Fac Music Education VM. ASO! i 4400 University Drive, MS 3E3 uNtve ON | School of Music Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 Progress Report Student Teacher: Samantha Charriez Mentor Teacher: Dr. Leslie Robillard Period (dates) from: 02 / 15 to_03_/ 05 / 2017 MO “DAY MO” — DAY ~ YEAR INSTRUCTIONS: This form must be typed. The ST completes #1, saves and forwards to the M ‘The MT completes #2 and #3. The MT will print the form, discuss with ST, and sign. The ST will sign the form, make a copy and forward to the US on/or before the deadline. 1. (ST) Briefly describe your teaching successes and difficulties for this period. One thing | leamed about was the importance of smooth transitions and leaving zero time for becoming unfocused. Each part of your lesson should smoothly transition into the next to have very minimal downtime. Another important lesson I leamed is how much the teacher must supplement the method bbook used in class. There are many cases in which Essential Elements can be altered to help the student learn a concept quicker. In #106. March Militaire, EE splits a difficult phrase into two separate lines. | rewrote it to connect that phrase so it has 12 measures on the first line and 8 measures on the second line with rehearsal letters every 2 bars. | noticed that many students forget certain fingerings and what accidentals are so | included reminders in the #106 study. Students also learn rhythms faster ‘when you associate it with songs they already know. To teach dotted quarter followed by an eighth note ‘we wrote out a unison study of "My Country Tis’ of Thee" and the students quickly recognized it and. easily played that rhythm in other songs. To teach an eighth note followed by a dotted quarter, we 2. (MT) Deseribe the ST's performance for this period in terms of strengths and areas that need improvement. ‘Samantha continues to exhibit professionalism, flexibility, and organization. Her classroom management skills were already strong, yet have continued to improve even more. She has ‘demonstrated the abilty to focus the students as they begin their lesson. Sammy is aware of her students’ needs throughout the class and paces her delivery of information to meet those needs. ‘Samantha's next area of improvement would be to anticipate a troublesome spot in the music before the students play it and isolate that section for repetitive practice before playing large sections of the music. 3. (MT) Recommendations and/or instructions for the next two weeks. ‘Samantha should continue to and expand on breaking difficult parts of the music into smaller sections. {or repetitive practice. Also, she should slow tempos down when difficult or new music is being rehearsed, We are very impressed with Samantha's teaching abilities and we are sad to see her time with us coming to an end. Lite Kl 3) S20 SIGNATURE OF MT YEAR 18 1 20\4 MO “DAY “YEAR