NOTE: Everything other than Due Dates on this page is tentative and will likely change.
Check back for revisions. Last revised--Feb 25, 2015
Jan 5 IN CLASS: Organizational meeting, syllabus, assignments, calendar, competencies
Jan 7 DUE: Competencies I want to work on, Sound to Symbol, FELDMAN chpt 1
Jan 9 SNOW DAY-no class
Jan 12 DUE: Reading Response, Sound to Symbol, FELDMAN chpt 1
Jan 14 Teaching Rhythm and Tonality, passing out books for peer-teaching
Jan 16 DUE: Reading Response, Teaching Rhythm, FELDMAN chpt 2
Jan 19 MLK Day, no class
Jan 21 DUE: Reading Response, Teaching Tonality, SCHLEUTER chpt 3 (online reserve) IN CLASS: Mini-Teaching Practicum questions and signup, talk about MMC
Jan 23 MMC Day, no class
Jan 25 MMC discussion
Jan 28 How to teach beginners from the keyboard
Jan 30 Inference Learning, Teaching improvisation and creativity to beginners
Feb 2 Sound to Symbol Peer Mini-Teaching
Feb 4 Sound to Symbol Peer Mini-Teaching
Feb 6 Free Day
Feb 9 Sound to Symbol Peer Mini-Teaching, Sign up for Presentation Topics
Feb 11 Structuring a Beginning Program
Feb 13 Structuring a Beginning Program
Feb 16 Motivation and Discipline
Feb 18 Snow Day
Feb 20 Classroom Management, FELDMAN, chpt 7
Feb 23 BASIC INSTRUMENTAL TEACHING SKILLS 1
Feb 25 DUE: Reading Response, Classroom Management, FELDMAN, chpt 7
Feb 27 String Bowing Principles, GREEN and take home
Mar 9 DUE: BOWING ASSIGNMENT FELDMAN, chpt 12
Mar 11 More on the bowing assignment, FELDMAN, chpt 12, GOVIAS (online reserve)
Mar 13 BASIC INSTRUMENTAL TEACHING SKILLS 2
Mar 16 PLANNING, LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM
Mar 18 Free Day
Mar 20 Budgeting, purchase orders, etc. GUEST FROM PEPPER MUSIC
Mar 23 DUE: Reading Response, What is a significant literature and a core curriculum? FELDMAN, chpt 9
Mar 25 2 student presentations
Mar 27 Free Day
Mar 30 2 student presentations
Apr 1 MINI-TEACHING PRACTICUM MUST BE FINISHED, Curriculum Assessment and Grading - FELDMAN, chapter 8
Apr 3 2 student presentations
Apr 6 GUEST TEACHER PANEL DISCUSSION
Apr 8 2 student presentations
Apr 10 DISCUSSION WITH GUEST TEACHER, RAELEEN HORN, FROM CHICAGO
Apr 13 INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH STUDENTS, 8 AM TO 2 PM
Apr 15 2 student presentations, course evaluations
Apr 17 DUE: CORE CURRICULUM and UNIT PLAN, 2 student presentations
Apr 21 8:00 - 9:50 EXAM