Almost Everything I've Learned About Teaching Band

Even though teaching may look differently for a while, you can still engage your students! In this episode, I share five tips that have worked for me. Has the show benefited you? Would you consider making a one time donation of $5? Donate here: Find out more about fundraising for your program at Scool Services Check out Music, Instruments and Science which includes 8+ lessons that are great for use on sub or distance learning days. Need a speaker for your event? Need leadership training for your students? I'd love to talk. Have a question for the podcast? jamesthedivine@gmail.com or 719-238-4193. Multitude of links and resources here www.jamesdivine.net

These are trying times! Even though I currently don't teach marching band, I am considering starting one at my middle school (I started and taught marching band for a decade or more at my previous school). Through marching band, we learn team work and socialization and leadership skills! Also see Episode 47: How To Start a Marching Band Has the show benefited you? Would you consider making a one time donation of $5? Donate here: Find out more about fundraising for your program at Scool Services Check out Music, Instruments and Science which includes 8+ lessons that are great for use on sub or distance learning days. Need a speaker for your event? Need leadership training for your students? I'd love to talk. Have a question for the podcast? jamesthedivine@gmail.com or 719-238-4193. Multitude of links and resources here www.jamesdivine.net

Join me as I interview tuba Professor Scott Watson of the University of Kansas. We talk about starting students on tuba, as well as recruiting, switching, and tips for producing a great sound. Scott also shares about a method he created using words to paint sound concepts into students' brains. These words are effective in both one on one as well as in band instruction. Find out more at www.brassword.net. Listeners of the Music Ed Podcast can get a special discount by entering code divineface. Has the show benefited you? Would you consider making a one time donation of $5? Donate here: Find out more about fundraising for your program at Scool Services Check out Music, Instruments and Science which includes 8+ lessons that are great for use on sub or distance learning days. Need a speaker for your event? Need leadership training for your students? I'd love to talk. Have a question for the podcast? jamesthedivine@gmail.com or 719-238-4193. Multitude of links and resources here

This is a replay of an episode I recorded in 2012. Excuse the sound quality. Many of you may not even be doing ANY concerts this year, much less a Christmas concert. In this very short episode, I just wanted to share some of my thoughts on why I chose many years ago to not have Christmas concerts. Maybe this will give you an idea for the future, when concerts return and the pandemic is a thing of the past. Disclaimer - I do set students up in caroling groups and we go around the school, often with the choir. Easy - fun - very well received! This is the last episode of 2020. I look forward to bringing you more content next year. I'd love to hear from you! Send me a question or comment at jamesthedivine@gmail.com. www.jamesdivine.net

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A few weeks ago I did something I thought I would NEVER do - switch to teaching something besides music. Now this isn't permanent, and I'm not advocating this for everyone. I share this primarily to encourage you that if you find yourself needing to shift for any reason, you CAN do it. Has the show benefited you? Would you consider making a one time donation of $5? Donate here: Find out more about fundraising for your program at Scool Services Check out Music, Instruments and Science which includes 8+ lessons that are great for use on sub or distance learning days. Need a speaker for your event? Need leadership training for your students? I'd love to talk. Have a question for the podcast? jamesthedivine@gmail.com or 719-238-4193. Multitude of links and resources here www.jamesdivine.net

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It's time to radically rethink grading - not because of a pandemic but because our current way of grading is outdated. Imagine if you showed up for work Monday-Thursday and gave it your all, 100%, every day. But then you decided to slack off on Fridays and only give 10%. Your grade would be a B, but you would still lose your job. Listen in as I share my radical grading. Do you think it can work? Email me and let me know your thoughts. Has the show benefited you? Would you consider making a one time donation of $5? Donate here: Find out more about fundraising for your program at Scool Services Check out Music, Instruments and Science which includes 8+ lessons that are great for use on sub or distance learning days. Need a speaker for your event? Need leadership training for your students? I'd love to talk. Have a question for the podcast? jamesthedivine@gmail.com or 719-238-4193. Multitude of links and resources here www.jamesdivine.net

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If you don't actively seek ways of reducing the stress in your life, you ARE going to burn out. In this episode, I share six strategies for reducing that stress. I use all of these as part of my own plan to be able to teach for a LONG time. Has the show benefited you? Would you consider making a one time donation of $5? Donate here: Find out more about fundraising for your program at Scool Services Check out Music, Instruments and Science which includes 8+ lessons that are great for use on sub or distance learning days. Need a speaker for your event? Need leadership training for your students? I'd love to talk. Have a question for the podcast? jamesthedivine@gmail.com or 719-238-4193. Multitude of links and resources here www.jamesdivine.net