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Adaptive General Music Teacher


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Music ConstructED Online Learning
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This course focuses on the challenges general music teachers face in meeting diverse student needs. Explore key adaptation strategies and engage in activities that promote kinesthetic, auditory, and visual learning.

Inclusive Teaching Strategies

Free | 60 minutes

 

Summary

Every student in our classroom has needs. Many children learn best in a variety of ways - with multiple paths for engagement towards understanding. Through the lens of access, equity and inclusion, this experiential workshop focuses on the struggles that general music teachers face as they strive to ensure a quality music education for all of their students. Participants will learn about the "big four" modes of adaptations that they can implement to promote students' learning as they experience, first-hand, general music activities that promote kinesthetic, aural and visual learning.

Here is the class outline:

Adaptive General Music Teacher

Explore strategies to create inclusive music classrooms where every student can learn through diverse pathways. Dr. Erin Zaffini explains the Equity Cycle, the I Can Sandwich lesson, and the four learning modalities—visual, aural, tactile, kinesthetic—with examples for grades 3-8. Learn to move from reactive accommodations to proactive, adaptive teaching that supports students' needs, offers meaningful choices, and promotes ownership, agency, and equity in your music classes.

Meet the Presenter - Dr. Erin Zaffini
Welcome
Defining Adaptive Music Education
The Equity Cycle
The "I Can" Sandwich Framework
Four Learning Modalities
Activity Example: Take the A Train
Activity Example: Falls
Activity Example: Martian Hop
More Ways to Adapt
Conclusion
Check for Understanding
Course Feedback

Completion

The following certificates are awarded when the class is completed:

Music ConstructED 60-minute PD Certificate of Completion
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