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Synopsis
Four music teachers, all in their first five years of teaching, discuss current issues in music education; offer resources, tips, and tricks; and catalogue their growth and missteps made as young teachers.
Episodes
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AMusEnd
25/08/2023 Duration: 01h11minSorry for ghosting everyone for a year. We're back, but we're not. This is the last episode of the podcast. Series Finale. We decided that the podcast and our listeners meant enough to us that we needed to put out one final episode to actually wrap it up. This whole endeavor has been a wild ride and a labor of love. We felt we filled a role that was really necessary when we started but in the last 9 years there has been explosion of music ed podcasts. We're now almost 15 years into our careers and our focus is now more on our families instead of establishing ourselves as professionals. We'll still be meeting regularly to discuss our teaching and share some epic mistakes and wins but we won't be recording them. We wish you the best in your growth as a music educator and hope that you can find a community of peers like we did to help you on that journey. If you want to see our journey from the beginning, go back and laugh at those kids who thought they might know what they're doing here's a link to our pilot in
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The one where Olin forgets to turn on his mic
07/06/2022 Duration: 55minWe navigate the last few weeks of school with an increasingly urgent need for the year to be over. Recorded 5.22.2022
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Reflections upon exiting "Survival Mode" this year.
16/05/2022 Duration: 01h04minWe chat about how things are actually returning to the way they were before, and reflect honestly on how we navigated the challenges of this past year now that we're not in the middle of it all. S8E31 Recorded 5.5.2022
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Boundaries and Being the Best
09/05/2022 Duration: 56minVeroinca asks the question: Can you still build a shiny, award winning program while still maintaining healthy boundaries in your life? S8E30 Recorded 4.24.2022
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Prism Concerts and Large Combined Events
26/04/2022 Duration: 59minWe talk about the logistics of showcasing the entirety of the music program, collaborating with others in your department and how to get in and out in a reasonable amount of time. S8E29 Recorded 4/18/22
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Awards and other considerations
15/04/2022 Duration: 01h04minIt's been a while since we were all together so our focus meanders a bit, but our original conversations focuses on rewarding students who are represntative of the values of your program beyond just outstanding musicianship. S8E28 Recorded 4.10.2022
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When Student Enrollment Drives Curriculum
03/04/2022 Duration: 58minOlin is out this week so the secondary school teachers discuss how the tail is wagging the dog when it comes to how elective enrollment is driving curriculum.
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Managing Student Expectations: Prestige vs Equity in you program
27/03/2022 Duration: 59minHow do you thread the needle celebrating your top students without leaving your other ensembles behind? We have our friend Jeff Kumagai on who is going through the last growing pains of taking over a program and dealing with the expectations of students who align with the values of the previous director. S8E26 Recorded 3.26.22
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Mid Semester Check-in
19/03/2022 Duration: 41minSus is out this week due to tech week for the musical, Olin is still in the middle of the madness. Veronica has one very long week til spring break. We check in with our goals for the end of the semester, how (if?) we are on track with them. S8E25 Recorded 3/13/2022
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The one where John forgets to Sub
14/03/2022 Duration: 59minWelcome to the spring. Things are going fine. We're sure. 100% Everything is fine. S8E24 Recorded 3/6/2022
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Professional Trajectory Part 2
05/03/2022 Duration: 01h14minWe continue our conversation regarding what a professional trjectory looks like for us, our previous discussion focused on what it wasn't. S8E23 Recorded 2.27.2022
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Professional Trajectory
27/02/2022 Duration: 47minWhat does a music educator's "professional trajectory" look like? This year we discuss a bit of difference in perspective on this topic between teachers in the classroom, administrators and what the difference is for us as music educators.
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Avoiding the Smundays
19/02/2022 Duration: 01h05minThe gang discusses their strategies for setting one's self up for success so as not to dread Sunday evening or Monday morning. S8E20 Recorded 1/30/2022
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Normalizing, Benchmarking, Grace and Self- Compassion
12/02/2022 Duration: 57minAs we are normalizing our expectations of ourselves and our students we're encountering a lot of frustration and need to stop and remind ourselves of a few key concepts. S8E21 Recorded 2.3.2022
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Your Literature Bucket List
29/01/2022 Duration: 01h03minWe talk programming and how we might feel guilty for imposing our own bucket lists on our students. Recorded 1/20/22
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Season 8 S2 Welcome Back
22/01/2022 Duration: 01h03minThis time we have the right file. Oops. We're back from break to a January that looks a little different than December. S8E18 Recorded 1/6/2022
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Spicy Water and the Hegemony of Christmas
20/12/2021 Duration: 56minForgive the zoom blips this week, we had to edit off of one track, old school. This week we deal with being caught in the middle of public school discourse on respecting other cultures and holidays and the (sometimes overwhelming) hegemony of Christmas, along with the public expectation of holiday concerts. S8E17 Recorded 12/12/21
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In-Person Concert Return.
13/12/2021 Duration: 01h02minGuess who's back, back again? Concerts. S8E16 Recorded 12/5/21
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Harnessing Anxiety for Student Success
04/12/2021 Duration: 01h06minOur topic meandered a bit on this episode, but it centered around anxiety (ours and our students'), understanding it and growing with it. S8E14 Recorded 11/14/2021.
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Thanksgiving 2021
24/11/2021 Duration: 01h10minHi Folks, this one jumps the queue because it's topical, so you get Episode 15 this week and then 14 next week. Time travel is rad. Enjoy our annual episode on Gratitude. S8E15 Recorded 11.21.21