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This podcast aims to reach music teachers in a small town. We are here to give resources, advice, and support to people teaching in a small school that often feel neglected and left out because resources are not available or tailored to their specific and quirky needs.
Katie talks about how she works through the busy season of March and how she helps her students feel connected through fun activities.
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Today Laura and Katie interview their vice principal and ask about specific ways teachers can be better and work to create a safe and happy environment for their students.
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Today Katie and Laura are discussing how they decide on what to buy for their classrooms for the upcoming school year.
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Today Katie and Laura discuss how they plan for the next school year over the summer. Listen along for inspiration on how to get started for the (not so) far away school year.
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Today Katie and Laura discuss the different types of professional development conferences that are available and how they choose the best ones for them!
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Today Katie and Laura discuss classroom management and how to deal with disciplining your own kids. Even if you don't have kids you can still learn a lot from these two about how they manage classroom expectations and students.
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Today Katie and Laura discuss how they budget and use money throughout the school year. They also discuss how they solve money problems when there is none.
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Today Katie and Laura discuss how they decide music for a typical concert in their small town versus a contest or festival they will be judged at. Let us know your favorite concert or contest pieces! Like, subscribe, and follow for more!
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Katie and Laura discuss how they reflect on the school year and deal with all of their successes and challenges. They also talk about how to manage the vast open schedule of summer and how daunting that can be for them.
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As the school year winds down for some of us we wanted to take the time to reflect on what success in your band, choir, and general music program looks like. What does it look like for kids, parents, and administrators as well? Find out in this next episode of Small Town Music!
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In episode two of being a music and a mom Katie discusses how she has to take more sick days with the barrage of daycare illnesses. Hear how she decides and how she uses her village.
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Katie is starting a new series about being a music teacher and a mom. Today she discusses how she prepared to take an extended leave for maternity leave. If you are planning on taking an extended leave for any reason hear how she did it!
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Katie discusses how she maintains sanity and keeps her head above water in the remaining weeks of school.
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Today Katie is discussing how she prepares her students for a sub. She also discusses what kind of specific activities she does to help her students and the substitute teacher be more successful if she has to be gone.
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Today Katie discusses some random topics such as music department brands, what to do after a fight, communicating with parents, and how to keep things light in a music classroom.
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Katie discusses what different technology she uses in the classroom and how it can help her band and music classes. Let us know which topics you would like to learn more about and how we can help you!
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Today Katie is discussing how she gets ready and prepares for spring concerts, especially in the middle of all of the basketball games, contests, festivals, and more!
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Today Katie is discussing how she moves forward after solo and ensemble contest. What to do with good (and bad) scores, and how to prepare for next year.
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Today Katie talks about how she communicates best with parents, administrators, and students!
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Today Katie talks about how she utilizes the first five minutes of music class to ensure things run smoothly.
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Today Katie is discussing how she recruits kids for her band program!
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Katie is talking about how she chooses her concert rep and some of her favorite pieces to play for beginning, middle, and high school bands.
Here are the resources and pieces she discussed in the episode.
Groovy 8, Randall Standridge- https://www.jwpepper.com/Groovy-8/11342490.item
Castles and Dragons, Todd Stalter- https://www.jwpepper.com/Castles-and-Dragons/11536312.item
Just As I Am, Robert W. Smith- https://www.jwpepper.com/Just-as-I-Am/10609535.item
Northwest Territory, Ed Huckeby- https://www.jwpepper.com/Northwest-Territory/2247948.item
Boardwalk Casey, Darryl Johnson II- https://www.darryl2.com/wind-band
Novena, James Swearingen- https://www.jwpepper.com/Novena/2062438.item
J.W. Pepper - https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/welcome.jsp
Institute for Composer Diversity- https://www.composerdiversity.com/
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Katie and Laura are back! We are revamping our podcast a little and doing some re-introductions. We are also here to talk about what to do if you just got your first job, or a new job in a small town. Who to talk to and where to go. What information you need first can be daunting but we have broken some of that information down such as who you should make friends with first, hint it's the janitors and secretaires, and what to do with your new budget.
