Episode #134: Summer Plans and Goals

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Main Theme: Summer Plans and Goals

In this episode, Carrie and Tanya talk about summer plans and goals, including the official announcement of our 2023 Summer Book Club. This summer we'll be reading Realizing Diversity: An Equity Framework for Music Education by Karen Howard. Here is our tentative reading/podcast schedule if you plan to read along with us.

June 11:     Chapters 1-2
June 25:     Chapters 3-4
July 9:        Chapters 5-6
July 23:      Chapters 7-8

If you are interested in past book clubs, check out these books and episodes:

2022: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond
2021: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education by Vicki Lind and Constance McCoy
2020: Music Education and Social Emotional Learning by Scott N. Edgar
2019: Teaching for Musical Understanding by Jackie Wiggins
2018: World Music Pedagogy, Volume II by J. Christopher Roberts and Amy Beagle

Know Better, Do Better

Tanya shares some questions posed in the preface of Realizing Diversity that we can consider as we are reading and reflecting this summer.

Work Smarter, Not Harder

Carrie gives some tips and reminders for packing up the classroom at the end of the year. Check out this past Music Teacher Coffee Talk episode about tips for packing up the room: #90: Your Future Self Will Thank You

Coda

Tanya recommends the audio book Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Carrie recommends the podcast "Tenfold More Wicked" hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson

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