Learning to Teach:
An Early Degree Teaching Program

Learning to Teach
(Teaching to Learn)

Semester 1 - Intro to Music Education 

• Thinking like a Teacher

• Community Building

• Building a Teacher Identity

• Managing College Life

• Managing Stresses of going through the “Middle School of Adulthood”

• Lesson Planning and Peer Teaching

• LTTL Overview, Q &A.

Semester 2 - Music Ed Lab I 

• Week 1 - “Group Up” and “GroupMe”

• Meeting the Mentors, Lesson Planning Bootcamp w/ Mentors

• Week 2 - Meeting the Teachers and Kids

  • Set Up Your Teaching Schedule - 2-3 different classrooms (1-2 in Pk-2/3, 1-2 in 3/4-6)

• Weekly Planning and Teaching

  • Meet each week with your mentor(s) to plan out your lessons, create/find lesson materials, etc.

• Ending Concert (when possible)

Semester 3 - Music Ed Lab II

• Lesson Planning Re-Bootcamp

• Special Project Preparation (LRC)

• Meeting Your Teachers and Students

  • Set Up Your Teaching Schedule - 2-3 different classrooms (1-2 in Pk-2/3, 1-2 in 3/4-6)

• Weekly Planning and Teaching

  • Family Music Night (when possible)

• Ending Concert (when possible)

• Peer Mentoring Breakfast Overview

  • Near the end of the 2nd teaching semester we provide breakfast for the AU teachers and talk through mentoring strategies and processes for the next semester’s new AU teachers. 

Semester 4 - Methods 1 +Mentor/Labs

Methods 1 = Children’s Music OR School and Community (Secondary General) Music*

• Meet your Mentees. Set up weekly meeting times for planning. 

• Lesson Plan Bootcamp with Mentees

• Observe and provide mentoring feedback in teaching weeks 1-4

• Observe and co-teach in certified teachers’ classrooms* weeks 5-15

• Development-based Yearly Planning with Curricular Design for specific skills and knowledges (standards) (tied back to LTTL experiences with children)

• Assessment, Evaluation (tied back to LTTL assessment experiences).

• Technology and Designing Web-based Curriculum

• Health and Wellness for Music Educators

Semester 5 - Methods 2 + Lab

Methods 2 = Vocal/Choral Music Education OR Instrumental Music Education*

• Observe and co-teach in certified teachers’ classrooms weeks 5-15*

• Focused on teaching vocal or instrumental music at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels

• In-depth lesson and rehearsal planning

• Peer teaching and conducting

• Lesson planning for edTPA (what’s the difference?). 

• Technology and Programmatic Web Design

• Health and Wellness for Music Educators

Semester 6 - Methods 3 + Lab

Methods 3 = Children’s Music OR School and Community Music*

• Observe and co-teach in certified teachers’ classrooms weeks 5-15.*

• Development-based Yearly Planning with Curricular Design for specific skills and knowledges (standards) (tied back to LTTL experiences with children)

• Assessment, Evaluation (tied back to LTTL assessment experiences).

• Technology and Designing Web-based Curriculum

• Health and Wellness for Music Educators

• ETC.>>>

Semester 7 - Methods 4 + Lab

Methods 4 = Vocal/Choral Music Education OR Instrumental Music Education*

• Observe and co-teach in certified teachers’ classrooms weeks 5-15*

• Focused on teaching vocal or instrumental music at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels

• In-depth lesson and rehearsal planning

• Peer teaching and conducting

• Lesson planning for edTPA (what’s the difference?). 

• Technology and Programmatic Web Design

• Health and Wellness for Music Educators

• ETC.>>>

Semester 8 - Clinical Residency

Dual Placement Clinical Residency

• (P)K-5/6 [elementary and/or early childhood]
  7-8 weeks

• MS, JH, or HS [secondary-level] focused on primary area of musical study (vocal or instrumental)
  7-8 weeks