INTASC 10 - Partnerships
The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community
to support students' learning and well-being.
A teacher’s involvement with colleagues, parents, and outside agencies is very necessary for a successful program. Music educators especially benefit from being associated with people outside the classroom to create connections and support for their ensembles. If one has good relationships within the school and with their colleagues, it will make it much easier to do what they want with their program in regards to performances, budget requests, and traveling. Also, colleagues from other schools are a great asset. Parent involvement makes for committed students, donations of time, food and work that would be costly otherwise, and probably the biggest support a musical program can have. Involvement with outside agencies also is very crucial. The community can provide donations to a group for travel or sponsorship for an fundraising event they want to host. Also, community performances are very positive for a group and for the school. Some communities take great pride in their local band or choir, and the group brings a lot of people together inside and outside of the ensemble.
Music is a very social field; musicians have to work together to create their art. I have no doubt that I will be eager and ready to make quick connections wherever I end up as an educator. Fostering relationships within my field is becoming increasingly important as I approach graduation. Through my field work, I weekly communicate with my cooperating teachers as to what types of activities they would like me to do with the class. I have a good rapport with them and we discuss my teaching strengths and areas for improvement frequently. I also stay in touch with past directors that are significant to me, to share ideas and keep opportunities for professional growth and possible teaching opportunities open. I also ran an entire field trip for 1,600 students to come see a performance on Ball State's campus and was in personal contact with 24 different schools and accommodated them all accordingly.
I am well connected with my education peers. We collaborate on projects, share our thoughts and observations often, and even take time to connect socially outside of classwork. This has proved to be very valuable to me in terms of the support I can now receive from my colleagues in this field. I am eager to expand my network of educators and colleagues after graduation. Wherever I am teaching, I will make it a high priority of mine to be connected and in touch with parents and businesses in that community to strengthen the support and recognition of that music program.
Music is a very social field; musicians have to work together to create their art. I have no doubt that I will be eager and ready to make quick connections wherever I end up as an educator. Fostering relationships within my field is becoming increasingly important as I approach graduation. Through my field work, I weekly communicate with my cooperating teachers as to what types of activities they would like me to do with the class. I have a good rapport with them and we discuss my teaching strengths and areas for improvement frequently. I also stay in touch with past directors that are significant to me, to share ideas and keep opportunities for professional growth and possible teaching opportunities open. I also ran an entire field trip for 1,600 students to come see a performance on Ball State's campus and was in personal contact with 24 different schools and accommodated them all accordingly.
I am well connected with my education peers. We collaborate on projects, share our thoughts and observations often, and even take time to connect socially outside of classwork. This has proved to be very valuable to me in terms of the support I can now receive from my colleagues in this field. I am eager to expand my network of educators and colleagues after graduation. Wherever I am teaching, I will make it a high priority of mine to be connected and in touch with parents and businesses in that community to strengthen the support and recognition of that music program.
Artifact 1 (Music Education Advocacy Presentation)
This is a powerpoint presentation that I gave with a group in my Choral Methods course. We had 5 minutes to give a mock advocacy presentation for music education to a school board of common people (essentially, "why the school needs music in the curriculum" & "why you need me to do it"). We then had a brief open forum to field our teacher and peers' questions and concerns. This was a great (and unfortunately likely) real world application to use our collegiate knowledge of education and music outside of the classroom. Also, a presentation such as this would greatly show our support for our students, the school, and the community, fostering great relationships on many levels.
Artifact 2 (Community Involvement/Partnerships)
I have sought outside involvement in various teaching and musical programs and opportunities on campus and in the community throughout my undergraduate study. While managing the Ball State University Singers, improving my group's campus image and visibility was important to me, as it would be with any ensemble I am part of. I led and collaborated on many philanthropic and performance events around campus in my two years managing. The group held a performance workshop at the Student Center's weekend Late Night program, performed and heavily fundraised for Ball State University Dance Marathon for Riley Children's Hospital, participated in an event to benefit the Music and Memory project for the treatment of dementia and alzheimer's patients, put on several cabaret shows in the community to benefit philanthropic causes and promote our group, volunteered at the local Animal Rescue Fund and more.
I have volunteered at Motivate our Mind in Muncie, an after school tutoring and care program for elementary and middle school students. I also was the volunteer musical director at Muncie Civic Theatre for Bugsy Malone Jr. in the Summer of 2013, working with 50+ kids ages 4 to 16.
Currently, I have been hired at an organization called TeenWorks. It is a high school mentoring program for disadvantaged students to begin to form their adult identity in the areas of college, career, and community. This is done through service work and a curriculum (I will help create and deliver) that will guide them through gaining soft skills in areas such as conflict resolution, resume building, interviewing, transitioning to and from college, fine dining etiquette, etc.
I have volunteered at Motivate our Mind in Muncie, an after school tutoring and care program for elementary and middle school students. I also was the volunteer musical director at Muncie Civic Theatre for Bugsy Malone Jr. in the Summer of 2013, working with 50+ kids ages 4 to 16.
Currently, I have been hired at an organization called TeenWorks. It is a high school mentoring program for disadvantaged students to begin to form their adult identity in the areas of college, career, and community. This is done through service work and a curriculum (I will help create and deliver) that will guide them through gaining soft skills in areas such as conflict resolution, resume building, interviewing, transitioning to and from college, fine dining etiquette, etc.