Beginning High Brass Camp Instructor
August 20-24, 2012
Description
This artifact consists of photos provided by the previous band director of the Bloomington Middle School in Wisconsin confirming my participation in teaching at their annual summer band camp. At the 2012 band camp at the Bloomington Middle School, I was the High Brass Instructor. I taught beginning trumpet and mellophone to the students. I had two mellophone students and five trumpet students, so all together I had seven high brass students. The band camp was five days long and consisted of five hours each day.
Alignment:
Wisconsin Teacher Standard Alignment:
This artifact best aligns with Standard 10: Collaboration- Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community. The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well-being and acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.
This experience best aligns with Standard 10 because being a camp instructor, I was able to connect and collaborate with the other instructors in the camp along with the band director. Each day before camp started and after camp ended, all of the instructors for each section would have a meeting with the band director to go over what the director wanted us to work on for the day or what we worked on throughout the day with our students. The band director made sure that we were staying on track with our teachings and also asked if we had any question when it came to teaching a certain technique, ideas of how to make learning a new instrument more fun (games), or how to work with time and classroom management. Due to this experience, I am more knowledgeable in this standard. I feel comfortable working and collaborating with other instructors or directors, as well as gaining a professional relationship with the students.
UW-Platteville Knowledge, Skill, and Disposition Alignment:
This artifact best aligns with KSD3.a: Communicating Clearly and accurately- The candidate’s spoken and written language are correct, expressive and clear, with well-chosen vocabulary that enriches teaching and communicates thoughtfully, responsively, and effectively for a wide range of student understanding and encourages appropriate language envelopment.
My experience of teaching high brass to beginners best aligns with KSD3.a because it helped me learn how to communicate with my students, my fellow instructors and the band director. It helped me to learn how to teach in a lesson/group setting and how to use the right vocabulary to help students understand what I was having them do with their instruments. It was my job as an instructor to make sure that all of my students were learning and understanding what I was teaching them. Through this experience, I am more experienced in this standard because I had to know the correct terminology, and then teach it to my students. I was able to see each and every one of my students and the other instructor’s students grow. By the end of the band camp week, they understood and knew how to play the basics on the instrument that they had just picked up five days ago. Through communicating clearly and accurately, I learned how to teach in a lesson/small group setting with the students and the students were able to learn their new instrument.
Secondary KSDs:
KSD1.a: Demonstrating Knowledge of Content
KSD1.c: Selecting Instructional Goals
KSD3.c: Engaging Students in Learning
KSD3.d: Providing Feedback to Students
KSD4.d: Contributing to the School and District
KSD4.e: Growing and Developing Professionally
Reflection
What I learned about teaching/learning from this experience:
I learned several things about teaching and learning through this fun experience. I learned how to teach instrumental lessons to new students and how to explain a point that I was trying to get across differently. I learned that it is important to make sure the as a teacher, I need to make sure to have a connection with all of my students. It was helpful and easier when I collaborated with the other instructors and the band director. It is also very important to collaborate with other staff members because it helps the students in the long run when all of the teachers are on the same page.
What I learned about myself as a prospective educator as a result of this experience:
Through this experience, I have discovered as a teacher, I can/should collaborate with my fellow teachers to make sure that our students will be able to get the highest level of education that we can give them. I now know through teaching at this band camp, that I can be an active teacher by getting involved with my students learning capabilities and with my school district (when the time comes) to build a stronger program for our students and to help them want to learn. Finally and most importantly, I learned that I can be a good music teacher and will be a confident music teacher with every one of my students and with my fellow staff.
August 20-24, 2012
Description
This artifact consists of photos provided by the previous band director of the Bloomington Middle School in Wisconsin confirming my participation in teaching at their annual summer band camp. At the 2012 band camp at the Bloomington Middle School, I was the High Brass Instructor. I taught beginning trumpet and mellophone to the students. I had two mellophone students and five trumpet students, so all together I had seven high brass students. The band camp was five days long and consisted of five hours each day.
Alignment:
Wisconsin Teacher Standard Alignment:
This artifact best aligns with Standard 10: Collaboration- Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community. The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well-being and acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.
This experience best aligns with Standard 10 because being a camp instructor, I was able to connect and collaborate with the other instructors in the camp along with the band director. Each day before camp started and after camp ended, all of the instructors for each section would have a meeting with the band director to go over what the director wanted us to work on for the day or what we worked on throughout the day with our students. The band director made sure that we were staying on track with our teachings and also asked if we had any question when it came to teaching a certain technique, ideas of how to make learning a new instrument more fun (games), or how to work with time and classroom management. Due to this experience, I am more knowledgeable in this standard. I feel comfortable working and collaborating with other instructors or directors, as well as gaining a professional relationship with the students.
UW-Platteville Knowledge, Skill, and Disposition Alignment:
This artifact best aligns with KSD3.a: Communicating Clearly and accurately- The candidate’s spoken and written language are correct, expressive and clear, with well-chosen vocabulary that enriches teaching and communicates thoughtfully, responsively, and effectively for a wide range of student understanding and encourages appropriate language envelopment.
My experience of teaching high brass to beginners best aligns with KSD3.a because it helped me learn how to communicate with my students, my fellow instructors and the band director. It helped me to learn how to teach in a lesson/group setting and how to use the right vocabulary to help students understand what I was having them do with their instruments. It was my job as an instructor to make sure that all of my students were learning and understanding what I was teaching them. Through this experience, I am more experienced in this standard because I had to know the correct terminology, and then teach it to my students. I was able to see each and every one of my students and the other instructor’s students grow. By the end of the band camp week, they understood and knew how to play the basics on the instrument that they had just picked up five days ago. Through communicating clearly and accurately, I learned how to teach in a lesson/small group setting with the students and the students were able to learn their new instrument.
Secondary KSDs:
KSD1.a: Demonstrating Knowledge of Content
KSD1.c: Selecting Instructional Goals
KSD3.c: Engaging Students in Learning
KSD3.d: Providing Feedback to Students
KSD4.d: Contributing to the School and District
KSD4.e: Growing and Developing Professionally
Reflection
What I learned about teaching/learning from this experience:
I learned several things about teaching and learning through this fun experience. I learned how to teach instrumental lessons to new students and how to explain a point that I was trying to get across differently. I learned that it is important to make sure the as a teacher, I need to make sure to have a connection with all of my students. It was helpful and easier when I collaborated with the other instructors and the band director. It is also very important to collaborate with other staff members because it helps the students in the long run when all of the teachers are on the same page.
What I learned about myself as a prospective educator as a result of this experience:
Through this experience, I have discovered as a teacher, I can/should collaborate with my fellow teachers to make sure that our students will be able to get the highest level of education that we can give them. I now know through teaching at this band camp, that I can be an active teacher by getting involved with my students learning capabilities and with my school district (when the time comes) to build a stronger program for our students and to help them want to learn. Finally and most importantly, I learned that I can be a good music teacher and will be a confident music teacher with every one of my students and with my fellow staff.
Teaching the students how to play concert F on the trumpet and mellophone.