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=**Student Teaching Syllabus & Resource **= =**//An informative and interactive document //**= =Rotolo Middle School = 1501 South Raddant Road Batavia, Illinois 60510 630.937.8700 media type="custom" key="19193374" width="80" height="80"

**Cooperating Teacher **
keith.ozsvath@bps101.net W - 630.937.8784 C - 630.399-8640

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= = =Course Description =
 * **www.teachingbandandmore.com**
 * The student teaching experience at Rotolo MS will provide you with the opportunity to further your skills and knowledge and apply them in a real-life school environment. Teaching and observing in full band rehearsals, small group lessons, lesson planning, assessment, and administrative tasks will be part of the course. Self-reflection will play an integral part in the student teaching experience.

=Daily Schedule =
 * < 1st Hour ||  ||= 8th Grade Band ||
 * < 2nd Hour ||  ||= 8th Grade Band ||
 * < 3rd Hour ||  ||= Plan ||
 * < 4th Hour ||  ||= 6th Grade Band ||
 * < 5th Hour ||  ||= 6th Grade Band ||
 * < 6th Hour ||  ||= 6th Grade Band ||
 * < 7th Hour ||  ||= Plan/Lunch ||
 * < 8th Hour ||  ||= 7th Grade Band ||
 * < 9th Hour ||  ||= 7th Grade Band ||

= 8th Grade Band Syllabus = = Small Group Lesson Curriculum = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Goals & Objectives =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px;">Student Expectations, Procedures, Curriculum, Grading etc. **
 * Learn the students' names.
 * Gain experience in both small and large ensemble rehearsals.
 * Demonstrate growth and improvement.
 * Build confidence as a teacher.
 * Incorporate technology into your lesson plans that will assist in the learning process.
 * Learn how to use the PowerSchool grading program.
 * Create assignments & assessments.
 * Use a variety of instructional techniques. Examples: modeling, discussion, lecture, visual/aural media, and worksheets.
 * Model on your primary instrument, as well as secondary instruments.
 * Maintain a positive learning environment.
 * Be open to constructive criticism.
 * Practice self-reflection.

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ideas, Projects, & Things-To-Do: = ===<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Extra projects and activities will enhance your experience .** ===

//<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">(current student teachers, please add to this list) //
 * Create supplemental activities, warm-ups, and/or technique exercises that will help the students learn
 * Develop your own middle school music list[[file:Repertoire Check List.pdf]]
 * Create an instrument and equipment upgrade list
 * Start a blog about your student teaching experience
 * Greet students at the door, monitor hallway during passing period
 * Score study. Grab some scores from the music library and discuss the quality of them.


