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Create welcoming, supportive classroom environments where every student feels valued and ready to learn through research-based community-building strategies and real classroom observation.

Classroom Community

Building Musical Community

$20 | 60 min

SKU: TR10129

Welcome to Your Community Building Journey!

Welcome to Building Musical Community! In this course, you'll explore research-based principles for building genuine classroom community, then watch those principles in action inside real elementary music classrooms. You'll learn what separates a classroom that merely functions from one where students feel a real sense of belonging — and you'll leave with a concrete, personalized action plan you can start using in your very next class.

 

What You'll Learn

By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

  1. Apply research-based principles for building classroom community in music settings
  2. Implement strategies that increase positive social interactions among students
  3. Observe and identify effective community-building techniques in real classrooms
  4. Design your own community-building action plan for immediate implementation

The course will employ a mix of articles, videos, and practical applications to facilitate learning. 

 

Jenny Gee | Music ConstructED Team | Powered by West Music 

Here is the class outline:

Research Foundation for Community Building

Explore the research behind classroom community — from trust-based Developmental Discipline to the Toolbox Project's approach to unity — and see why relationship comes before behavior.

4 sections
Course Overview
Building Classroom Community Through Social/Moral Development
Unity Through Positive Interactions – Part 1
Unity Through Positive Interactions – Part 2

Observing Community in Action

Watch real elementary music classrooms in action and identify the specific community-building strategies teachers use with students at different ages.

4 sections
Classroom Observation – Early Elementary
Community-Building Strategies in Action (Optional)
Classroom Observation – Upper Elementary
Community Strategies Across Age Groups (Optional)

Conclusion

Synthesize what you've learned into a personalized, sustainable action plan for your own classroom, then check your understanding with a short final assessment.

5 sections
Applying What You Observed
Creating Your Community-Building Action Plan (Optional)
Check for Understanding
Course Feedback
Course Completion & Next Steps

Completion

The following certificates are awarded when the class is completed:

Music ConstructED 60-minute PD Certificate of Completion
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