Posted on 14th July 2010 by Thomas West in Guest Post |Professional Development |Tips and Tricks
job interview, job search, networking, the first year, Thomas J. West
You walked across the stage and accepted your Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education-congratulations!
Now what?
For some, the next logical step is graduate school. For others, it’s time to start your teaching career. The great thing about getting a teaching position is that, from now on, you can expect and demand to be paid for your services as a music teacher. But, the real challenge is getting hired.
As a professional music educator for the past 12 years, I have changed teaching positions four times. I was in my first job for six years, then have jumped jobs quite a bit the past six for a variety of reasons. This process of applying and interviewing multiple times has given me a pretty good handle on what it takes to get hired in American public school systems.
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Posted on 5th July 2010 by Andrew Ritenour in #MusEdChat
#MusEdChat, blogs, chat recap, podcasts, technology, wikis
“Blogging helps student musicians learn to think critically about their work and evaluate their performance.” – @LindsayMorelli
The #MusEdChat on June 21st, 2010 discussed how music educators use or could use blogs, podcasts and wikis in the music classroom. The topic for the evening was suggested by @katiesw1.
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Posted on 30th June 2010 by Joel in Guest Post
classroom management, dci, teaching music in the 21st century, video
My name is Joel and I am a recovering band dork. Actually, to use the term “recovering” would imply that I am overcoming it or trying to be less band dorky, neither of which are the case. I still am, but now I get paid to do it, which is definitely a good thing. Along those lines, I came across a few videos on YouTube the other day that I just couldn’t pull myself away from. I wanted to go tweet them out to all of my followers on Twitter (follow @sywtt), but then I realized that most of my followers aren’t music-types so the takeaway they might get would be minimal.
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Posted on 21st June 2010 by Andy Zweibel in Conference
kelsey kordella, live blog, music for all, summer symposium
I’m excited to announce that starting today, Ohio CMENC President Kelsey Kordella will be live-blogging from the 2010 MusicForAll Summer Symposium on behalf of MusicEdMajor.net! Kelsey is entering her senior year at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinatti, and will be attending the conference all week long. Stay tuned to the MusicForAll Summer Symposium Landing Page here at MusicEdmajor.net for the live-blog, and be sure to follow Kelsey on Twitter at @KelseyK89. She’ll be updating using the hash-tag #mfacamp during the event, as well.
Hello, all! I come to you from the Mariott Crystal Gateway hotel in Arlington, VA, where I am getting ready to meet up with Justine Dolorfino, Brigid Moran, and Andrew Ritenour to live-blog MENC’s Music Education Week! While I wait, I want to give you a brief update of what’s on the agenda for the next few days. Don’t forget, thanks to