burnout and imposter syndrome
Hello. I'm working three jobs right now, daytime school, Lessons at a music shop, and gigging as much as I can. I teach all woodwinds except double reeds, piano, bass, and guitar. i'm coming off a three week stretch of shows and I have some time back I hope and i need some more fuel in my tank. lil burnt out.
I'm hoping to brush up on some good fundamentals of teaching music and get my hands on good materials to teach. open to youtube channels, or public resources, google slides whatever I think I should check out.
I have a summer recital coming up and I usually have skipped these and preferred to prepare students for a "school of rock" style recital. but this is the year. I have never done this before and I kinda want to.
for a little context, I never got a college degree to do this. the kids like lessons enough to keep coming back though. I have a bit of insecurity with asking any college profs for help. I'm not interested in letting my peers know I don't have the College Cert to teach, as I am worried it would become adversarial. I feel as if they will use me asking for help as a sign I am deeply unqualified to teach lessons without a college degree.