Jacob Wright
Standard 1: The teacher of PK-12 music has skills in pedagogy (planning, delivering instruction, and assessment) for vocal, instrumental, and general music.
It is important as a teacher to be well versed in pedagogical skills, and not just information. Whether I am delivering instruction or assessing my students’ performance, I must know how to navigate and use these pedagogical skills in order for me to be an effective teacher.
Throughout my education I have experienced music both as a student and as a teacher, learning to navigate the pedagogy from both sides has helped me develop a deeper understanding of how to apply planning, instruction, and assessment in my own classroom. Formal planning is something many music teachers overlook, as a lot of us are band/orchestra/choir directors, we operate primarily through aural skills and instruction. However, through my own experience having a formalized plan for each class period and rehearsal will not only keep the rehearsal on track, it will also allow our students to focus on the instruction being given rather than trying to keep up with a sporadic rehearsal. Our goal as educators is to increase student knowledge as well as retention of knowledge; through planning we as the teacher can present the information then assess ourselves and adjust according to what helps our students the most.
In this profession and in music there is always something to be learned by the students and by the teacher. My aim is to constantly be learning and adding to my wealth of knowledge for the betterment of my students and their experience in my classroom; I also aim for my students to learn something new each and every class period. Having the skills and knowledge of pedagogy in the music classroom will allow me to achieve this standard in my own teaching.
Standard 1: The teacher of PK-12 music has skills in pedagogy (planning, delivering instruction, and assessment) for vocal, instrumental, and general music.
It is important as a teacher to be well versed in pedagogical skills, and not just information. Whether I am delivering instruction or assessing my students’ performance, I must know how to navigate and use these pedagogical skills in order for me to be an effective teacher.
Throughout my education I have experienced music both as a student and as a teacher, learning to navigate the pedagogy from both sides has helped me develop a deeper understanding of how to apply planning, instruction, and assessment in my own classroom. Formal planning is something many music teachers overlook, as a lot of us are band/orchestra/choir directors, we operate primarily through aural skills and instruction. However, through my own experience having a formalized plan for each class period and rehearsal will not only keep the rehearsal on track, it will also allow our students to focus on the instruction being given rather than trying to keep up with a sporadic rehearsal. Our goal as educators is to increase student knowledge as well as retention of knowledge; through planning we as the teacher can present the information then assess ourselves and adjust according to what helps our students the most.
In this profession and in music there is always something to be learned by the students and by the teacher. My aim is to constantly be learning and adding to my wealth of knowledge for the betterment of my students and their experience in my classroom; I also aim for my students to learn something new each and every class period. Having the skills and knowledge of pedagogy in the music classroom will allow me to achieve this standard in my own teaching.
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