The student plans to organize and direct a high school band to perform three pieces at a concert in order to gain hands-on teaching experience. They will hold rehearsals over several months leading up to the concert. The student meets regularly with their mentor teacher to get feedback on their rehearsals and teaching techniques. The goal is for the student to learn from their mistakes in order to improve their skills and be better prepared to be a teacher.
The student plans to organize and direct a high school band to perform three pieces at a concert in order to gain hands-on teaching experience. They will hold rehearsals over several months leading up to the concert. The student meets regularly with their mentor teacher to get feedback on their rehearsals and teaching techniques. The goal is for the student to learn from their mistakes in order to improve their skills and be better prepared to be a teacher.
The student plans to organize and direct a high school band to perform three pieces at a concert in order to gain hands-on teaching experience. They will hold rehearsals over several months leading up to the concert. The student meets regularly with their mentor teacher to get feedback on their rehearsals and teaching techniques. The goal is for the student to learn from their mistakes in order to improve their skills and be better prepared to be a teacher.
The student plans to organize and direct a high school band to perform three pieces at a concert in order to gain hands-on teaching experience. They will hold rehearsals over several months leading up to the concert. The student meets regularly with their mentor teacher to get feedback on their rehearsals and teaching techniques. The goal is for the student to learn from their mistakes in order to improve their skills and be better prepared to be a teacher.
For my Original Work, I plan to build my own band or ensemble to direct, and ultimately produce a full concert. This band would be made up of my peers, all volunteers, whom I plan to reward with service hours. For the concert, I plan to perform three pieces with this band, all relatively easy in difficulty, as it would work best under the circumstances of time and my own capabilities as a high school student. The concert will take place in the auditorium of Centennial High School and will be open to any other students, teachers, and parents who would like to attend to watch these students perform or for their own personal enjoyment. Through this project, I plan to gain as much hands-on experience as I can being a high school senior. I hope to be able to learn teaching techniques and processes I dont know. With the help of my mentor, I will be able to learn from my mistakes that I will inevitably make and prevent making the same mistakes when I actually center my career and become a first-year teacher. In addition, Ill be using the skills taught to me by my mentor, such as lesson planning and general teaching techniques, and apply it in a real-world setting.
Have Rehearsals and Concert
Objective: Through this teaching and concert experience, I hope to make the mistakes of a first-year teacher to avoid these same mistakes when I actually begin my teaching career. I also hope to establish myself as a music education student who has the experience of teaching to take to college. Materials: Centennial Band Hall Scores: The Incredibles Themes of Greenbushes Blue and Green Music Student volunteer musicians Meetings/Dates: (Rehearsals) January 31, 2017 - 4:30pm-5:15pm - Band Hall February 8, 2017 - 8:00am-8:45am - Band Hall February 14, 2017 - 4:30pm-5:15pm - Band Hall February 28, 2017 - 4:30pm-5:15pm - Band Hall March 15, 2017 - 8:00am-8:45am - Band Hall March 20, 2017 - 4:30pm-5:15pm - Band Hall March 29, 2017 - 8:00am-8:45am - Band Hall April 6, 2017 - 4:30pm-5:30pm - Band Hall April 11, 2017 - 4:30pm-5:30pm - Band Hall April 12, 2017 - 7:00pm-7:30pm - Centennial Auditorium Description of Process: To ensure the success of these rehearsals, being efficient and effective, I prepared every night before the rehearsals. The preparation included making notes in my music, and listening to the music to really understand it and know it. In the rehearsals, I relayed what I wanted the music to sound like, ran reps with the musicians, essentially trying to run my rehearsals like my directors do. However, what in these rehearsals most importantly was make mistakes, and lots of them. The mistakes are the biggest part of the process, they are what show me what I dont know and what I need to learn. I am given specifics to work on with these mistakes and work through with Ms. Hatheways help. Through my learning, at each rehearsal the music sounds better and I grow more comfortable with standing at the podium in front of that many people. I learn what works best for me, what helps me be efficient, effective, and what helps everyone have fun. Result/Conclusion: I was able to learn teaching techniques, experience working with high school students, learn how to conduct, and learn to work on pacing in these rehearsals. I have yet to have the final rehearsal or concert yet, which I believe will be a true representation of my overall success. However, I believe I accomplished minor successes in every rehearsal as I increased the amount of teaching experience I have and learn from the mistakes I made. These mistakes include worrying about not knowing what to say to students and thus not saying anything at all which wastes reps, and letting my insecurities overcome me and inhibit me from putting myself forward.
Meet with Hatheway about Rehearsals
Objective: By meeting with Ms. Hatheway after the rehearsals, I hope to receive feedback of how to teach my group and gain a better understanding of the process. Essentially, actually learning how to teach rather than making my own inferences from what I observe in my band class. Materials: Notepad Portfolio (for notes) Meetings/Dates: February 22, 2017 - 7:45am - Hatheway @LSHS March 1, 2017 - 7:45am - Hatheway @LSHS March 17. 2017 - 7:45am - Hatheway @LSHS March 23, 2017 - 9:00am - Hatheway @LSHS March 31, 2017 - 7:45am - Hatheway @LSHS April 4, 2017 - 7:45 - Hatheway @LSHS April 10, 2017 - 9:00am - Hatheway @LSHS Description of Progress Along with my rehearsals, I have regular weekly meetings with Ms. Hatheway at Lone Star where I am able to observe her teach her class, and reflect back on my weekly rehearsals with her so we can discuss what Im doing right and what I need to fix. When I observe, I take notes over her teaching techniques, and afterwards I discuss with her to better understand why she does what she does. In addition to that, I discuss with her how I felt about my rehearsals, and ask for her advice under specific situations I feel I could need more help on. She also attends a majority of my rehearsals, which she takes notes at. We go over her notes which include positive things I do and areas that I need to focus on to improve and be for effective and efficient. After each meeting, I take my own notes and include in my lesson plans for each rehearsal points that she made so I can improve my teaching. Result/Conclusion: In the beginning, I held rehearsal without Hatheways help because I did not have her as a mentor yet. Since acquiring her as my mentor, Ive experience grand improvements in my teaching, learning, and improvements in the quality of the band. Meeting with Ms. Hatheway has allowed me to receive direct and specific feedback about my rehearsal, and I learn something new in every meeting.