My Pre Conference With Mrs. Andruska

Andruska is also a professional vocalist that performs in various classical music settings. She is a cantor at several churches, and sings in various choirs throughout the community. When meeting with Mrs. Andruska in our pre-conference, it became clear that she prides herself on providing highly effective instruction for all of her students. She describes her teaching style as being diverse, given that she incorporates many different general music education methodologies into her teaching. She is Orff and Kodaly certified and works with students in our autism program (CAPS), special education programs, and general K-5 education

I chose to observe someone that teaches in close proximity to me, both personally and physically. This teacher, who will in this report called Ms. Merry, has been teaching for over 20 years and has looped this year with her class from the first grade into the second grade. When I first requested to complete the observation cycle with her, Ms.

After discussions with Mr. Meyer, Craig and I have elected to proceed with his suggestion that I write to each of Allye’s teachers on a weekly basis. Would you please comment on Allison’s behavior in class; is she participating and paying attention? Additionally, would you please provide information as to which tasks Allison will complete in the next week?

On September 27, 2013, this article was published by the Wall Street Journal. Written by Joanne Lipman, inspired by Mr. Kupchynsky about how tough teachers get good results. The article starts off with a memory of the author's childhood in New Jersey. About how Mr. Kupchynsky, a strict music teacher, was not afraid to call someone out or poke them with a pencil to correct them. However, when Mr. Kupchynsky died, former students and colleagues from all around came together to perform a concert in his memory. Even though Mr. Kupchynsky was a tough teacher his former students came together to form an "orchestra the size of the New York Philharmonic"(Lipman 1). In addition to this the author points out how successful Mr. Kupchynsky former students

In the following report we will examine all of the elements of a Kindergarten classroom that I observed in Miss. Phillips classroom. I will cover over the school, the student’s participation, and the teacher’s overall. I will also include a Building report card. I will discuss how much the experience had an impact on me.

I know today is the first day of school over there. It was my youngest sister’s first day of high school. What classes are you teaching this year and how do you think they are going to go? I found out that more teachers and advisors left this

On the 7th of April, I had the pleasure of attending a music recital performed by Indiana State student Yurie Uto. The official title of the performance was simply “Senior Recitle”. Throughout the recital, Ms. Uto played six musical pieces while masterfully using the French horn. All of the songs were purely instrumental and she was also accompanied by a grand piano, guitar, and other French horns during the performance. Although she seemed slightly nervous early on, by the end of the night, Ms. Uto seemed undaunted as she played her instrument with masterful skill.

Please answer the following questions to help improve this class for future students. Please be very candid and honest in your responses, as I am very committed to improving as a professor.

Answer 1: We got a weekly email on Fridays, which we loved. Regarding upcoming events for the following week, and just an overview of how class has been going (not specific to one child but as a whole). The teacher always ended the email with saying please feel free to call, or email her with any questions or concerns.

It was a pleasure, Ms. Webster, watching you and your students work in the classroom. It is evident to me that you love what you do, and you are passionate about learning. I saw many positives that you do in the classroom and the effort that you put into your lessons shows. I would like to discuss with you the things I saw while I was observing you in the classroom. As educators, we strive for continuous improvement, and there are always things we can do in the classroom to improve our instruction. I am going to list some of the things that showcase your strengths as an educator, and some ideas that you may want to implement in your classroom. As a colleague, it is about the two of us collaborating, and working together to improve the learning environments for our children.

At Meyer Elementary I first started with Mrs. Jessica Martinez’s class, overall I found her class to be well structured, organized and successful at most. But, She did not have her class quite under control, and had difficulty retrieving their attention span, which I found odd with the multiple teacher assistants she had, however I found that her lessons where quite intriguing to the students’ knowledge. One lesson I found extremely stimulating was her “word of the day,” in which the students compared and contrasted that specific vocabulary word throughout the activities in their school day. The second teacher I observed was Mr. Gabe Cortez’s P.E. class for first and second

3. Teacher is going to ask the students their understanding of the assignment. This is the time when the

On Monday, August 28th, that day marked the first music salon class of the semester. Before we officially started, we had cake, cheese, crackers, and grape-apple juice. While we did not have an official speaker for this class, our professor, Lisa Weiss, led the discussion for the evening. She started by introducing herself. She talked about her life in Boston, Massachusetts, and stories from when she was an undergraduate at Harvard University. One of the coolest stories of the evening was learning from Weiss that she had performed with Yo-Yo Ma. Afterwards, we introduced ourselves and talked about our dreams for the future. The class is small, about seven or eight people, however, we all have big and different ambitions. For example, two students are interested in the medical field. Although we are diverse, we all have one connection and that is music.

Mrs. Annette Hovey, a music teacher at New Rockford-Sheyenne Public School, was busy giving an elementary percussionist a private lesson as I waited outside the music room for them to finish. Mrs. Hovey can be described as a woman who simply loves and embodies music and is dedicated to teaching her students and helping them grow through her inspiring classes. She's slightly shorter than average height with shoulder-length brown hair, and that day was sporting a relaxed look of: blue jeans, turquoise Nikes, a NR-S homecoming t-shirt, and a comfortable looking black and white plaid zip up sweater.

Pre-observation conference: This is a formative conference between a novice teacher, Ms. Linda and the supervisor, me. I was seated behind my desk as Ms. Linda walked in. I invited Ms. Linda to sit down in a chair directly across from me.