Friday, January 18, 2019 8:00‐9:00 AM
Interest Session ‐ Forum C (2nd Floor) Deanna Bell: Elementary Music Internship ‐ Tips for Success
This session will focus on tips for a successful elementary music internship. Deanna Bell will facilitate a panel discussion with former interns: Cody Ray, Emily Scott, and Katie Boyd.
8:00‐9:00 AM
Interest Session ‐ Forum D (2nd Floor) Thomas Bough: Adulting 201 ‐ Stuff Young Educators Need to Know
Young educators have been crammed full of pedagogy in college, but often would benefit from guidance to develop in practical, professional skills. Suggestions to help both connect and compromise with fellow teachers and administration, remaining humble enough to learn while leading, developing both annual and long‐term budgets, as well as negotiating contracts with vendors and supplemental staff will be addressed in an approachable manner, supported by real‐world examples and a good dose of humor.
8:00‐9:00 AM
Interest Session ‐ Forum E (2nd Floor) Megan Rudolph: Breaking the Mold: How the Traditional Performing Ensemble Classroom has Changed in Order to Retain and Recruit Performers
Have you struggled to create a viable performing program that students want to be a part of? Is your program growing, but you are worried about how to retain the students you have? Do you want to know how to make each student in your program feel needed and important? If you answered “yes” to any of these, or your interest is peaked, then this session is for you! This session will address these issues and many more. Learn ideas on implementing leadership roles that really work, as well as how to implement student driven activities to increase community within your classroom. Practical tips will be talked about in order to make your program appealing to students of this generation.
8:00‐9:00 AM
Interest Session ‐ Forum J (3rd Floor) Beth Ann Hepburn: Dancing in the Melting Pot
Enjoy this session of engaging folk dances from many cultures around the world suitable for the elementary music classroom. Ideas for breaking the dances down for students and building community in your music classroom.
8:00‐9:00 AM
8:30 AM‐5:30 PM 8:30 AM
9:15‐10:15 AM 9:15‐10:15 AM
ABA Business Meeting ‐ Forum G (3rd Floor) Exhibits Open ‐ Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom
Lobby Performance: A.H. Parker High School Thundering Herd Chamber Singers AVA Business Meeting ‐ Forum A‐B (2nd Floor)
Interest Session ‐ Forum C (2nd Floor) Rusty Courson: Does Participation in Performance‐Based Music Classes Make Students Smarter?
The session will detail data collected while completing my dissertation, titled, "A Causal‐Comparative Analysis of Performance‐Based Music Classes and ACT Scores." In a nutshell, music students at a suburban school district in East Central Alabama had a mean score of 23.4 on the composite score of the ACT, while non‐music students had a mean score of 16.92. The music students scored higher than the statewide average of 19.2, and the nationwide average of 21. To address potential bias, the researcher grouped students based on sixth grade test results prior to any influence of performance‐based music classes.
9:15‐10:15 AM
Interest Session ‐ Forum D (2nd Floor) Bob Phillips: The Total Tone Transformation
Teaching shifting, vibrato and scales has never been easier. Specific strategies are presented for teaching students to shift with ease throughout the range of the instrument from early instruction to advanced. This is a must for band/choir directors teaching strings.
9:15‐10:15 AM Interest Session ‐ Forum E (2nd Floor) Jason Sulliman: More than Just a Game: What Educators can learn from the Gaming Industry
In this presentation, I will give a summary of modern online games (using Clash of Clans, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, etc. as examples) and demonstrate how the multi‐billion dollar industry of gaming has figured out successful ways to cultivate resilience, motivation/delayed gratification, long‐term planning, cost/benefit tradeoff application in practice, etc. along its
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