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
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
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
From gaining renewed inspiration to discovering new ideas and re-focusing, here are three empowering and fun videos to help recharge your music teacher batteries and get ready for another busy term ahead. 1. What to do when you’re told no singing or playing instruments in music class! We think the hundreds of school children who
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
We’re going to dig deep into how just two little words we say everyday can stop you in your tracks and stop you from being the impactful role model you deserve to be. I’m going to challenge you to listen with an open mind, do a little self discovery and turn this episode off with
Whether you’ve ever been involved in a conflict that leaves you feeling like you want to quit your teaching job or someone lashes out at you for seemingly nothing, these moments can serve as triggers for blame and feeling unworthy. This episode is about redefining the meaning we give to those moments. Rather than seeing
Change. How do you cope with it? Or maybe the question should be how many people do YOU know who don’t cope with change too well? How in the world can you actually cope with teaching and life, without things crumbling down while in the middle of a BIG challenge or change? Let’s talk about
Have you ever been given teaching advice that just hasn’t worked for you and wondered why? Everyone needs to focus on their own truth and make sure they are being their authentic self. It makes you feel so good to be teaching congruently to living your real life. But how?!? This is how to be
Today’s podcast is about attention. How do you get it, and how do you keep it? There are many tools that we can access and use as teachers to gain our students attention, and this episode is about sharing one of them, which is totally learnable - and that is the power of humour.