Every mountain is formed from a single pebble in the beginning.

This pebble
takes many years to grow into the astronomical landform of a mountain. To build
something spectacular you start with the foundations; these are the pebbles.
Everyone has the capability to become the best that they can be; but to do this they
do need a start in the right direction from a teacher. The use of errorless
discrimination is at the core of my teaching philosophy.
Doctor Robert Duke from The University of Texas at Austin proved that
errorless discrimination is the better approach in the classroom. Errorless
discrimination is the minimization of errors in how students perform. This starts
with the teacher breaking down one single component to the most finite detail.
When you have made a teaching sequence, break the component down further and
further and further until each part of the sequences are baby steps. This will lead to
the final goal of the teaching sequence. Every lesson used in my classroom will
implement errorless discrimination. When teaching first time students, you must
teach correct technique if you want them to learn effectively. This starts with
foundation building, making sure to prevent errors and bad habits as much as
possible. In the long run doing all of this prevention will provide the opportunity for
teachers in higher grades to be able to focus on interpretation rather than correcting
bad technique. This will provide the students with greater opportunities to
understand what expressing the inner meaning of music is. This is the greatest hope
I have for my students.
Every pebble matters when forming the mountain. You must choose each
pebble with care and thought. Each students skills can grow into a mountain with
the right choice of pebbles; it is my job to get them there.