Teaching Music: Managing the Successful Music Program

This practical text offers a comprehensive program for assisting pre-professional and professional educators in developing the management skills necessary to become effective instructors in contemporary music education. The text provides students with relevant, informed material and addresses management concerns at both the secondary and elementary levels with an emphasis on the reasons for learning about music.

Acknowledgments. Preface To The Second Edition. PART ONE: THE MUSIC EDUCATOR AS AN ADMINISTRATOR. 1. The Role of the Music Educator. 2. The Music Educator as a Leader. PART TWO: THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT. 3. Motivation and The Student. 4. So You Got The Job! Now What? PART THREE: WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. 5. Effective Music Budget Procedures. 6. Housing and Equipment. 7. Scheduling. 8. The Music Library. 9. Assessing and Grading Music Performance. PART FOUR: OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. 10. Contests and Festivals: Friend or Foe? 11. Public Relations. 12. Parents' Organizations and Fund-Raising. PART FIVE: TOWARD BROADER HORIZONS. 13. Historical Influences on Music Education. 14. Toward a Philosophy of Music Education. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index.