Classroom Management

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Incorporating More Assessment in Your Orchestra Classroom

Incorporating More Assessment in Your Orchestra Classroom Finding the Balance between Assessment and Rehearsal  By NAfME Member Daniel Lytle I find accurately assessing my orchestra students to be challenging. It…

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Develop Performance Skills with Cloud Software

Develop Performance Skills with Cloud Software By NAfME Member Robby Burns Presented at the 2021 NAfME Eastern Division Conference Over the past year of remote and hybrid instruction, teachers have…

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Yay Storytime! Musical Adventures with Children’s Picture Books, Part Thirteen

Yay Storytime! Part Thirteen 25 Music-Themed Children’s Picture Books for the General Music Classroom By Thomas Amoriello Jr. Immediate Past Chair of the NAfME Council for Guitar Education Describing the…

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Lesson Planning for a Year of Uncertainty

Lesson Planning for a Year of Uncertainty By NAfME Member Elizabeth Caldwell This blog was first published on “Organized Chaos.” Lesson planning and curriculum development for general music is difficult…

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Creating Meaningful Communication: The Key to Successful Remote Learning

Creating Meaningful Communication The Key to Successful Remote Learning By NAfME Member Bob Habersat How I long for the days when I could scan the room at the beginning of…

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Stop, Drop, and Scroll

Stop, Drop, and Scroll Questions to Guide Your Social Media Behavior By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article first appeared in the January 2020 issue of Teaching Music. With…

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The Future of Music Education

The Future of Music Education What’s It Going to Look Like?  By NAfME Member Meghan Cabral We do not know. As educators, we are planners, we want to know what…

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Being the “New Teacher”: Making a Smooth Transition

Making a Smooth Transition  How do you follow a successful and beloved high school choral director? By Kevin Coker This article was first published in the August 2015 Teaching Music…

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Organization Tips for the First Days of School

Organization Tips for the First Days of School By NAfME Member Meghan Cabral This article was originally published on the SmartMusic blog. The importance of getting organized for your students’…

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Testing, 1 . . . , 2 . . . , 3!

Testing, 1 . . . , 2 . . . , 3! Prepare Your Students for Success By NAfME Member Audrey Carballo Testing. That word can strike fear into the…

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