This is a special episode of the weekly spark for music teachers to address the situation that is going on in our world right now. Since the terrible death of George Floyd in the United states there has been much said about racism and there have been protests everywhere, not just in the United states,

In this episode of the weekly spark for music teachers Janice talks though ideas for dealing with problems. We all have problems in life - things come up every single day which we have to deal with and we have to find solutions for all the problems that occur in our lives. We all face

In today’s podcast Janice is talking about something we need to seek, as well as be - and that is a role model. As teachers, we need to BE a role model for our students, and be the person that our students want to look up to. But of equal importance is to SEEK role

This episode is about the power of learning, and the three big benefits learning brings in our lives. With the whole pandemic situation going on at the moment, one thing most of us have (or should have) is more time. In reality though, as busy teachers - right now most of us don’t have more

Right now, in these unprecedented times, with many of us working from home or having to adapt to many different situations, there is no better time to think about what is really important in life, and make sure that we’re really taking care of ourselves. For this reason in this episode Janice Tuck will talk

This episode is about how to deal with a bad day… and what to do when life's inevitable challenges come up one after the other - like happens to all of us from time to time. There are so many things in life that we’re not in control of - we’re not in control of

Today’s episode is talking about the ultimate source of resourcefulness: the power of connecting to the reasons why we do what we do. Particularly at this time, when the world is facing some major challenges - we all need to connect with our reasons why to have the motivation to get going in the morning.

In this episode Janice Tuck discusses three ways to overcome fears or worries. There are a lot of stressors on Music teachers, and more than usual at the moment with the situation that the world finds itself in with the COVID-19 virus affecting everyone. Fear is a natural emotion - we all have it. Its

In this first episode of the Weekly Spark for Music Teachers Janice Tuck shares some thoughts about how music teachers can adapt to the current situation the world finds itself in.  The idea behind this podcast is to provide Music Teachers with a little bit of mindset and motivation to get going through their day,