In this episode, we talk with Melissa Salguero, an incredible music educator at P.S.48 Joseph R. Drake Elementary School in the South Bronx.

She has built the music program from the ground up and has raised over $200,000 for her music program. Salguero was honored as the Lincoln Center Arts Teacher of the Year in 2013. In 2014, after P.S. 48 suffered a break-in, Salguero was invited to represent the school on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." She was named the Grammy Music Educator Award Recipient in 2018.

We speak with Melissa about bringing respect into the classroom, creating a safe learning environment, and bearing the courage to teach beyond the standards to meet the students where they're at—even (and perhaps especially) when that means addressing hard topics.

Melissa Grammy video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_i53TQE-lw

We Will Rise Student Composed Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6TX3anBlXk

This Land Is Your Land

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cKUxGrH8Fk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0djoLKQ-378

Jane Elliott Documentary “A Class Divided”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mcCLm_LwpE

Brooks Gibbs How to Stop a Bully

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKjW1OIjuw

Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity?

https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?language=en

Spiccato: Deck of Cards

Song of the Week: CVESD Music Teachers present Jason Mraz’s “Have it All” for our promoting 6th graders

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