Performance Based Assessments: Enhancing Effectiveness
Several considerations to ensure performance-based assessments yield more than just a data point for accountability.
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Several considerations to ensure performance-based assessments yield more than just a data point for accountability.
The need for the arts in every life we serve is vital, and you are the dedicated “composer” of each classroom or rehearsal session
A few key takeaways on what community choral leaders should be doing to prepare for the year ahead.
A list of criteria you may want to consider in determining if a student deserves a letter of recommendation, and if so, how complimentary it should be.
As educators, it is incumbent upon us to communicate the emotional (if not therapeutic) value of music to those we teach.
With the school year now beginning, it’s a good time to make some resolutions—school year resolutions.
Many years ago, when I was a junior in high school, our concert band director who was my private clarinet teacher, told me at a lesson that I had pretty much nailed Carl Maria von Weber’s Concertino for Clarinet. He said that he had the concert band score to the piece and would like me […]
An internship can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a college education.
“Your life is just two dates separated by a dash…Make that dash count.”
By John DeFerraro Over the course of this issue of Choral Director, we have laid the foundation for how you can approach the contemporary a cappella world, from specific rehearsal tips, to arranging advice, and exemplary recordings that are inspirational! However, the next step you should take is to connect yourself to the a cappella […]