Joel Powell spent time with us on the Director Spotlight back in 2016. He offers us a few tips on teaching orchestra including: going in with a humble heart, observing other awesome educators and establishing rapport with kids as a person!
Ben Yoder, Orchestra Director at Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate and Junior High School, recently joined us on the Director Spotlight! Ben talked about 3 different E-learning subjects he used during weather-related school cancellations in HSE this past year. We offer them here for you! We hope you enjoy this segment of the Director Spotlight.
Today’s tip from our Director Spotlight with Mr. Sam Fritz, Director of Bands at Center Grove MS Central, is about helping kids learn how to practice. We hope you enjoy this tip from Mr. Sam Fritz.
Mr. Ned Boyd from Logansport schools recently joined us on the Director Spotlight. For today’s tip, he discusses how he keeps his saw sharp and why having fun in the classroom is so important! We hope you enjoy this segment from the Director Spotlight. Hope you are having a great summer!
Welcome back to the Director Spotlight. Today, we are circling back to Mr. Chris Wing and how he stays passionate about teaching! Chris teaches Band at Greenfield Central High School. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoy this tip from the Director Spotlight with Chris Wing!
Many of you are in the midst of recruiting at this point in the year, so we are diving into the archives for this edition of the spotlight. Mr. Josh Weirich and Mr. Chris Murray, co-directors at Zionsville Middle School, offer up their recruiting process for you. Their process is not necessarily unique….it is just very very effective. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight tip of the week!
Mr. John Morse joins us today on the Director Spotlight, Mr. Morse is the Director of Bands at Greenwood High School. John is a fantastic director with such a positive approach to all of his responsibilities. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Director Spotlight tip of the week!
Janis Stockhouse and Thomas Wilson presented us a few outstanding tips in their Director Spotlight back in 2015. As we move through part of the heaviest work load of the calendar, Janis and Thomas have some very solid advice for directors, not just for young teachers, but, for all of us. We hope you enjoy this segment of the Director Spotlight.
Mrs. Candi Granlund, Band Director at Sycamore School in Indianapolis, joined us on the Director Spotlight. In her interview, she talked with us about working with school administrators and how that relationship affects what happens in the classroom. We hope you this tip from Candi in the Director Spotlight.
Bethany Robinson, Director of Jazz Bands at Noblesville High School, joined us on the Director Spotlight back in 2016. Bethany continues to have a strong jazz program at Noblesville and offers her warm up process in this segment of the Spotlight. We hope you enjoy!
Mr. Matt Harloff from Avon High School, joined us on the Director Spotlight a couple of months ago. He gave us this great tip about his approach to coaching, motivating and teaching kids. We hope you enjoy!
Today’s spotlight is a great reminder for all of us and it comes from Dean Westman, Director of Orchestras at Avon High School. Dean talks with us about how he goes about focusing on others and by doing that, everything typically comes into it’s proper place. We hope you enjoy this tip from the Director Spotlight series.
Back in November of 2017 we interviewed Mr. Chris Wing, Director of Bands at Greenfield Central High School. His take on having a mentor to talk with occasionally about his program proved to be one of our most popular tips of the year. We hope you enjoy this popular tip with Mr. Chris Wing.
Mrs. Heather Nieto joined us on the Spotlight last September. Heather teaches orchestra at Belzer Middle School in Lawrence Township and her tip on being flexible was one of our most popular for last school year. Thanks for joining us again!
