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How do they feel about school in general?

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What goes on with their lives outside of my classroom and school.

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Are they interested in what I'm teaching them?

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Are they interested in what I'm teaching them?

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How burned out are they feeling right now?

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What are their life goals?

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do they align with what goes on in my classroom? if not, why not?

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do they align with what goes on in my classroom? if not, why not?

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where are they from? what music speaks to them? what music helps them build identity?

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where are they from? what music speaks to them? what music helps them build identity?

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Are they taking anything away from my class

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What they are really thinking

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Are they confident

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How can I incorporate their music making stories in my classroom

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How can I incorporate their music making stories in my classroom

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facilitation- get out of the way and let them lead!

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facilitation- get out of the way and let them lead!

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What role does music play in their lives?

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What role does music play in their lives?

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Do they feel empowered?

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Do you know your Worth? How can I show you through Music?

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Do you know your Worth? How can I show you through Music?

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I wonder how my students are adjusting to this school year, especially since they haven't had a full year in person for a while.

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Are they open to exploring music that they don't already have experience with?

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Are they open to exploring music that they don't already have experience with?

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Class discussions

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Are they really into this and enjoying music class, or is this merely a requirement?

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Anything, really. If they have one, I want to know about it, and if they're inclined share with other students.

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I begin each year by asking students for song recommendations to listen to and creating class playlists (when appropriate)

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I begin each year by asking students for song recommendations to listen to and creating class playlists (when appropriate)

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I did a project where they created a playlist of songs that they strongly identified with and reflected on why they chose those songs.

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how do they feel in my class and what do they really need

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how can learning what I am teacher them connect to and enrich what they are listening to?

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how can learning what I am teacher them connect to and enrich what they are listening to?

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am I teaching them or am I telling them?

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Are they ok? Is the music helping in some way?

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Are they ok? Is the music helping in some way?

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do they consider themselves musical? how do they engage in music outside the classroom?

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do they consider themselves musical? how do they engage in music outside the classroom?

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Songwriting and composition.

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I wonder how my students are REALLY feeling... I wonder what they AREN'T SAYING out loud... I wonder if Music can help them express what is unsaid...

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I have made my classroom a safe space and students open up easily in my classroom

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My Musical Identity Project at the beginning of the year, students make a collage of pictures of the artists that have shaped their musical identity. We do a whole unit about it the first week or so of school

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My Musical Identity Project at the beginning of the year, students make a collage of pictures of the artists that have shaped their musical identity. We do a whole unit about it the first week or so of school

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Lead and leave!

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More listening. Less talking.

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How do I know they are interested?

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What are they like apart, and distinct from, technology.

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What are they like apart, and distinct from, technology.

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Are they emotionally ready to take that social risk and share the real raw emotions

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Are they telling an authentic story, or are they parroting ideas that have been marketed to them.... and does it matter?

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Are they telling an authentic story, or are they parroting ideas that have been marketed to them.... and does it matter?

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I wish I had more time in the day to give each of them what they individually need/ want in music. 

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I wish I had more time in the day to give each of them what they individually need/ want in music. 

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Am I giving them the education they need?

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Am I giving them the education they need?

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There's no plan book for how to educate students after/during a pandemic like this. How do I know I am balancing enough SEL and rigor to help them be successful later in life.

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Read the room. Go with the flow.

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Always listen to them..they need to be heard

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are they enjoying or just doing?

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Selecting rep that represents the cultures of the students in the class.

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what their home life is like

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soundtrack of my life, creating a class playlist, opportunities to share their favorite music and musicians.

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How I can best help them reach their fullest potential as human beings and how I can best utilize music as a pathway 

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How I can best help them reach their fullest potential as human beings and how I can best utilize music as a pathway 

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handing over "ownership" of music making

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handing over "ownership" of music making

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creating musical playlist that represents them as a person

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Class discussions, open mic, arrangements

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Class discussions, open mic, arrangements

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IF my students had previous music experience

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I wonder if they feel safe to say what they truey want to say or if they are just "going through the motions" and saying what they think others want to hear...

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Give places for students to share anonymously - like Padlet or Nearpod

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Give places for students to share anonymously - like Padlet or Nearpod

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class playlist, music identity project, music collages.

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Help them if they need/want it. Challenge them to grow in their zone of proximate development.

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Through collaborations and small groups where they can contribute ideas

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Through collaborations and small groups where they can contribute ideas

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Not my job to tell them how to think, it is my job to hear them and give them the safe space to create.

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student choice in performance and listening exercises, asking them to connect to family music traditions, help them understand their agency in future music making

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student choice in performance and listening exercises, asking them to connect to family music traditions, help them understand their agency in future music making

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I wonder how different it would be to have students who have had music k-12, and what they would be able to achieve

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I wonder how different it would be to have students who have had music k-12, and what they would be able to achieve

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to step back and watch/listen

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Lessons that connect music to their lives.  I have been using the Chrome Music Lab a lot with my students having them create simple melodies to represent certain things or ideas.

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Lessons that connect music to their lives.  I have been using the Chrome Music Lab a lot with my students having them create simple melodies to represent certain things or ideas.

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Creating a space where students feel welcome, heard, and loved.

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I asked students to create a playlist based on different vibes and I use the songs for our warm-ups with piano.

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Giving them more space to practice independently & share their ideas with each other

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Giving them more space to practice independently & share their ideas with each other

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How much do they care? And how can I help them to care more?

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they choose the songs to an extent

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to teach them a program that can help them sort out their musical ideas

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to teach them a program that can help them sort out their musical ideas

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I give out a survey to learn about the students' music preferences the first week of school each year. I also have a 'song suggestion box' that I choose their daily song of the day songs from.

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I give out a survey to learn about the students' music preferences the first week of school each year. I also have a 'song suggestion box' that I choose their daily song of the day songs from.

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give prompts, watch where discussion goes, add prompt/thoughts when they stall

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give prompts, watch where discussion goes, add prompt/thoughts when they stall

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Facilitator

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Who are they really?  When their friends are not around and they are just able to be themselves, who are they?  

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Who are they really?  When their friends are not around and they are just able to be themselves, who are they?  

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facilitate, encourage and direct towards more innovative ideas

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facilitate, encourage and direct towards more innovative ideas

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to be a positive role model and influence and help them mold into their best musical self

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Sometimes facilitating, sometimes jumping in and swimming with them (metaphorically speaking!)

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Sometimes facilitating, sometimes jumping in and swimming with them (metaphorically speaking!)

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Starting the class with a few minutes of quiet time in which I ask them to "be in control of themselves."

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Starting the class with a few minutes of quiet time in which I ask them to "be in control of themselves."

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honoring their music choices, making the classroom safe for sharing music preferences

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honoring their music choices, making the classroom safe for sharing music preferences

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Students tell their stories through lyrics and music-making projects. Give them space to work in groups and/or "go solo" as they choose.

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Compositions, songwriting, projects where they choose the song.

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Flexible Facilitator, gentle-nudger, asker of questions...