Episode #161: Implementing Summer Learning with Beth Duhon

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In this episode, we welcome Beth Duhon, the "Happier Music Teacher." Beth is passionate about music teacher self-care. She has presented on the subject for the OAKE national conference, IAMEA, Musicplayonline.com, TMEA, TCDA and Houston Arts Partners conferences. She has been a podcast guest on Mrs. Stouffer’s VIP Music Room Podcast, Afternoon Ti, Musicast, The Elementary Music Teacher Podcast and The Music Room with Aileen Miracle. Ms. Duhon’s Facebook group is “Happier Music Teachers.” She is the author of “Happier Music Teacher: 50 Days to Being a Happier Music Teacher at Home and School” and the host of the podcast “Happier Music Teacher: Self-Care for the Music Educator.”

Beth holds an undergraduate degree in music education from Illinois Wesleyan University and a graduate degree in horn performance from the University of Houston. Beth has taught pre-K classes, elementary music, middle school music and private horn lessons in Virginia and Texas. She is currently a K-5 Music Teacher in Fort Bend ISD at Oakland Elementary in Richmond, Texas. Her husband, Jimmy, and her son, Mark, make her happy.

Main Theme: Implementing Summer Learning with Beth Duhon

Beth shares about her experience taking Kodály Level II and how she plans to implement her learning into her classroom this school year.

Know Better, Do Better

Tanya talks about the importance of building and honoring your school's musical community by inviting staff members, parents, and community members to perform in class for students.

Work Smarter, Not Harder

Beth shares a few of her favorite tips with us:

  • Set your Chrome browser to have specific tabs/pages load automatically on start up.
  • Create distribution lists for everything: your specials team, grade level teams, choir parents, etc.

Coda:


Carrie is enjoying the Damn Delicious cooking blog

Beth is enjoying The Lazy Genius podcast

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