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Graduateworkatqcdocfinal
The classes on the Graduate level were definitely more tedious. I remember
taking 18-21 credits a semester in my Undergraduate career, and as a Graduate I could
barely handle 6 credits a semester. Of course, part of it is that now I was studying in
addition to a teaching position. But that is not all the classes are more involved. My
teachers expect more from their students because this is a graduate course. There is
more reading and writing involved, and doing minimal work is not an option. Had this
been part of my Undergraduate experience, perhaps I would have been discouraged.
However, now that I am in a teaching position, it feels more meaningful.
Smith and Dr. Babb. All three faculty members were unanimous when it came to the
decision that I needed to look for employment in another school. Although nothing was
open at the time, it was important for me to know that the way things were being run in
my old school was unfair. It made my decision to leave very easy.
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time, I took it with a general music / choral outlook. Now that I am teaching band, part of
me wishes that I could take the class again.
Lucky for me, I was able to take a Summer composition course with Dr. Smith
this summer. She is great at what she does. I have a soft spot for her classes, especially
since she has seen me and helped me grow into the educator that I have become.
Although some of the activities were similar to the Undergraduate Seminar class I took,
the experience was completely different because the students were different. Their
knowledge and musicianship brought something completely different to the table, which
made the class a lot more enjoyable. I feel that I do a great job of incorporating
composition in my classroom. In fact, last year I submitted a proposal to my principal
asking if I could start a composition class to help develop language with the English
Language Learners in my school.
Using programs such as Audacity would have helped when I needed to change the key
of a song or extract the vocal line. However, those were the little things that I learned as
part of the process of becoming a teacher.
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