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"The National Music Teacher Mentoring Program was established by Richard Gill
in 2015 and implemented through the Australian Youth Orchestra.
The mentoring program uses a simple formula: experienced music specialist
teachers (the mentors) are paired with generalist early childhood teachers in
primary schools which don’t have music programs to develop music programs
collaboratively.
First, the mentors assess the teachers’ music experience and skills, student
needs and local resources.
Second, specialist and generalist teachers work together to plan music
activities that will work for that school, class and teacher.
The training involves mentors demonstrating music teaching in their own
classroom, then demonstrating in the teachers’ classroom, along with joint
lesson planning, preparation and team-teaching, where mentors gradually hand
over the reins to teachers as they gain more music teaching skills and
confidence.
The approach of the mentoring program is very different from typical
professional development. Ordinarily, teachers may be presented with a great
deal of information during a one-day course but they are not provided with
ongoing support as they trial new ideas back in their classroom.
Under this mentorship program, mentors and teachers build an ongoing
relationship based on trust, mutual respect and collaboration. Since its
inception, 630 primary classroom teachers have been upskilled to teach 50,000
students music in their classrooms."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
