I am the kind of leader who is quieter and persistent, with my main goal being to lead by example rather than saying nice platitudes and not following through. By setting high standards for myself now, I am training myself to maintain these expectations in my future classroom. I want to be a person who my students can look up to and see as someone who is applying their lessons to themselves.
Currently, I have a lot of ideas flowing through my brain about music making experiences and last year I got to bring one specific Makey Makey music making experience to life. It started out as an idea on the possibilities of experiences that I could produce using different technologies (http://davinamiaw.weebly.com/leadership/reflect-on-uses-and-potential-uses-for-scratch-and-makey-makey-like-tech), which then became “Draw Your Own Music” (http://davinamiaw.weebly.com/engagement/draw-your-own-markers-tutorial). My partner, Erica Unroe, and I even made a tutorial on how to reproduce the project, which we hope to share with other educators. Since beginning my time here at JMU, I’ve allowed myself to think more creatively. In my freshman year of college, I learned there is no limit to what I can do; I simply have to think of ideas, talk about them, and seek out the right resources to help guide me. By the time I begin student teaching, my hope is that I will combine charisma with leading by example; I want to demonstrate more passion and fervor for music so that my students will be see why I love music and teaching it. To get to this point requires practice; I will need to develop lesson plans and practice teaching them to my peers and then to younger students. I can participate in conferences to share my experiences and research, as well as volunteer or create a program in the Harrisonburg community that teaches music. Comments are closed.
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