I've been applying for teaching jobs for the last 3 years and still nothing. I even had a long term sub position most of this year, applied for the position when it opened up, and still nothing. I'm officially giving up so I would love to know what else I can do with a music ed degree besides subbing until I die
my stupid ass 7a died earlier this evening and I plugged it in for like an hour and came to check on it and it was still dead. I plugged it back in and tried to turn it on, but now it starts up, has 0%, and dies while plugged in. it won't stop doing this, how do I stop it from trying to turn on? I literally can't use it unless I can get it to stop
I have an interview coming up for a k-5 general music position. I've been the long term sub since the beginning of February so I'm already pretty familiar with the concert requirements, after school clubs/activities, the parents and families, the curriculum, and pretty much everything I would normally ask about in an interview. does anyone have some thoughts on what I should ask that I might not already know? I don't want to go in there with no questions of my own
I've been long term subbing for k-5 music at this school since the start of February (and I was at a different elementary in the district for a few months right before). the teacher isn't returning and the job will be posted soon for next year and I'm planning to apply.
I've had terrible luck the last two years but I'm hoping that since they know me it'll help this time around. I think I've grown a lot since starting this assignment but I've also struggled quite a bit. it's one of the more challenging schools in the district for behavior and it took a long time to really get things going smoothly. I'm starting to have better classroom management (most days) and I've built a lot of relationships with the kids but I'm worried that because they saw me struggle so much in the beginning it'll hurt my chances of getting hired.
any advice for applying and interviewing in this situation would be appreciated ❤️
I'm looking for some advice and suggestions for my 5th graders. I was a long term sub at this elementary school for a few months this year and was just asked to return for the remainder of the school year (about 5 weeks). at this school I have 2 5th grade classes and I see each of them 2x a week for 30 minutes.
both of them are extremely difficult classes for myself, their usual music teacher, their classroom teachers, admin, pretty much everyone on earth. they don't listen to instructions, they are incredibly rude to each other so they are prone to fights, and they do not handle tools/equipment/instruments safely or responsibly so it's tough to find an activity or topic that works well for them.
I heard that in the fall they were really into Japanese music and culture so I wouldn't mind doing something with that. when I was there I got most of them to come up with some soundscapes as a group using hand percussion which went alright, I tried having them do bucket drumming later but there were several bucket casualties so bigger instruments are out of the question for now. we have access to quaver and computers, I haven't ever tried that with them but I'm open to it.
if you have ANY ideas or tips or suggestions for what I could do with these classes for the next couple weeks I would seriously appreciate it. I will try just about anything, I just want to be able to do something fun and safe until the year ends