Of all the tools we have as teachers, wouldn’t you agree that praise certainly numbers among the most powerful. When students feel pride in their accomplishments from us praising...

Let’s face it: teaching is hard, tiring and downright exhausting. Sometimes frustration and fatigue can allow us to lose sight of what’s important – of what’s truly important –...

If you’re like me, every Zoom session I’ve been part of has regularly been filled with people speaking with their microphone muted only to have their silent mouthing on the...

John C. Maxwell stated, “Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them. I think it is fair to say that we, along with our...

Through his research, Dr. John Gottman concluded that successful relationships follow “The Magic Relationship Ratio.” That magic ratio is 5:1. In a successful relationship, for...

I have always been proud of being a teacher. More so, I have always been proud of each of our colleagues. But never in my life have I been prouder of what each of you has done,...

As all of us have had to adapt to our new world, including the ways we must teach and the ways our students must learn, it makes me realize how much I have taken for granted over...

Within the first millisecond of trying to use any meeting platform to have a gaggle of clarinets play at the same time, it becomes painfully obvious that simple pre-pandemic...

Among the greatest concerns we have as we work through this school year is how we can start beginning band students in the “new normal” we find ourselves. Whether its mouthpiece...