Subject: Re: [MK8] question from a music teacher

I was in a similar situation as well. I'm ending my second year at myelementary school. I'm actually a contracted teacher, b/c I haven't gottenmy credential yet, but will be working on it this fall. So, they're notpaying me much. Luckily, I was working with another contracted musicteacher a year ago, she had a few books called "Wee Sing Sing Alongs" "WeeSing America" and "Wee Sing Silly Songs" and she offered to make copies forme. I've used these books a lot. I don't have the cds to these books, but Iplay guitar, so it works for me, and the kids. Even if I didn't playguitar, the kids love singing these songs, esp the silly songs.Luckily, I was given some instruments to start general music classes, and amariachi group, and they also wanted a choir. Having access to instrumentswas really great considering our limited budget, but all books, and cdswere on my personal budget. I've bought cd's from Greg and Steve, Hap, andPalmer, Kalani hand drum books, orff movement books, eurythmics book byBlack and Moore, in fact Dr. Moore was one of my professors in college, andis a certified eurythmics instructor, Suzuki method, mariachi books, choirbooks, the list goes on.I found mariachi books on the MENC website that have worked very well withour group. It was a huge challenge for me to get this group off the groundby myself. I only got to see the children two hours a week, and they cameall together, and were all beginners, never have seen a note in their life.Luckily, I had mature children that would wait patiently while I workedwith the violins, the guitarron's or vihuela's or guitarists. We recentlyhad our first concert at one of the local feeder high school, and playedseveral exercises, and Cielto Lindo, which turned out to be a huge success.My principal was really happy, and asked if I could intern, so that I canstay while I'm in my credential program. I'm still waiting to see if thedistrict will hire me as an intern. I'm hoping they will, because I reallyenjoy working with these children a lot.Good luck, and I hope your situation will get better.Marie SalasOn Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Lora Toney wrote:> I was in the same boat when I started where I was the last year and a> half. Except, they didn't even give me a list just "meet all the state> standards" and zero budget and paraprofessional pay with the "promise" of> certified pay when my license came in. Didn't happen and I'm not there> anymore as of the end of last month.>> I would have loved to have had the opportunity to get MusicPlay. The> principal didn't even want me to work on a grant. She was very undermining> and ended up forced to resign an didn't even come back the last week of> school. >> From everything I have seen and heard, MusicPlay is an awesome asset.> Hopefully in my next position I can swing MusicPlay and quaver's. I'd love> to work in quavers. My kids loved the free trial stuff I got from a session> on quavers at Mississippi mea conference.>> -Lora Toney>> On Jun 16, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Kristin Lukow wrote:>> > Hello friends ~> >> > I received a question from a gal on my Teachers Pay Teacher site that> really floored me! I don't know why, because the situations that some of> you find yourselves in amaze me. I'm going to include her words in quotes> and would welcome your responses that I could share with her. I> recommended Denise Gagne's MusicPlay. I was so blessed to be given the> entire series and find that it is completely assessable in a situation like> hers.> >> > I'm just amazed that they would have no music program for 20 years and> then hand her a list of things she HAD to teach with no materials with> which to accomplish this. It almost seems like a music game show along the> lines of Iron Chef. Okay! Let's see if you can teach music with no> materials, no space and you MUST accomplish these things. It just seems> like a joke to me but I know it's entirely real for many of you.> >> > Here is her quote:> >> > "I was given a list of things that I had to teach, with no materials to> teach them. So I used whatever I could find from the internet, and included> the history of composers, used rhythm worksheets, introduced the students> to different types of music, music theory, and played percussion> instruments. The school has not had a music program for 20 years, so the> decisions I make are important to the future of the program. I need a> curriculum book, something from K-5 that will have modified lessons for> each grade. I don't have a classroom, and go from room to room. Sometimes I> have access to a computer and smart board, and sometimes I don't. (It> depends on the teacher.) Can you recommend some teaching materials that> would be suitable for my situation? Thanks!"> >> > Any advice would be welcome. Thanks.> >> > ¸ . • * ¨ * • ♫ Kristin Lukow> > http://kristinlukow.blogspot.com> > http://www.youtube.com/kristinlukow> > https://www.facebook.com/lukowmusic> > http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kristin-Lukow> >> >> >> >> >> > |=============================================|> >> > Hosted by Plank Road Publishing: http://www.musick8.com> > List Administrator: list_admin@musick8.com> > To send a message to the list: MK8-talk@lists.musick8.com> > Subscribe/unsubscribe: https://www.musick8.com/html/list.php> > List Archives: http://www.musick8.com/listarchive/list_archive.php> >> > User Options:> http://lists.musick8.com/options/mk8-talk/ltoney83@gmail.com> |=============================================|>> Hosted by Plank Road Publishing: http://www.musick8.com> List Administrator: list_admin@musick8.com> To send a message to the list: MK8-talk@lists.musick8.com> Subscribe/unsubscribe: https://www.musick8.com/html/list.php> List Archives: http://www.musick8.com/listarchive/list_archive.php>> User Options:> http://lists.musick8.com/options/mk8-talk/asalas4@toromail.csudh.edu>|=============================================|Hosted by Plank Road Publishing: http://www.musick8.comList Administrator: list_adm