Bonjour!
I have never done a blog before and who knows if this will help anyone but I thought "Pourquoi pas?" Why not?
A bit of introduction:
I am an elementary music teacher. In a very unique school. A French Immersion school, where (in theory) 100% of instruction is in French. So, my position is just like any other music teacher except I teach the lessons in French and instead of singing "Let it snow" at the Winter Concert my students sing "Mon bonhomme de neige"
However, I'll be the first to admit that I am not highly qualified. At best, I am slightly qualified. I am a musician (flute) but I've never taken music theory or music education classes. But God is gracious and my parents-in-law are actually music professors! They have been helping me immensely and my violinist husband is a huge encouragement.
My goal is to become highly qualified before the next school year begins. This will mean hopefully attending some summer workshops on music education and taking the Music Content Praxis exam. I just got the study guide. Maybe this blog will help me stay on track for this intense certification process! I not only have to teach myself music theory, I need to know all the extra concepts that a four year music education degree would have given me. I do have my French K-12 certification so that is très bien!
Wow, long introduction!
Before I let you go, (thanks for reading so far!) I'll share a triumph moment from last weeks teaching. I'll try to always leave you with a positive anecdote. It is very easy for us teachers to complain and despair. I don't want to do that here.
Last week, I had the students color different string instruments to decorate our classroom. While they were working (only 2 classes were super calm) I played a youtube video of a Mozart concerto. One rowdy kindergarten boy just dropped his crayons and scooted up closer to see and listen to the string quartet. He was mesmerized, undoubtedly this music was very different from the rap he hears on the radio. This is one of the reasons why I do what I do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n8BZT_1H8M
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