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nafmeadminI teach 6-8 band and music and will be on maternity leave beginning in May. I know that my sub will not be musically trained at all. I am responsible for creating lesson plans that begin in April in order to be prepared. I have bumped up my spring band concert to April 11 to make sure that is out of the way before I leave. I was planning on having the kids check in any school-owned instruments after the concert so I don’t have a sub trying to take care of that. I am desperate for ideas of what a non-musical sub can do from mid April to May 25. I think it may be easiest to just treat all of my classes as general music classes at that point.
Any ideas???
nafmeadminWhat about research projects about certain eras of music? The students could work in groups or singles (as you choose) and you could have a list of eras for them to choose from. i.e. 1920s jazz, 70s disco, 80s rap, 90s (what was in the 90s?? haha) or you could even go WAY back to renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, etc. Have them research and present showing examples and notable musicians. Then also maybe even come up with their own performance in the style (live or video). WIth well dictated guidelines, your sub shouldn’t need to have musical knowledge and might learn a thing or two in the process! Plus, between research, practicing, and presentations, it could easily eat up 4-5 weeks of classes.
nafmeadminI had my student teacher from the year before come back and do my maternity leave. Do you know who your sub will be? I was able to get my plans up way in advance because I knew exactly what I could do. What about an 8th grader conducting for the sub? If you had a kid that was really good you could teach him/her a few things and have them conduct. Maybe not all the time but just a couple times a week to keep them playing. Another idea if you use it as a general music class is to have them get into groups of 5 or so and make their own musical board games. They come up with musical questions (i do 30), they design the board, and make everything and then play each other board games. I do this in 5th grade, but any grade level I am sure would love the project.
nafmeadminPerhaps you could contact near by colleges with Music Ed programs and see if they have any students who graduated this winter and are looking for their first job this coming school year. If they live close enough they might be interested in a long term sub gig. It would be a way for them to earn a little money and gain some experience. Just a thought.
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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