Standard 9: Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
The teacher engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (learners, families, other professionals, and the community) and adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner.
Any teacher that truly cares about their students will care about how they learning or, more pertinently, how they are being taught. The best teachers have a natural desire to improve their abilities in a classroom because those abilities are what can determine how well a lesson is received, in other words how well the students are able to learn. For music educators, this may include a constant interest in increasing their familiarity with different styles of music or different composers’ work. It could also include becoming familiar with new teaching methods or new classroom management strategies. A music teacher may also do something like record a performance of their students then study it to identify possible areas of weakness so that the teacher can, in hand, identify weaknesses in the instruction that was given and elaborate on it more in their next lesson as well as the rest of their careers.
I feel that this is an area where I am doing well in. After all, if I thought I was good enough at teaching music, I wouldn’t be in school studying music education. As I continue to work through my methods courses, I am sure to take the assignments seriously and work hard to do the best I can. And as I am learning things in these courses, I often find myself imagining how the information could be applied in a real classroom situation, including how I can relate subject content to the students and the different ways the students may receive it. I am also increasing my expertise in the subject of music as a whole by participating in ensembles on campus and taking courses like ear-training and music theory. In my MUSE 375 class, we spent a class period talking about the boundaries we should set between us and our students. It is important for the students to understand that we care about them in and out of the classroom. However, there needs to be a professional boundary and understanding of the teacher-student relationship. It is not a matter that can be taken lightly.
I will be able to continue improvement in this area throughout the rest of my studies at Ball State University. And as I begin my career as a music educator, I will take the opportunities I find to increase my knowledge base of music as a whole so that I may become more knowledgeable for my student. I will also continue to strive to treat others well and be mindful of my actions and how they affect others.
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