawton shares an insightful review of Vicki Lind’s and Connie McCoy’s book Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education.
Read MoreHow to F.I.N.D. the Brilliance in our Students
Franklin Willis encourages us to “Take off our Brilliance Blockers”. When we do we are able to see the skills and talents each one of the children we are privileged to serve brings to our learning environments every day.
Read MoreI Am a Failure …
As a typical “Type A” music educator, and one who has ADHD to boot, these are words that have been DEVASTATING to me in the not so far away past. And because I am a human being, sometimes I am going to fail. How I choose to respond to that failure makes all the difference…
Read MoreMaking It Work: Facilitating Drum Circles for Healing with Children
Our students need human connection now more than ever. K Michelle Lewis explores how drum circles can help meet children’s social and emotional needs.
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving
Roger and Michelle offer their best wishes to you, our Teaching With Orff family, and each share their personal focus for finding meaning and connection this Thanksgiving season. We are thankful for you and the beautiful work you do in the world!
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