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How Were the Clinics This Year? The following was created by compiling all of the feedback our clinicians received from us into a single report. As you will see, our clinicians did a very good job presenting.
Results from the first portal question revealed that over 78% of us attended a clinic session that was either outstanding or very good.
Finally, the overall impression of a clinic session is extremely important for us to evaluate. According to our evaluations over eighty-one percent of us attended a session where they found the quality of the content to be either outstanding or very good.
The second portal question asked us to determine if current information was presented. Obviously, all of us attend conference sessions to learn about new pract ices, ideas, and techniques. Approximately 80% of us attended a clinic that was either outstanding or very good in the use of up-to-date materials and methods.
example, concrete illustration, or hands-on activity can help us understand an idea more deeply. Most of us (81%) rated a clinician as either outstanding or very good in the use of examples.
handouts with plenty of space for notes, thanks!
Suggestions for improvement. Try to provide more hands-on activities, relate content to the needs of Alabama music teachers, try to demonstrate concepts with an ensemble, relate materials to teachers of all levels, schedule more time for this session, attendees couldn’t hear the clinician, please use a microphone in large rooms, provide a handout, provide more handouts, use an electronic handout to save paper, setup equipment before the session begins, provide more time for questions, s e s s ion ne eds a l a rge r room to accommodate attendees, provide a door prize, please place the clinicians on a platform so everyone can see them.
Conclusion In general, most attendees were very pleased with the content of the clinic sessions, which bodes well for the clinic selection process used by the AMEA Governing Board and the efforts of our presenters. Using the Guidebook App as a platform to access the conference evaluation system worked very well and my thanks goes out to Executive Director Garry Taylor for hosting the Conference Evaluation Portal through the app.
Summary of Comments and Suggestions It is one thing to rate the quality of a conference session, but it is an entirely different matter to provide suggestions and commentary. Indeed, as a former band director, I really enjoyed the recorded and hand-written comments from my peers and in many ways valued their instructive statements so much more.
When attending a clinic at the AMEA Inservice Conference, we expect our clinicians to present a session that coincides with the description found in the conference program. Over 84% of us attended a session where the presenter did an outstanding or very good job of presenting what they planned.
In general, there were many very positive and detailed comments about the clinic sessions. The following results were created by compiling all of the feedback and sorting it into cohesive categories. From this, we can see what our clinicians already do well and what we need to help them with for next year.
In-service clinic sessions should challenge attendees to think about their practice and discuss new ideas. However, sometimes an
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Positive comments and praise. Well- presented session, very experienced clinician(s), repeat this session next year, repeat this session every year, great story telling by the presenter, great application of materials to a variety of student levels, good use of a live ensemble, material was relevant, session was easy to understand, I can’t wait to try this, great presentation skills, excellent use of positive and negative examples, thanks for the free materials, very organized presenter, clinician provided
Friends, I think we have a really good system in place for collecting conference feedback in the future and I highly recommend using it again in 2014. On behalf of the clinicians and presenters this year, please accept our collective thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback!5
Endnotes 1 Yarbrough, C. (1987). Good teaching may
be in sonata form. In C. K. Madsen & C. A. Prickett (Eds.), (Applications of Research in Music Behavior, pp. 3-11). Tuscaloosa, AL:
The University of Alabama Press. 2 Yarbrough, C., & Price, H. E. (1989). Sequential patterns of instruction in music. Journal of Research in Music Education, 37,
179-187. 3 Price, H. E. (1992). Sequential patterns of music instruction and learning to use them. Journal of Research in Music Education, 40,
14-29. 4 Hancock, C. B. (2012, October/November). Gathering data: A brief report from the President-elect. Ala Breve, 10. 5 Full disclosure, I co-presented at the conference along with my friends Ken Ozzello and Justin Ward and of course we received feedback from all of you! The ol’ saying what is good for the goose is good for the gander certainly is applicable.
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