From Do-Re-Mi To You

I am going into my 10th year of teaching K-12 music. I originally was a high school band, choir, and general music teacher. My passion had always been elementary music, and since graduate school, I have been teaching K-5 elementary general music to around 400 students at two Title 1 schools in Northern Indiana.

I am most heavily influenced by the Orff-Schulwerk approach, and have completed all three Orff Levels. I am also influenced by Feierabend's First Steps approach to early-elementary general music, and add elements of Kodaly and Dalcroze in my lessons as well. I aspire for my lessons to reach all learners and to be student-centered, using a variety of genres of music.

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B.M.E. in Music Education from The College of Wooster M.M.E. in Music Education from the University of Louisville Orff Level I, II, and III from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

I am the wife of a band director, mother of two, fur-mom to two cats and a dog. I have also been involved in after-school and community children's choirs, Orff ensembles, and musical productions. Outside of music, I am also becoming more interested in gardening, home decor, and productivity (at least trying to!)