Take A Cue

Previously-released episode

After 35 "first-days-of-school," Jen and Erik have a lot of tips and tricks to make the school year start off smoothly. From Jen's week of instrument prep. to Erik's 32-line September checklist, the hosts share how they get started early to set up for a successful school year.

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Hosts: Erik Donough (⁠⁠⁠⁠@edonough⁠⁠⁠⁠), Jen Wise (⁠⁠⁠⁠@jenwisemusic⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Jen and Erik get to chat about concerts, festivals, recitals, and life! How do we make the end of the school year work well? Take a listen! Also, the hosts recount some of their favorite moments listeners should check out over the summer. We did it!

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Hosts: Erik Donough (⁠⁠⁠@edonough⁠⁠⁠), Jen Wise (⁠⁠⁠@jenwisemusic⁠⁠⁠)

Erik & Jen catch up about concert & festival prep, work-life (im)balance, injury, and even some summer plans!

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Hosts: Erik Donough (⁠⁠@edonough⁠⁠), Jen Wise (⁠⁠@jenwisemusic⁠⁠)

The hosts chat about what got them into teaching, and about what keeps them going now. In addition, Erik and Jen bring in some thoughts from other music educators from across the country!

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Hosts: Erik Donough (⁠@edonough⁠), Jen Wise (⁠@jenwisemusic⁠)

Jen & Erik bring on John Leister. John is an incredibly experienced musician, music teacher, and administrator. The trio offer insights from both sides of the interview table to help out teachers looking for their first job or a new position. This conversation is cut into two episodes and will be released over the course of a couple of weeks.

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Hosts: Erik Donough (⁠@edonough⁠), Jen Wise (⁠@jenwisemusic⁠)

Guest: John Lesiter

Edited by: Erik Donough

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Artwork by Arooj: ⁠https://www.fiverr.com/em_arooj⁠

Erik & Jen chat about the last month of school. The hosts discuss how to know when a group has too much music to program vs. not enough and working with pre-service and young teachers. Erik has a new sax, and Jen has gigs (and laryngitis).

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Jen and Erik bring on Jen's husband Tom to discuss teaching in a small school and small school district. Tom chats about his back story, setting up logistics for a day packed with different classes while making the most of space. We also touch on the plusses and minuses of recruiting in small school. Tom discusses picking literature after COVID, when his numbers got even smaller, and Jen talks about how she deals with less than ideal instrumentation by splitting bigger sections. Also, Erik asks, "how do you work around the same students being used for every club, sport, and musical group?" We pack the conversation with GREAT tidbits, and even break out some Vygotsky!

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Former student and TCNJ Music Education student CJ Margolis once again joins Erik and Jen to check in and see how things are going. In addition, CJ asks Jen and Erik for thoughts on the music teacher life. The 3 hosts discuss keeping up with all of the things that pull at a teacher in and out of the classroom, avoiding burnout, surrounding yourself with marigolds (supportive colleagues), keeping order in the classroom, and more!

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