Six Music Classroom Management Strategies Rachel Maxwell and Jessica Corry Reprinted from the SmartMusic blog with permission from the authors and SmartMusic
We see 375 band students every day and have very few discipline issues or distractions during class. Below are six music classroom management strategies we use in our program.
Teach, Model, and Reteach Routines
Explain and show students how you expect them to do EVERYTHING. Include even the easiest behaviors: entering the room, where to build instruments, where to store cases, how to set up the music stand as a workstation for the class period (pencil, tuner, warm-ups, music). Insist that routines are done correctly every time and it will become habit for you and the students.
Use Nonverbal Signals
A simple arm raised by a teacher indicates all students need to raise their hands and become silent. Nothing proceeds until the room is silent. This sounds too simple but it works. When used consistently and diligently it quiets a noisy room of 80 sixth grade brass players in about 10 seconds. We have gotten to the point that students will initiate the arm raise when they hear talking among the students. Develop your own plan and use it every rehearsal every day.
Keep Rules Simple
Our classroom rule is “Act in a way which does not create problems for others.” We follow that up with our posted Rehearsal Expectations:
1. Pencil on EVERY Stand 2. Music out of Plastic
3. Mark Corrections (The more you mark, the less we stop!) 4. Eye Contact with Director (Track) 5. Instrument to Mouth on Count-Off 6. Correct Playing Position & Posture
30 August/September 2017
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