Identity, Positionality, and Musical Creativity Through the Lens of the NYC Music Education Anchor Values - Room 11 by Elizabeth Guglielmo https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn Describe your positionality AND how it influences your teaching. en-us 2022-01-20 21:03:39 UTC 2026-02-07 10:00:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Describe your positionality AND how it influences your teaching. eguglielmo https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2003980971 2022-01-20 23:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2003980971 My positionality as someone with a learning disability had greatly influenced my teaching. I played by ear in middle school because I had a great deal of trouble reading notes and rhythms. This has helped me teach students who struggle with reading through techniques including color coding, developing aural skills, sound before sight and writing in note names when necessary. https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021671215 2022-01-31 16:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021671215 Positionality and teaching https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021677021 As one gets older and experiences the larger world, one seems to see how they fit and relate with that larger world as well as their community. My positionality includes this humbled perspective along with a curiosity for life. It's expanded beyond music and I think it helps me to connect with all manner of student, regardless of their positionality, culture, heritage, etc. ]]> 2022-01-31 16:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021677021 Language https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021679458 My positionality as a bilingual teacher allows me to really connect closely with my students and their experiences learning English. It allows me to make sure they really understand what's going on--in and out of the music room. It also provides them with a safe space to "breathe" and be themselves with someone that "gets" them.]]> 2022-01-31 16:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021679458 My Positionality https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021680535 My positionality as a teacher who grew up around a diversity of races and cultures that were different from mine allow me to connect and understand my students better who predominantly have different culture and upbringing from my own. It has taught me that in order to be a better teacher I need to learn more about my students' culture. That ranges from the traditional cultural practices to modern or pop culture belfies of my students. ]]> 2022-01-31 16:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021680535 https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021681918 My positionality as someone who grew up on a farm impacts my teaching by providing a completely different frame of reference for my city-kid students. This different lenses in the music room can be beneficial to all of us. It also can widen the already widening gap due to the difference in age. (Every year I get older, but a 9th grader is always 13.)]]> 2022-01-31 16:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021681918 My positionality as a musician who is conversant with both the Western classical tradition and music that is more improvised and/or from an oral tradition allows me to effectively teach students with varied learning modalities. https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021684964 2022-01-31 16:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021684964 https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021685007 My positionality as someone who grew up extremely poor with very limited resources, especially when it came to music (lessons, performance opportunities outside of school, etc) allows me to be an exceptional teacher to students who are in the same boat. I was fortunate in that I had a mom who really worked to find ways around that, but always feeling like I was 20 steps behind everyone else both in school and in my profession has actually made me understand why she worked so hard at that, and makes me work equally as hard for my kidlets.]]> 2022-01-31 16:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/eguglielmo/oznxzy0zokhbadhn/wish/2021685007