 * Title ||= Grade || Music concepts & elements ||
 * Ticheli--Cajun Folk Songs ||= 3 || Educational Moments (Overall: folk song melodies, Cajun culture studies, French background and history, multiple interesting percussion parts; Mvmt 1: modal, switching between 2 and 3, folk song melodies, interesting harmonic language; Mvmt 2: melodic shifts in timbres/voices, 5/4 time, students use mutes, shifting key centers, switching between duple and triple feel); WATCH OUT FOR EXPOSURE ||
 * Erickson--Air for Band ||= 2-2.5 || Chorale Style (Legato playing, phrasing opportunities, endurance building for whole notes); Introduction to minor studies (Natural and Harmonic) and concert C major; Range can be a bit problematic in spots, especially for low brass if they are not particularly strong; NEED STRONG HORNS AND TRUMPETS ||
 * Forsblad--Yankee Power ||= 2 || NO RECORDINGS ANYWHERE; OUT OF PRINT; very limited percussion parts, very repetitive motifs overall (Grand Old Flag, America the Beautiful, Battle Cry of Freedom) and very little rhythmic variation throughout (half notes, syncopation, etc) ||
 * Sample Band Program ||  ||   ||
 * Sixth Grade ||  ||   ||
 * Conley-Bobsled Run ||= 2 || Work with ostanati and constant 8th note pulse (prevent from rushing/dragging); enough percussion accessories for people to have a turn with everything; short piece which gives the students a break to recover slightly for the next piece ||
 * Williams-Beyond the Wind ||= 2 || Great introduction to syncopated rhythms and dotted quarter/eighth rhythms; ABA form with introduction to D.C. al Coda; challenging percussion parts in faster sections to keep them on their toes ||
 * La Plante-All ye Young Sailors ||= 1-1.5 || Introduction to 6/8 time; familiar tune for students to latch onto and learn; unit on folk songs and other sailing tunes; introduction to call and response, canon forms ||
 * = Edmonson-Song for Band (alt 6/7th grade) ||= 1.5-2 || Students get to work in 3/4 time; continued work with dotted quarter to eighth note rhythms; work on phrasing of lines and blending melodic sounds together across ensemble ||
 * Williams-Reindeer Rag (alt 6/7th grade) ||= 2 || Fun, familiar piece to challenge students because of stylistic considerations; plenty of syncopation for students to maneuver; introduction to ragtime style for students ||
 * Seventh Grade ||  ||   ||
 * Curnow-Northlake Festival Overture ||= 2 || Concert opener for sure! Vertical alignment with rhythmic ideas and tuning of chords; melodic ideas are passed around ensemble; balancing challenges across group between woodwinds and brasses; stylistic changes are quick and instantaneous in spots ||
 * Kreines--Air from County Derry ||= 2-2.5 || Familiar tune with the students (hopefully); work for phrasing and lyrical playing from all sections; different groupings of instruments for students to hear different sounds throughout ||
 * arr Moss-Christmas at the Movies ||= 2-2.5 || Familiar Christmas tunes from movies (Nightmare Before Christmas, Home Alone, Polar Express); working with medley-related aspects (transitions, different styles and tempos, etc), ||
 * Eighth Grade ||  ||   ||
 * Swearingen--Exaltation ||= 3 || Provides a good challenge for the students with syncopation, fast/slow/fast section, minor tonality (F minor), fanfare for good concert opener ||
 * Holst arr. Smith-In the Bleak Midwinter ||= 2-2.5 || Soloistic playing in clarinet, alto sax, horns, baritones, and percussion--can be a challenge for students that have never done solos before!; sixteenth note accuracy among sections; plenty of percussion parts/toys to give each player one of their own ||
 * Story-You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch ||= 2 || Christmas tune for parents and students alike! Works on swing rhythms throughout band, syncopation, minor keys, fun for the students to know about the piece! ||
 * Story-You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch ||= 2 || Christmas tune for parents and students alike! Works on swing rhythms throughout band, syncopation, minor keys, fun for the students to know about the piece! ||


 * Lesson plan, design assessments
 * Observe other teachers
 * Set-up the video camera to record your teaching, then watch it
 * Schedule a mock interview with the principal
 * Work on your resume
 * Straighten chairs and music stands, clean-up the band room
 * Enter grades into PowerSchool
 * Plan a group lesson or repair class on your instrument[[file:Woodwind Repair Workshop.pdf]]
 * Organize music library
 * Ask questions!

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">On-line Resources = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">Links & Web 2.0 Tools = <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">(student teachers, please add to this)
 * BDG Twice Taught Repetoire
 * Young Band Repertoire Project
 * Resume tips
 * Resume tips II
 * Oustanding student teaching tips
 * FlashCard Machine
 * Ultimate Percussion Resource Page - video & audio play-a-longs, repairs, rudiments, etc.
 * School Band & Orchestra Magazine
 * Online Metronome
 * Online Tuner
 * www.banddirector.com
 * [|www.musictheory.net] (added by Emily Wilson, Spring '10)
 * [|Middle School Recordings] (added by Emily Wilson, Spring '10)
 * SmartMusic
 * [|Noteflight]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Prezi - even better than PowerPoint!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Examples: [|Earth Day/ Day at the Zoo] (Emily Wilson, Spring '10), [|Polyrhythm and half step/whole steps] (Emily Wilson, Spring '10)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Padlet- digital bulletin board
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Wordle - word clouds
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Practicesightreading.com]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Blogs & Social Media **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Band Director Facebook Group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Facebook - "Teaching Music" group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Music Blogs to Follow]
 * Music Educators to Follow on Twitter
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Twitter - Follow these hashtags: #muspln, #musiced, #music, #edtech, #musedchat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">MusicEdMajor.net
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">MusTech.net
 * Teaching Music - Brian Wis
 * Beyond Band, Choir, Orchestra - Adam S.
 * Materials for Fellow Music Teachers - Ari Contzius