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ASME Padlet- Tips for Moving into the Profession 

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ASME Padlet- Tips for Moving into the Profession 

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On asme.edu.au wesbite, "Chapter Activities"

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Click on 'Chapters' and find 'Victoria'

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ASME | Australian Society for Music Education

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The Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) is encouraging and advancing music education at all levels. Advancing Music Education.

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Music is an art form

Be mindful of the uniqueness of each teacher, each class, each student, each setting.

Every teacher has their own style and can carve a new pathway while teaching listening, creating and performing.

Adapt all resources to you and your class.

Ask ‘What worked really well today?’ and then BUILD ON THAT!

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Questions to ask yourself -

Am I continuously striving to create activities which fully engage and challenge the students

Am I setting small achievable challenges in each lesson?

Am I using movement to engage students at the beginning of a lesson and to enable them to connect with sound and emotion

Am I varying the interactions in a lesson, with a view to engage students and enabling easier classroom management- whole group, small group, partner activities

Am I providing strong structures and also allowing for freedom and creativity?

Am I immersing students in a ‘musical’ experience?

Break down any musical experience into small ideas. Try to learn and explore all activities with movement and gesture.

Remember primary aged students are tactile learners. They need to use their limbs and voices to express and create ideas. Music is an abstract art form and we need flexible representations to help to understand it - like drawing pitch shapes in the air, is a good example

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3. Life long learning - Keep investigating and growing

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3. Life long learning - Keep investigating and growing

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Watch other teachers in action

Go to every PD you can

Join or create a network

Keep building and refining your ideas - everyone has a new perspective and insights which can be shared

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Building relationships in schools may very well be the most important part of teaching. Not only with students but also colleagues and parents.

Get to know you students, take time at the start of a lesson to chat to your students about their lives away from school and how they are feeling. Could start the lesson with a circle and a

Find a teacher bestie. Someone you can rely on, talk to and trust.

Get to know parents - they are a great resource. What can parents do to help you. Do they have a skill that they can share or be utilised. Parents are your greatest supporters.

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Wash your hands often and don't touch your face! This is particularly important when you teach little kids.

Get enough sleep. Teaching is mentally tiring but music in very physically tiring. You very rarely sit down; you can work through recess and lunchtime and before and after school.

Look after your mental health - you can't do it all even if you think you can; know your limits or you will burn out. Do things for you. Catch up with friends, go for a walk, sit quietly, play your instrument, etc...

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You need to put in place boundaries for the amount of time you work each day and on the weekends.

Make a decision about how long your workday will be and at what time you will close your laptop. For example, stay later at school rather than working in the evening.

Make a decision about working on the weekend. For example, setting a rule for yourself that you will only do 1 or 2 hours work on a Sunday morning and then you will put away your laptop.

You need to have down time away from work. This is very important.

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TIP ONE: Connections are critical on all levels - be present and invest the time to build these and foster relationships

1. Connections with students and their parents - community makes a music program work and parents are your best asset, best supporters, and best helpers and advocates

2. Use connections to your advantage - Parents and/or a Music group to assist with concerts, events, equipment , BBQ’s, morning teas etc

3. Take the time to get to know the key staff well (Principal, Deputy, T & L, Curriculum Finance, etc) invite them over to meet the staff and students, do a small performance, or invite them into a class when something is happening.

4. Try to connect with other teachers in your region - area, ie for examinations, sharing resources, discussing challenges and successes, for ideas or resources that can be shared or developed,

5. Remember to listen and invest time, not just hear what you want to hear. Relationships and connection in schools take time but will last forever and come back to assist you, often when unexpected

6. Confirm details for events, subjects, teaching etc, in writing (email) so you have a copy to refer to, and can access it when needed - use your digital self to maintain connections, updates, clarify.

7. Breathe before you respond (if uncertain about that conversation, feedback, email) draft it, review, think and then act - remember a digital footprint exists - sometimes things abetter solved by the old ‘Face2Face’ not by a text message or email.

TIP TWO: Worry about the things that impact you and your job and let the other bits and pieces go through to the keeper. CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE (NOT CIRCLE OF CONCERN!)

1. Work on your circle of influence and focus on making a difference there (other staff, ensemble leaders, instrumental teachers, heads of area, students, parents, etc) - get to know the structures and ways that ideas and strategies become reality, keep notes and take the time to record things while they are fresh in your mind. Use 2-3 minutes of STOP and REFLECT time - it will assist you the next day when you are trying to recall something. Work on your planning and organisation so it assists you to find time, remember to .

2. Make a point of focusing on the things that influences you and your role - students/teaching each and every day. Imagine a credit card with energy points on it each morning (100 points per day!) no one issue or event can burn more that 10-15 points. Teach yourself to let it go and also try to do the things that are a priority (prepare, teach, mark, rehearse, and have a BREAK!) or walk out for a coffee.

3. Make sure you have a weekend and holiday: your well-being, your partner, family, children etc, are the most important thing alongside your job - There is only ONE YOU!

TIP THREE: Remember that co-curricular music will co-exist when there is a priority on good curriculum-based music that fosters motivation and engagement, strong classroom programs that are sequential and continuous. Work to promote, sustain and advocate for all components so that music can flourish!

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Make friends with the office and maintenance staff. Get to know the cleaners

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1. Make it visible.

2. Celebrate wins but don’t celebrate mediocrity.

3. Remember that schools invest in people not just concepts.

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Show interest in other school programs, but show passion for yours. Let that shine...without being negative towards others.

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Be kind to yourself

Limit taking work home

Soak up the joy of kids smiles

Reach out for support if you are struggling

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Keep some time for you. Take breaks, do fun things and allow time to think. If you’re already good at this, then remember that you can’t implement all your ideas at once- pick a few things at a time.

If you’re in a small school without many other music teachers, keep your networks open and chat to others about the problems you experience. They will most likely have experienced them too! Tutoring at music camps, playing in community ensembles, participating in PD sessions are all great things to connect with other music teachers. You’re not alone!

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Well, I'm an older teacher in a new school right now and have been reminded of something vital! Relationships. Are. EVERYTHING! As a new teacher you are going to rely on those around you so much! If everything about your school processes is documented - you won't have time to read it all. AND chances are, not everything about said school processes are in fact documented. The end result is the same either way; you need to have formed great working relationships with those around you. You will be relying on others to talk and show you through most things - there is no other way. Have the confidence (and the good working relationships) to calmly and confidently ask the same questions once, twice and even thrice! Schools are full of delightful people who are really happy to help! Form great relationships and these beautiful souls will develop beyond being helpers and supporter to friends, mentors, co-collaborators and advocates!

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On asme.edu.au website, in "Chapter Activities"

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ASME | Australian Society for Music Education

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ASME recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first musicians, storytellers and educators of this land. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, acknowledging their ongoing connection to land, sky and waterways

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ASME Vic - Resource Padlets - ASME | Australian Society for Music Education

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Click on the links below to access the Padlets filled with excellent resources and ideas for your classroom!