Section 1: Context Dartmouth, Massachusetts is a suburban/rural town in the southeastern portion of the state. Socio-economically...

Introduction to site (See “home/about” pages) Purpose of the site (See “home/about” pages) Linkage to the Eight Mind Frames. My...

Feedback is an essential part of education. Without specific, timely feedback students miss out on opportunities to either improve on...

Motivation One of the key factors to a student’s productivity is how intrinsically motivated they are to be productive. “When students...

Collaboration In my district, we have five band teachers. While we all work separately, we could not possibly achieve at the level we do...

Reflections on five important points from chapters 1, 2, and 3 of Hattie’s “Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iTh7ls5fGo This video shows WPRI News' feature segment on my band shortly before our national...

The Text The Art of Coaching notes the possibility of viewing education through several lenses. These lenses may allow for...

Directive - This coaching model most closely resembles the traditional definition of what a coach does. The coach gives direction and...

What are the school's goals for the program. What is the space like? Is there room for all the band students? What conflicts are going...

When I think back to my own childhood, growing up and moving through grades, I have memories of my teachers. I recall their...

White, A. S., Howell Smith, M., Kunz, G. M., & Nugent, G. C. (2015). Active ingredients of instructional coaching: Developing a...

Work Plan Template Teacher: J. Sousa, Tyler Kingsland, T. Aungst. J. Furtado School: D******** Middle School Coach: Tyler Kingsland...

Coaching Tip Sheet Informative approach to directive coaching: An informative approach to directive coaching involves a teacher who is...

Learning Designs Learning designs help instructors focus on roles. The role of the learning design could be for individualized classroom...

It is nothing new that music performance participation has shown extra-musical benefits. The social aspect of music performance is not...

One of the topics we discuss in my program is the way a student can “fall through the cracks”. This can happen for many reasons. Now,...

Music has been described as a universal language. In the performance sense, this can be very true. Performers around the world are...

"If new learning is built on a base of previous knowledge, it stands to reason that teachers should find out what students know, or think...