Affirming Spaces: Tips from Experts and How to Implement them in Class classroom management classroom tips diversity exceptional learners first year inclusive music teachers

 What are we doing to make our classrooms as safe a space as they possibly can be?

      As teachers, we worry about our students fairly often. Not only do we worry about their grades or how they are understanding a concept, but we worry about them emotionally as well. I know...

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3 Simple Ways To Change Your Language In Class To Be Less Ableist diversity educational tips exceptional learners inclusive music teachers teacher tips

Language Matters.

 

      Language has so much power. Spoken language. Written. Non-spoken. Body language. It communicates to the world what we want them to know, what we value, and what we know to be true in our lives.

      While language is one part of...

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3 Tips For A Successful Back To School With IEPs back to school exceptional learners iep

      Going back to school can fill teachers with many emotions. For many of us, one of the first emotions is excitement! The students are coming back and it’s a fresh start! However, it inevitably also fills many of us with varying degrees of anxiety and dread (especially...

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What Happens To Our Exceptional Learners After They Turn 21? exceptional learners music teachers

      When we enter the world of special education as teachers, we are told of some standards which are “set in stone,” for our students. Every student is entitled to a Free and Appropriate Public Education. Every child who qualifies for special needs services...

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Adaptive Music Education: Where Do We Start? exceptional learners music teachers teacher tips

 

This post is based on a podcast episode with Stephanie Powell. To listen to her episode, click here.

What is adaptive music education and why is it important?

      Adaptive anything simply means giving someone the tools that they need to accomplish a goal. Adapting could...

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