Music Ed Insights

Quick Pro Tips: Public Speaking Tips

Guest co-host Dennis Green, longtime radio broadcaster and emcee, joins Steve to give teachers some public speaking tips for the upcoming school year.

Dealing with anxiety and relevance by embracing your inner Music Guerrilla

Alan and Steve have a fun and free-ranging conversation with conductor, clinician, speaker, author, adventurer and advocate Milt Allen about priorities, the relevance of music education, and anxiety.

 

Alan and Steve do the Lightning Round

Podcast insider and loyal listener Matt Pries guest hosts to lead Alan and Steve through the lightning round questions that Steve has been putting to every guest for the last three years. Finally, you can learn more about your hosts!

Summer Reading Series- Vocal Health for Music Teachers

Alan and Steve walk through a blog post from NAfME with four pointers on preserving our voices and coping with overuse.

Episode Page: https://www.musicedinsights.com/uncategorized/summer-reading-series-vocal-health-for-music-teachers/

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Quick Pro Tips: Do Noise-Cancelling Ear Buds Protect Our Hearing?

Alan and Steve bring back past guest audiologist (and violist) Alyssa Ottmar to discuss new data on ear buds. Do their new features really protect our hearing? Steve asked this question of Alyssa the last time she was a guest, and now she’s back with a more definitive and detailed answer.

Alyssa Ottmar Episode: https://musicedinsights.podbean.com/e/hearing-health-with-alyssa-ottmar/

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“Are we Doing the Right Thing for Students with Trauma?” with Michael Linsin

After Alan and Steve shared and dissected author and classroom management guru Michael Linsin’s blog post “The Big Lie of Childhood Trauma,” they invited him back to the podcast to join the conversation. Linsin says, “Throw out SEL and all of its manifestations. Replace it with better subject-matter teaching, more time on task, higher expectations, weighty responsibility, and the demand for impeccable behavior.” Alan and Steve push to explore the nuances of that point of view.

Summer Reading Series – Michael Linsin’s “The Big Lie of Childhood Trauma”

Alan and Steve discuss their reaction – and the reaction of the comments section – to the latest blog post from classroom management author and expert Michael Linsin, whose episode remains one of our most popular ever.

Michael Linsin episode: https://musicedinsights.podbean.com/e/classroom-management-with-michael-linsin/

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Quick Pro Tips: Summer Selected Short Readings with James Clear

In this episode of Music Ed Insights, Alan and Steve introduce a new "summer selected short readings" series. They kick off with insights from James Clear, author of the popular 3-2-1 newsletter. Discover how Clear's ideas on wealth, handling criticism, and measuring your days can help music educators focus on what truly matters. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion!

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Student Leadership Trends This Summer

Alan and Steve talk about three things Alan’s noticed as he’s worked with student leaders this summer related to burnout, social skills, and desire to work. Spoiler: it’s good news. Also - one caution for directors.

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Quick Pro Tips: Create One Rubric

Steve and Alan review one specific idea from the Glenn Nierman episode and Steve suggests a way you can implement it easily in the fall.

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