Episodes

Sept. 15, 2021

168- What to Know About Students Entering the Music Room

In this podcast episode, I'll talk about what to know about students entering the music room. Honestly, when you set yourself AND your students up for success before they even step foot into your classroom, your class time w...

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Sept. 8, 2021

167- Taking an Empathy Based Approach to Behavioral Challenges in the…

While working with students with exceptional needs, you'll encounter students who deal with behavioral challenges. It's so tough as the music teacher knowing how to best work with these students and to stay patient in the pr...

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Sept. 1, 2021

166- First Steps in Pursuing your Edupreneur Dreams

Maybe you've wanted to start a side hustle or sell some products or services, but you're not quite sure how. I remember starting out and having all of the questions and no idea how to figure out the answers. In …

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Aug. 25, 2021

165- Empowering Music Students and the Student-Centered Music Room wi…

What is a student-centered classroom? How exactly does it empower your music students? In today's episode, Theresa and I talk about these exact topics and help provide you with strategies to move forward with implementing i...

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Aug. 18, 2021

164- Personal Development and Creating Educational Leaders who are Em…

Personal development for teachers is an important topic, to help you in both your teacher life and for your students. A lot of times the focus is on professional development only, and personal development for teachers is for...

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Aug. 4, 2021

163- What to Expect Heading Back to in Person Teaching

Whether you already taught in person last school year or you'll be headed back into your building this school year, there's a lot of fear, uncertainty, and unknowns facing not only you, but your students too. In this episode,...

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July 28, 2021

162- 3 Mindset Beliefs to Tackle Before Heading Into the New School Y…

There are so many mindset beliefs music teachers deal with on a daily basis. In this episode, I'm going to tackle the 3 I hear mentioned the most. Today, we're going to talk about the thoughts: "I'm not good enough..." …

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July 21, 2021

161-How to move from feeling stuck to supported as a music teacher wi…

Have you felt stuck or supported as a music teacher? In this episode, I brought in Taylor Middleton to talk about her journey as a music teacher and how she's found the support she needs. What you need won't look …

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July 14, 2021

160- How These 15 Music Teachers Journeys Are Just Like Yours

In this episode, you'll hear from 15 music teachers who all have different stories to share. That's what so cool about meeting elementary music teachers... everyone's story is different. You'll hear what struggles each teac...

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July 7, 2021

159- Reframing the Way You View Professional Development

Do you view professional development as only earning PD hours and enough credits just to get by? What if I told you it was about so much more than that. In this episode, let's talk about how you can reframe …

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June 30, 2021

158- Planning Out the First Month of School

Planning out the first month of school can seem a little daunting. There are so many decisions to make and things to think about before you teach a single lesson. In this episode, I'll break down the "how to" behind …

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June 23, 2021

157- A Simple Way to Keep Your Lesson Plans Organized

You’ve probably accumulated so many lesson plans from different workshops, trainings, levels courses, friends, and resources. It gets so overwhelming knowing what to do with each lesson plan and how to find what you need whe...

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June 16, 2021

156- Determining How to Structure Your Class Time in the Music Room

Determining how to structure your class time in the music room can be tricky. You see your students on average for 45 minutes once a week and want to use your time wisely with each class that comes into your …

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June 9, 2021

155- What Classroom Management Is and Isn't

Did you learn in college that classroom management was only about the rules and about being strict? Yeah, me too... But, classroom management is about SO much more than that. In fact, forming relationships is the KEY to cla...

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June 2, 2021

154- School’s Over… Now What?

So, now that the school year is over, what do you do now? You’re probably thinking… umm Jessica, absolutely nothing is the answer to that...right? In this episode, we'll talk about how the most important thing you can do is...

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May 26, 2021

153- How to have a Side Hustle and Teach Music Full Time with Katie H…

Maybe you're teaching music full time, but you've had the desire or passion to pursue something else as a side hustle too. Thinking about doing this can be intimidating and overwhelming. There are a lot of questions to thin...

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May 19, 2021

152- What to do if You're "Ready to Quit"

Have you had thoughts about quitting teaching? What do you do with these thoughts and how do you move past them? In this episode, we'll talk about not only identifying where these thoughts are coming from, but what you need...

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May 12, 2021

151- Wrapping up the School Year with Your Students

The end of the school year is inching closer and closer and up goes the energy of your students. Maybe you have guilt about what you haven't done or what you should've done, but haven't really taken the time to …

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May 5, 2021

150- Self Care for Music Educators with Beth Duhon

Self care is more than a buzzword. So many times, we hear phrases like "just take care of yourself" or "find the one thing that works for you" or even "pencil in time to get that pedicure." But, self care …

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April 28, 2021

149- Teaching Music in Low Income Schools

No two schools are the same. The way you teach at one school won’t be the same as the way you present the same exact lesson at another school. Funding is different, relationship building is so important, you'll need to …

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April 21, 2021

148- Making Music Education Inclusive for All Students

The word inclusive means, "aiming to provide equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those having physical or mental disabilities or belonging to other m...

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April 14, 2021

147- Culturally Relevant Music Education with Casey Hall

In today's episode, Casey Hall came on the podcast to talk about culturally relevant music education. We discuss: what culturally relevant music education is why it's so important why forming relationships with your students ...

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April 7, 2021

146- 3 Ways to Implement Instructional Software in Elementary Music

Implementing instructional software in elementary music can be a bit tricky or even overwhelming. In this podcast episode, I share 3 ways you can easily do this with with your students. I'll discuss: Drill and practice Tutor...

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March 31, 2021

145- How to use Orff and technology and connecting elementary and sec…

I'm so excited for you to listen in to this episode with Eric Young. We talk a lot about how to connect elementary music to secondary music and why it's important for it to be a seamless transition for students. …

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