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Today is another Katie only episode! Katie is here to talk specifically about how she plans and prepares for pep band season.
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Today Katie and Laura talk to a local small town music teacher about her unique job.
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Today is a Katie only episode! She is here to discuss how she makes marching band work for her program and what kind of events she focuses on.
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Laura and Katie are taking time today to discuss what they focus on teaching in the first couple of weeks of school. Spoiler alert, the main focus is on procedures and laying a good foundation down for the year.
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Laura and Katie discuss how they prepare for the school year without going into mental break down mode about how much there is to do.
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Katie is flying solo today! She talks about how she plans for the upcoming school year. Please rate, review, comment, subscribe, and contact us! We really want to hear from you!
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This week we talk to another local band director about his background, knowledge, and what makes his program unique.
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Today Katie and Laura sit down with a Bloomfield Alum to discuss being in a small town music program from the students perspective. Hear how director turnover affects students, what they liked the most about it, and the unique perks that come with being in a small town program.
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Katie and Laura talk about how they handle classroom management in band, choir, and elementary music.
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Today, Laura and Katie discuss the different formal assessments they use in the classroom. They go over how to assess the large ensemble music classes as well as elementary music classes to help inform their teaching. The free t-shirt is still up for grabs, email us to claim it!
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This week Laura and Katie discuss how they still teach musicianship despite having one million concerts and events to prepare for. The go into easy strategies to teach rhythms, note reading, and musicianship all while making sure students can still play at the hallo-christma-vetran-a-palooza that is fall! Listen all the way to the end for a chance to earn a prize!
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Today we talk to Jen about her experience at multiple different schools! She discusses her pros and cons of teaching in a small town.
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This week we are talking about how to keep up your playing and your musicians ear. As the school year is winding down for most of us we wanted to take some time to focus on how to keep up your ear and playing. Contact us at smalltownmusicpodcast@gmail.com
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Today Laura and Katie discuss what to look for in terms of red flags and green flags when you interview for a school. We also talk about why teaching in a smaller school is a great thing!
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Today Laura and Katie interview an area choir director that has been in her position for thirty years. She discusses some benefits to teaching in a small school and positives to adding extra things to your license.
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Today Katie and Laura discuss benefits, challenges, and definitions of contests, festivals, and competitions. They will dive into which one might be right for your group and how to prepare for each one.
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Katie and Laura discuss how to do a musical if you want to start one at your school! They talk about how to choose the right musical, how much rehearsal time it takes, and if you should do a live pit or tracks.
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Today we are talking with another teacher in the area. She is a one-woman-show at her school. Juliana discusses what it's like in her school, how it's unique, and what she likes about it.
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Laura and Katie discuss how to best decide and plan a big/overnight trip. We discuss what the purpose of the trip should be, what locations are good to consider, and other factors that go into planning. Please email us if you have episode suggestions at smalltownmusicpodcast@gmail.com, find us on instagram at small.townmusic, find us on tik tok at small town music, and find our youtube channel, Small Town Music.
Today Katie and Laura discuss their personal philosophies of music education, why you should have one, and how theirs have changed. They also discuss their bullet journals and what they like about them! See pictures on our instagram small.townmusic. Feel free to contact us at smalltownmusicpodcast@gmail.com
Today Katie and Laura are talking about money! They discuss what funds and budgets your schools might have and what restrictions they come with. What fundraisers they use, and what might work for you in your situation!
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Today Laura interviews Katie about how she balances her life and work. Katie will discuss how she handles her masters while teaching full time. She will also discuss what priorities she sets, how she does self care, and how she manages everything.
We are interviewing Laura today about how she balance being a mom, a social life, and working full time. She is going to talk about how she sets priorities and how she avoids burnout.
This episode is to introduce who we are, what we do, and why we are doing it! We will dive into specific topics in the next episodes but we really wanted to give you a glimpse into our unique small school.
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Resources we mentioned in this episode are teachrock.org and teachers pay teachers.