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 Season Seven Episode 149 Five Priorities for Maintaining Energy and Effective Teaching for the Remainder of the Year This past Saturday I took my daughter to an outdoor party at a park.  It can be an interesting place to be in when you’re the parent of a student at the same school where you teach.  It’s a blessing for sure.  And it comes with it’s challenges too.  You want to be professional, honest but not divulging everything happening at school and oversharing, but also authentically yourself.  Two of the moms were standing around and one of them asked me if I was ready for summer.  I stopped and thought for a moment.  If I say yes, am I too eager to be done with this year?  If I say no, I’m not being completely honest.  How do I phrase it just right so that they know that I love what I do (because I do), but that I’m also tired and worn out and feeling this year’s stuff just like everyone else?  It took a little bit and then I shared “I’m trying to say this the right way becaus

Season Seven Episode 147 Self-Care with Beth Duhon Part I Resource  for Self-Reflection  Self-care is a buzzword we hear everywhere.  The way we take care of ourselves and others affects our everyday life and I love the ideas that music educator Beth Duhon shares with us today.  There were so many ideas for self-care shared so our talk is broken into two episodes.  Today you’ll hear us touch on the acronym MAP and self-care ideas for professional and personal aspects, the difference between self-care and self-soothing, ideas for meal planning and reminders for giving yourself grace along the way.  About Beth Duhon : Beth Duhon is, to borrow Tracy King’s phrase, the K-5 “ambassador of joy” at Travis Elementary in Rosenberg, TX.  This is her fifth year teaching in Lamar Consolidated ISD.  She has received over $14,000 in classroom grants for a keyboard lab, iPads, and music manipulatives in addition to regularly receiving travel grants for music education conferences.  In 2021, she pr

Season Seven Episode 148 Self-Care with Beth Duhon Part II Resource  for Self-Reflection  Self-care is a buzzword we hear everywhere.  The way we take care of ourselves and others affects our everyday life and I love the ideas that music educator Beth Duhon shares with us today.  There were so many ideas for self-care shared so our talk is broken into two episodes.  In episode 147 we touched on the acronym MAP and self-care ideas for professional and personal aspects, the difference between self-care and self-soothing, ideas for meal planning and reminders for giving yourself grace along the way.  In this episode we are talking about vocal fatigue, how to get movement into your day and why it can make a difference, and comparison - also known as the thief of our joy - and how to stay in our lane. About Beth Duhon : Beth Duhon is, to borrow Tracy King’s phrase, the K-5 “ambassador of joy” at Travis Elementary in Rosenberg, TX.  This is her fifth year teaching in Lamar Consolidated IS

 Season Seven Episode 146 A Tween's Perspective of Covid:  Julia's Story This episode is a talk between my daughter Julia and I.  We just passed the one year mark of Covid arriving into our everyday lives and I wanted to give each of our girls the opportunity to share about their experiences and memories during this season.  If you want to do something similar with your family, here are the questions and topics we focused on: 1. Our last 'normal' day.  March 11, 2020.  Last day of school.  What do you remember about that day. 2. What was hard about the spring of 2020? 3. What made it better? 4. What do you remember about summer? 5. What has this school year been like? 6.  What do you want to remember about this time?

Season Seven Episode 145 A Teen's Perspective of Covid:  Riley's Story This episode is a talk between my daughter Riley and I.  We just passed the one year mark of Covid arriving into our everyday lives and I wanted to give each of our girls the opportunity to share about their experiences and memories during this season.  If you want to do something similar with your family, here are the questions and topics we focused on: 1. Our last 'normal' day.  March 11, 2020.  Last day of school.  What do you remember about that day. 2. What was hard about the spring of 2020? 3. What made it better? 4. What do you remember about summer? 5. What has this school year been like? 6.  What do you want to remember about this time?  

Season Seven Episode 144 Enhancing with Technology I’ve enjoyed sharing our book series for the past several episodes on the podcast.  I hope you enjoyed hearing from Jessica Peresta in episode 141, Jen Rafferty in episode 142, and Michelle Margiotta in episode 143.  Each of these women are phenomenal at what they do and their work is worth spending time checking out.  Their books, websites, and instagram info can be found in the show notes and on the blog.  Take a moment (or more) to look at what they create for you and connect with them online. February was a really exciting month as a result of releasing my first book The Afternoon Ti Guide to Teaching Music and presenting a session about goal setting at the Fflat-books Winter Thaw.  If you haven’t picked up your copy of my book and journal, I thought it might be helpful to give you a glimpse into a chapter from the book and access to a few journal pages.  The book is full of information about music approaches, lesson plan ideas,