Veronica debriefs her first week back after local school districts took almost a month off to prepare for digital learning.

Recorded April 19 2020

We bring the spouses back on for a dive into what it's like being confined with a music teacher and some ways to mitigate the problems that stem from that. (Take 2: Sus's Audio is fixed)

Recorded April 16, 2020

John and Sus have been teaching since March 16 in secondary settings, but now Olin and Veronica are moving back into teaching after their spring breaks and debrief the challenges being faced.

Sorry about the bad audio (again) this time John got complacent with his audio set up, since it had been set up all week for teaching.

Recorded April 5 2020.

Jesuit has some survey data based on two weeks of teaching digitally, we break down some of the points that jump out to us as we enter week three of this new paradigm.

Recorded 3/29/2020

We debrief our teaching and lessons learned from trying to adapt to digital teaching and learning in the first week of shelter in place in California.

We had a small hiccup with Sus's audio at the end, so she missed out on a win this week... =(

Recorded March 22, 2020

We sit down with the incoming CMEA VP, Chad Zullinger to talk options for digital and distance learning as we try to adapt to school closures and our new normal. 

CMEA Resources mentioned can be found here:

https://calmusiced.com/resources/covid-19-information/

Recorded March 15, 2020

What has merit in a meritocracy besides musicianship? That's the question we try to tackle today.

Recorded March 8, 2020

What has merit in a meritocracy besides musicianship? That's the question we try to tackle today.

Recorded March 8, 2020

Veronica dives in with the question that boils down to "when is it time to cut bait" with beginners who are showing no progress. We try to tackle the problem from a few angles.

We debrief our week, ending with a presentation at the California All State Music Educator's Conference. We also discuss our favorite clinics we participated in and Sus reminds herself how much she loves CCDA.