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Portfolio Index 

Description:  The purpose of this page is to organize all of the information in this website into categories based on subject matter, and content in them. 
Professional Prospectives
  • Why do you Want to be a Music Teacher?
  • Response to Dapper Dan, Kafka, and Jiro Ono 
  • ​Response to Joyce McCall's seminar ​
  • What type of teacher do my students deserve?
  • What should students learn because I have been their teacher?
Evidence of Ability to Plan and Assess  ​
  • Brass Techniques lesson plan  This is a lesson plan I wrote for my Sophomore brass techniques class. It involved working on double and triple tonguing at various tempos. 
  • Practicum Lesson Plan  This is a semester practicum reflection and lesson plan I wrote for a High School concert band class I observed over the spring semester 2018. 
  • Experience Design for Creative Kids Coop(MUED 380) This experience design, is written for a fifth grade Elementary class. It involves 
  • Peer Teaching lesson plan This is a lesson plan I wrote for my Advanced Instrumental Music class with several of my peers. We used the music from the movie "Star Wars" to teach different concepts about dynamics, articulation, and style. 
  • 5th Grade Clarinet Lesson This is a lesson plan I wrote to learn how to plan in 3/4 and work on different pieces for the students concert. 
  • High School lesson plan This is a lesson plan I wrote to work on the piece Fate of the Gods. 
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Evidence of Ability to Modify Student Plans to improve student learning ​​
  • Waterman Music Night Reflection This is a lesson plan and reflection I wrote where I ended up changing the whole lesson to fit the students that I encountered during the event. 
  • Hammel Winding Lesson  This is a lesson plan I wrote that can be altered in several ways to meet the needs of different learners. 
  • JMUke Experience Design This is a lesson plan for a Ukulele community engagement we put on for students. We had to modify the plan based on the number and experience of the students that showed up. 
  • ​Student Background Project A and B: Example of how I would modify my teaching for two individual learners 
Evidence of Student Work/Learning​
  • String Techniques Adopt A peer lesson plan and Reflection  This is a lesson plan and reflection I wrote for a student who had never played the Bass before. 
  • Woodwind Techniques Adopt a Peer  This is a lesson and reflection I wrote for a student who had never played clarinet before
  • Student Impact Project (Elementary)  See the pre-test and post-test sections 
  • Student Impact Project (High School) See the pre-test and post-test sections 
Evidence of Ability to develop a positive climate and manage behavior 
  • Band Handbook The rehearsal and attendance procedures written in this handbook lay out behavioral expectations. 
  • Practicum Reflection  This is a reflection I wrote for a High School Band class that focus on the teacher and her approach to classroom management. 
Evidence of Ability to meet needs of diverse learners ​​
  • ​Hammel and Hourigan chapter 4/5 Reflection This is a reflection post from chapters I read about students with disabilities and helping them succeed in your classroom. 
  • Winding it Back A reflection post on winding instruction backwards and forwards to meet the needs of all students  
  • Peer Teaching Lesson Plan This plan was written to incorporate several different types of students on non traditional instruments into a lesson where everyone learned a song by ear. 
  • ​Student Background Project 1 & 2 (Elementary School) 
  • Student Background Project 1 & 2  (High School) 
Technology projects and other evidence of ability to employ technology 
  • Lesson Plan    This lesson plan involves exploring movie scores and how composers write scores for cinema, as well as letting students create their own music for a movie clip.  
  • Creating an Instrument Using Makey Makey This is an experience we create using a Makey Makey and the app known as "Scratch."
  • Final arranging project (using Finale)  This is the final assignment for my instrumental arranging class, it is written for a Full Orchestra. 
  • Ukulele tutorial video  This is a ukulele tutorial video I made using the song "Can't Help Falling in Love." 
  • Elementary Technology Project I used the website Musicracer.com to introduce/practice fingerings in Elementary band students. 
  • High School Technology Project 
Evidence of Reflection/Growth 
  • Philosophy of Education This is a paper where I reflect on the history of education, as well as my beliefs and philosophies as an educator. 
  • Semester Reflection  This is a reflection I wrote about all the music education classes I had taken in my first three years, and what I learned from all the experiences, and assignments. 
  • Professional Reflection Here is a post where I reflect on all of the experiences with music education during my time at JMU and 
  • Practicum Reflection  Here is a reflection I wrote based on a semester of practicum observations and teachings I completed. 
  • Video Reflection (Elementary Placement): 1 and 2: These are my reflections on two teaching videos from Elementary Band. 
  • Video Reflection (High School Placement): 1  and 2: These are my reflections on two teaching videos from High school Band. 
​Evidence of ability to work with others: colleagues, parents, community
  • ​Beginning Ukulele Curriculum  This is an entire Ukulele curriculum written by me and my Music Education peers. 
  • Peer Teaching lesson plan  This is a lesson plan written by my peers and I for our advanced instrumental methods class. It involved learning 
  • JMU curriculum project:   This is a curriculum written by my peers and I for a high school in the area. It includes the classes we would offer, and what students are going to learn in each grade level. 
Evidence of commitment to Professional Growth 
  • Resume: 
  • Research Paper on Dyslexia in Music Education  This is a paper I wrote detailing what Dyslexia is, how student's with Dyslexia can struggle in music classes, as well as giving strategies to help students be successful. 
  • Video Response 1 and 2 These are reflections on  Clarinet and Brass lessons I taught at the Elementary level
​Appendices 
  • School of Music undergraduate Handbook: 
  • JMU Curricular Framework: 
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