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What Makes a Great Music Teacher?

What Makes a Great Music Teacher?

by Anthony Mazzocchi | Sep 30, 2015 | Building Support / Advocacy

Greatness in teaching is just as rare as greatness in any other profession. Although it’s impossible to offer a prescription of qualities in order to cultivate great music teachers, understanding these qualities can give all would-be teachers a standard of excellence...
What Makes a Great Music Teacher?

Why Students Don’t Like School (and How Music Instruction Changes That)

by Anthony Mazzocchi | Apr 21, 2015 | Building Support / Advocacy

We have learned more about how the brain works in the last decade than ever before. Even with all the new knowledge we have about how children learn, our schools have been slow to adapt accordingly.  In my time as a teacher and administrator, I have often...
Building Support with “Core” Teachers

Building Support with “Core” Teachers

by Jeffrey Phillips | Nov 18, 2014 | Building Support / Advocacy

To build strong relationships with other teachers in your building is sometimes a struggle for young band directors.   Stuck in our corner of the campus, working strange hours, it is easy to become isolated from the rest of the school community. ...
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