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4 Key End-of-year Reflections for Teachers

Welcome to the end of the weirdest year ever (unless you are a January-December school). Whether you are already on your holiday, or still wrapping up like me, this has definitely been a trying school year. Most schools have had

Janine 19. June 20207. July 2020 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Fostering a Growth Mindset

There is a lot of talk about growth mindset in educational circles these days. You have probably read about the experiment where a teacher was told she was getting all the brightest students in one class, and when she treated

Janine 23. May 201911. August 2019 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Up Close and Personal with the Instruments

I stumbled across this and just had to share. The Netherlands Philarmonic played Peter and the Wolf with GoPro cameras on several of the instruments, and put together this fantastic video! The camera on the trombone was my favorite. This

Janine 30. April 201622. April 2016 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Revisiting Culture

Well, apparently my iceberg post was recently discovered and has been shared around quite a bit, not only in education circles, but also political science, health, and social justice communities. I love that I’ve gotten some great feedback about it

Janine 30. March 201626. July 2020 Uncategorized 5 Comments Read more

Happy Pi Day!

When I put in my university applications, I applied to major in both mathematics and music education. Music eventually won over, but the math nerd in me never disappeared. So today is just a salute to this magical, irrational constant

Janine 14. March 201614. March 2016 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

It’s Just Around the Corner…

I know we may not be ready to think about it, but none of us can hide from all those Back to School sales. Are you thinking about how to get the year started yet? (Okay, I’ll confess that I’m

Janine 27. July 201529. July 2015 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Settling In

I have been in schools before where the classroom teacher quietly leads their class, single file, to Music. But more often than not, my classes now come running in, still engrossed in the conversation they had started on their way

Janine 30. January 20151. October 2015 Inquiry, Uncategorized, Whole class activity No Comments Read more
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