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Hello!

My name is Keely Mohn, and I am a 2018 graduate of Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA. During my time at Westminster, I studied music education and took additional coursework in special education after inspiration from a summer job. I am a big advocate for inclusion, so you will see a variety of lesson plans contained in my portfolio. As someone who has worked in both special education and music classrooms, I believe that I can bring many new ideas to my classroom, regardless of the subject that I will be teaching. I believe that everyone is capable of learning, but it is up to the teacher to work to discover the ways a student can learn best. I am very excited for the opportunity to share my work with you!

Sincerely,

Keely Mohn

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This is my resume as of 10/15/2018. Please do not hesitate to ask for more information.

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These are various sessions and trainings that I have participated in as of 10/22/18. Please do not hesitate to ask for more details.

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Singing in the Westminster College Women's Choir!

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Singing in the Westminster College Women's Choir!

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This is another room layout that I would use in my general music classroom for lessons that are less active.

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I am very interested in incorporating the Dalcroze method in my music classroom, which is why the classroom is very open to enable my students to "find a place in space." This was a layout that a practicum teacher of mine had that I would like to emulate.

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Life Skills/Autistic Support Room Set-up

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Life Skills/Autistic Support Room Set-up

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This was the set-up of one of my special education practicum classrooms. I liked this room because each student had their own organized space to work with minimal distractions with the dividers, as well as a communal table at the front for students to do group activities.

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This is something that I would ideally give to my students at the beginning of the year. This inventory is slightly targeted to third or fourth graders that would be beginning instruments, but I could adjust it as needed.

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This is something that I would give to my students that would help me get to know them and understand how they learn and what motivates them.

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This MUSIC classroom management plan is aimed more towards rehearsals, however, the MUSIC rules can be aimed at general music students as well. Included in this is also a philosophy of discipline, a choral contract, and a draft of a possible note I would send home to parents of students that are not following my classroom rules.

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This behavior management plan was created in my special education class on behavior management, so it includes music classroom rules that are more special education based, including a crisis plan.

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Miss Mohn's Students
Control
Attitude
Respect
Effort

I like this simple set of rules because it is very brief, yet encompasses a lot of rules within them. A student should try their best to control themselves, have a positive attitude toward themselves and others, respect everyone, and always make an effort to achieve their goals.

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Assessment in the Music Classroom Presentation

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Assessment in the Music Classroom Presentation

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This is an example of a way that I would communicate with parents on a daily basis about their student with special needs. Depending on the situation of the student, in the future, I would probably add bathroom breaks to the communications as well.

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SmartBoard- I had lessons in my music classroom that allowed students to interact with the SmartBoard by drawing bar lines, identifying notes, and many other things. In the future, I would like to be able to integrate some of the SmartBoard activities created by Quaver Music to allow more interactive lessons for my students.

Chromebooks- In my student teaching placement, students in grades 4-12 were given Chromebooks. Students were able to use the Chrome Music Lab that allowed them to create melodies, songs, and rhythms with the use of visuals before learning music notation. The students could also independently listen to and identify rhythms with various games created for their Chromebooks. If I am at a school where technology is guaranteed for my students, I would like to incorporate SmartMusic for beginning instrumentalists to be able to do playing tests at home with fun accompaniments.

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SmartBoard- In my life skills practicum setting, the students used the SmartBoard at their daily morning meeting. This required the students to identify their name and place it on the tree. They also had to create appropriate outfits based on the weather outside and create the date. I also like the use of GoNoodle to allow my students to dance and exercise their brains ("brainercise") while doing physical movements.

Communication Devices- Students used varying types of communication devices in their classroom. Before I taught lessons, I would program the devices with words relevant to the lesson that I was teaching so the students could contribute. The students also had varying types of communication devices. For example, the students that were more advanced in reading had only words on their devices, or a keyboard to type the words on, while the others had the traditional devices with pictures.

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This is a one-on-one set of lessons that I created for a struggling middle school reader.

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Used this lesson to teach my students about eighth notes and quarter notes during October. After students learned the chant, they then cut out quarter/eighth notes and arranged them in the order of the chant by memory. Courtesy of Lindsay's Kodaly Inspired Classroom on Teachers Pay Teachers.

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This lesson was used to introduce students to the quarter rest. Courtesy of Music al la Abbott on Teachers Pay Teachers.

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Students in grades 2-6 used this manipulative to understand measures and learn rhythmic dictation.