My 90 second video explains why I need 10 minutes of Lin-Manuel’s time.
If you’re the person who can help me make the connection, I’ll make sure you’re invited to the Zoom when it happens!
If you can make an introduction, send me an email at Lesley@mPoweredEducator.com and let’s make some magic happen!
THANK YOU!
Lesley
In many cases, decisions are being made to cut programs and give up because it’s difficult to see how we can continue to teach performing arts in our current situations.
My former student and Music Director of the Colorado Symphony, Brett Mitchell, and I discuss the future of Music Education and how music educators can support students during these challenging times (without it being a physical, mental, and emotional drain on us as educators!)
There is nothing normal about our current situation, even for those teachers who are teaching in person. There’s no way to recreate the kinds of ensemble situations we’ve had in the past during a pandemic, and the frustrations and disappointments that come with the loss of these important opportunities feel insurmountable.
How do we keep our students engaged when everything is SO hard so they’ll still be around to take our classes when we can return to “normal” rehearsal situations?
Who better to take a situation that seems impossible and create a new and more innovative way to make music than the very people who have been trained to improvise within a given structure when soloing with a jazz band or scatting over the blues?
The future of music education is up to the music educators of today!
It won’t be easy, but WE CAN DO THIS. We MUST do this.
Join Brett and me as we talk about the challenges and opportunities we face and how as a community we can help kids become the best version of themselves through the magic of music education. <3
As I’ve talked to hundreds of music educators over the past few months, it’s been exciting to see how many of you recognize the positive impact that intentionally teaching students how to focus and pay attention has on their individual success and for the entire class.
When I knew it was time for me to write a book, I struggled with how to do it. Should I start with a title, or do I write the chapters first? Do I write them in order? How do I decide what’s important to include and what not to include? I had SO many questions that I became paralyzed and almost didn’t move forward.
I knew that if I was going to be successful in writing a book, I needed help from someone who had successfully done that before AND who had taught other people to do it before, so I found a mentor. That was the best investment I could have made.
I signed up to work with Angela Lauria on August 17, 2018. With the guidance of someone who had plenty of experience doing what I wanted to do, I not only wrote a book, but I’ve published TWO #1 International Bestsellers – and in just two short years, I have gone from dreaming of writing a book to publishing two of them and teaching the contents of the books at conferences, webinars, podcasts, and through the groups I coach.
My ability to achieve this dream in such a short amount of time came because I had the support of a mentor and a tribe of other authors who supported one another through the process. We were all writing different books, but we faced many of the same challenges, and by hearing one another share our victories and difficulties, we all learned how to become successful authors.
If you know that incorporating SEL activities will help your students be more prepared to be engaged and focused but you aren’t sure how to set it up, introduce it, and successfully implement it when it gets hard, then I’d love to talk to you.
If you watched my webinar and are ready to take your students to new heights and would like to find out more about the support I offer, I invite you to set up a call with me to see if we’d be a good fit to work together. Just click the button at the bottom of this email to set up an appointment.
Here’s a little info – Let me know if I can be of service.
Lesley
PS – If you missed the webinar, you can check it out here. Just scroll to the August 6 webinar called “SEL in the Modern Music Classroom”.