Education

• Compassion, acceptance, and respect will take priority in my classroom.

• I believe in influencing my students to grow, learn, and to evolve, while making content
relevant to students’ lives.
• Students need an engaging and enriching learning environment to succeed.
• I believe that education is powerful enough to change the world.
• I will give students one minute before class ends to relax and gather their belongings.
• My classroom will provide a safe and welcoming environment so that all students can
grow and learn.
• All children are unique individuals that must be stimulated emotionally, physically,
mentally, and socially in a classroom.
Student Learning
• My students will receive an education that prepares them for life outside of my classroom
so they are able to change the world for the better.
• Student input pertaining to their learning will always be welcomed.
• Students will be given opportunities to collaborate with others, myself included so that
their learning can be enhanced.
• Students must be allowed to have creative ways to express their potential in and out of
the classroom.
• Students will not be giving labels; taking away labels of “good” and “bad” students
allows them to more easily succeed.
• Student-centered learning is a priority; the students will be given options that let curiosity
guide their learning.
• Students will want to feel motivated and inspired to learn, as well as challenge
themselves and their peers.
Teacher Growth
• Students, parents, and guardians should expect no less than my best effort in my
classroom.
• My goal is to facilitate student learning rather than telling students what they need to
know about the content area.
 • I will assist students as they explore their emotions through various styles of music, and
also guide them to articulate and explain their feelings.
• I will teach every student, including students who already know the difference between
melody and harmony, those that do not know what a note is, those who are too confident,
those who are not, and those who do not care about music.
• I look forward to the expansion of my knowledge, and being able to touch many lives
through music.
• Students can expect to be provided the best educational setting because I am driven to
enrich their lives through education.
• I strive to reach out to colleagues to better my classroom management and overall
teaching abilities.
Specialty Area (Music)
• I believe that my students always need to be prepared for class; students must bring a
pencil, their music, and instrument if applicable to the unit.
• Music is important because it exists in every culture; music education is essential because
it provides perspective about being a part of a different culture.
• The content area of music can provide students with the skills to be creative, disciplined,
flexible, and cooperative, which are all skills that can be utilized outside of the
classroom.
• Each child will be able to relate the content learned in music class to their everyday life,
have wonderful memories with peers, and express themselves in a safe and healthy
environment.
• Students will explore composition in this content area and will be given full creative
control whether to use voices, instruments, musical notation, or construct their own
notation system.
• Music education is the expression of the human experience through sound.
• The students will experiment with improvisation, which will build ear training and
critical listening skills.