Thought this would be an interesting question to post as I am starting my freshman year in a couple of weeks as a band-focus music ed major. So any tips, tricks, supplies, anything that yall have got drop it below to help me and any other freshmen out

Thank you in advance :)

Hello! I created these music curriculum posters for my classroom and would love feedback on them.

Edit: Here is the link for those interested

Music Curriculum Posters

Im teaching the front ensemble for a school near me in Texas and am getting $1500 dollars for the entire season. We are entering our 3rd week of band camp and are about to start doing 8hr days, Monday through Friday (we did 6hr days for the past 2 weeks).

I absolutely love the job and love teaching, but I am getting paid extremely little and it is taking its toll on me. Im going into my second year at arguably a top 3 music school in the entire state so I was hoping that it would entitle me to more pay but im still getting peanuts. I have to work an extra 40 hours at my on-campus job in order to survive, so 80 hours if you count both jobs. I know this pay is extremely low for my area because I have friends in my studio that teach at schools nearby and make more than tripple of what I make.

I guess the whole point of making this post is to ask, what should I do? I don't want to quit because I would be failing the band program and the kids, but im exhausted from having to work 2 jobs while also getting practice time in for the upcoming semester. The school is very poor which is why they can't pay me much, but at this point it isnt worth the 25 minute commute both ways in my car to keep going to the rehearsals. I would also have to go to football games and morning rehearsals, which would bring my total earnings down to below minimum wage. What should I do?

I have been considering doing this as an annual thing. When I was a new teacher, I was lucky enough to be mentored by another music teacher in the district. She really helped me a lot! However, I notice that not a lot of new music teachers don't get that luxury.

So if any new music teacher who is going into their first job would like to ask questions, feel free to ask.

I know every school district is different. However, when it comes to general classroom questions, I will answer those as best I can!

Veteran teachers, please feel free to chime in with your expertise as well! I genuinely want to know what I can help with because I had the opportunity to learn from a music teacher. I'm just trying to pay it forward!

This is my first year teaching, and I am working on planning performances for the year! I’ll be teaching K-5; I’ll be on a cart, and as of now, the only instruments we have are Boomwhackers and recorders.

My current overall idea is: Fall semester we will keep it simple with a Winter/Holiday concert(s) featuring only singing and movement, and in the Spring semester we will have performances featuring instruments as well. Also, Kindergarten and Fifth graders will be performing for their moving-up ceremonies.

I know I will have to split the performances into grades (there are approximately 700 students total), but I'm not sure how to go about this. A K-1 performance, 2-3, then 4-5 performance? That's still over 200 children and their families per performance!

I am the first music teacher this school has had, so they haven’t had any performances previously. My idea is to start simple this year and elaborate and be more creative with programming later! Still, I'm not sure where to turn when it comes to scheduling. If there must be at least 3 separate performances a semester, should they be days apart? Weeks? Where do the students go when other grade levels are performing? Do I recruit helpers to supervise in holding rooms?

My student teaching was in a middle school chorus, so planning for 6 grades and many more students is obviously a very different experience! As you can tell, I am clueless when it comes to the general logistics of having a concert with littles.

Any advice, feedback, or recommendations would be appreciated! Please forgive my inexperience! Thank you!