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Music Health for Music Educators
Music as Medicine: Songwriting Workshop A Mental Health Session for Music Educators Rationale On top of managing learner interest, school...
Feb 15


Social Scaffolding and Learner Success
How can you ensure that learners see themselves reflected in the material that they study? Learners see themselves reflected in the...
Feb 13


Neurodiversity
Helpful strategies that I have used in my classroom to support learners who face challenges such as self-regulation and information...
Feb 13


Listen, Believe, & Act
Summary: This document is meant to help educators support marginalized students. It includes data that showcases how BIPOC students are...
Feb 13


Supporting Learners’ Mental Health
Please see the attached link for my slideshow presentation.
Feb 13


Home Support Partners
Tip #4 - Meet and greet new parents Work with the principal to find opportunities for council members to meet more parents, and new...
Feb 8


World Music BOPPPS Lesson Plan
Lesson Context: Language Revitalization and Indigenous Gathering Song Workshop Course: AMG/AMI/AMK/AMS/AMV 2O1 Grade Level: 10...
Feb 2


Language of Music
Programming Strategy Instructional Strategy Mod. Acc. Goal Success Indicator Model all activities for students. (p. 59) ✔️ Students...
Feb 2


Authentic Allyship
How do you model allyship in your own practice? I model allyship in my own practice by giving my students a safe space to explore their...
Feb 2


Appropriation Versus Appreciation
One of the first activities I do at the start of the semester is have my students complete an About Me sheet. In this form, I collect...
Feb 2


Uplifting Black Voices
Lesson Selected: #6, Vices In this lesson, students will be discussing mental health and wellness using the song “Vices” by the Hip Hop...
Feb 2


Decolonization and Indigenization
COURSE/type/code: Grade 5 Music Learning expectations: Learners will: Understand and make connections between the theme of...
Feb 1


Anti-Asian Racism
1. What do you know and what have you learned about Asian Canadian contributions and challenges facing Asian Canadians? Prior to reading...
Jan 30


Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy is an educational approach that empowers students to utilize critical thinking skills through cultural...
Jan 27


Challenges of Building a Music Program
I would consider the top three challenges of building a music education program to be learner interest, budget, and support. These are...
Jan 26


Bias and Learners
One strategy that I use in my classroom at the beginning of term is giving students a short introductory assignment where they have to...
Jan 25


Evolving Perspectives on the Standards of Teaching
The Ethical Standard of Care 1. Identify new insights and ethical understandings you gained from exploring the artist’s expression of the...
Jan 25


Benefits and Inequities of Music Education
The music program at my school is recovering from several years of being disregarded due to a constant rotation of teachers, the pandemic...
Jan 23


We Are What We Learn
I started my musical journey at the age of four when I was enrolled in piano lessons. For many years, most of the music that I knew was...
Jan 22


Personalized Playlist Introduction
Through the Ages playlist Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis This was the first song I learned on bass guitar last summer, and the first...
Jan 21
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