The power of a vision Do you have an image of what you want your teaching career to look like and where you want to grow to in the next few years? There’s no doubt that at times, life gets in the way and can distract us from these goals. This weekend I
Why the Ukulele Matters in the Music Classroom Have you ever wondered why we're always creating new resources using different instruments when it would be so much easier to sit back and relax? Enjoy this episode explaining the reason why ukulele is a great instrument and resource for music education.
The secret to longevity in music teaching ... frames! If you want to know the secret to feeling empowered with difficult questions in music teaching year after year ... this is a tool you can use.
The power of systems in music teaching On this episode Janice talks about creating empowering systems to make daily teaching routines faster and easier allowing you to fit more content into each day. Here are some of the awesome things to listen for in this episode: How using consistent systems can save you
How journals work for music teachers I’ve been journaling for years now and I wanted to share one of my big takeaways that I had with it this week. Leading up to Thanksgiving this is something we think about a lot. One of the first things I suggest to people who are starting
How to deal with challenges as a music teacher What do you when challenges come up? Everyone has challenges, some big, some small. How we deal with challenges is more important than the challenge itself in many cases. This week Janice shares a story of one of the challenges that has come up for
Creating a fun Kindergarten Music Lesson Have you ever wondered how to start with creating a music lesson for kindergarten? Do you start with playing instruments, planning, writing, reading, ... etc? In this article, I will help you create a kindergarten music lesson and make it EASY and FAST to implement with your
In this episode of the Weekly Spark for Music Teachers, Janice Tuck talks about what it takes to have a breakthrough in life, whether it be a breakthrough in our own lives, a breakthrough in our teaching, or a breakthrough in our students. Recently Janice ran a marathon for the very first time, and
Changing your internal questions In this episode Janice Tuck talks about how one simple change to what you say in response to the default question of “how are you” can radically change how you feel and how others respond to you. Whenever we see a friend or a colleague for the first time in
How one speech shaped our pograms ... This episode is a special tribute to the wonderful speaker and inspirational educational mentor, Sir Ken Robinson, who passed away recently at the age of 70 after a battle with cancer. In this episode Janice Tuck talks about how the message in Sir Ken’s famous TED
