So you’re looking ahead at your calendar and the date keeps getting closer. The first term of teaching for 2022 you’ve been preparing for is coming at you full steam ahead, and just thinking of it makes you feel uncertain and anxious. What will happen when that first school bell finally rings? What changes will

Being happy in the school workplace especially at this busy time of the year is critical to your longevity, happiness and success in teaching, and by extension the happiness and success of your students”. But often as the end of year approaches, we’re left with the feeling of not being able to do anything right

Have you ever had a time where you just wake up and you don’t know how to do what you’re supposed to do and teach your classes? Or have beyond just one day, have you ever experienced a period of time where it feels like motivation left the building or you’re a bit lost, or

Rekindling the passion for teaching music can mean hundreds of different things to different people- for It might be taking a moment to breathe, booking a dinner out, learning a new instrument, it might be taking time out or it might simply be sharing your wins! Whatever it is, it’s more about the “how” in

It doesn’t matter what area of music we’re teaching- instruments, theory, curriculum or something new- there is a non-negotiable that is essential and helps save us from all the stress, fear and nerves about teaching music! This non-negotiable allows us to go through each lesson with confidence, creativity and strategy. Let’s dive into what my

You might already have strategies for behaviour management - some passive, some active and some which might be rewards based. But what do you do with those naughty kids who can’t seem to be reached?.. oppositional kids who are non- compliant, unsafe, disrespectful and walking out of the room. Why do they continue to act

If you watch any successful music teacher in action and ask them how they got that way, it boils down to these three things: 1) They act, sound and feel confident about the content they deliver. 2) They believe in themselves and in the skills they’ve developed. 3) They know what they want from any

Feel like you want to pursue other interests outside of teaching? Conflicted about what you really want? Before you hold your hands up and resign to it all being “too hard” I’ve got a secret to share with you for you to improve your efficiency so you’ll be able to do more with less. If

Before we started the Fun Music Co, I taught in schools with little or no budget, and schools which went through “budget cuts”. Then when we started our own music school, there was no funding!! We just had to find a way to bootstrap ourselves to success. These days, we still get no outside funding