Looking for strategies for student teachers in the music room? In this podcast episode, I include my top ten tips for working with student teachers, so they have a successful teaching journey with you!
You can listen to the podcast episode in iTunes, or you can listen here:
As discussed in the podcast episode, my top ten tips for student teachers in the music room include:
- Plan out everything in advance
- Decide which grade level or how much of a lesson they’ll be teaching first
- Reach out and try to meet your student teacher beforehand
- Share a Dropbox/Google Drive folder with various goodies
- Ask higher level thinking questions to make sure they’re teaching thoughtfully
- Be okay giving up some control
- Give homework (beyond lesson plans)
- Don’t be afraid to be too honest or critical
- Give your student teacher a gift at the end of your time together
- Maintain the relationship with your student teacher afterwards
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Student Teacher Handbook for Any Classroom, by Karla Cherwinski
- The Kodaly Context, by Lois Chosky
- Kodály Today: A Cognitive Approach to Elementary Music Education, by Michael Houlahan and Philip Tacka
- First, We Sing! Kodály-inspired teaching for the music classroom, by Susan Brumfield
Have any tips for student teachers? Feel free to comment below, and happy teaching!
