Equity in Every Note: Strategies for Inclusive Music Programs (60 Minutes)

Lifetime

All levels

1 lesson

1 quiz

57 students

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Course Description

Intentional programming centered around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Representation practices is a necessary foundation for inclusive music programs. The process can be overwhelming when directors lack accessible tools. This session will discuss the importance of ethical programming, suggested best practices, present strategies to authentically involve our students in the programming process, and provide the session attendees with sample programs and rubrics to make this process more efficient, sustainable, and applicable to K-12 music classrooms.

Course Objectives

Objective: To emphasize the importance of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Representation (DEIR) in creating inclusive music programs.

Objective: To provide attendees with accessible tools and strategies for implementing intentional and ethical programming in music education through a culturally responsive lens

Objective: To present best practices and practical approaches for involving students authentically in the programming and rehearsal process

Objective: To offer rubrics and sample programs that make the DEIR process more efficient, sustainable, and applicable to K-12 music

Learning Outcomes

Objective: By the end of this session, participants will be able to articulate the significance of ethical programming centered around DEIR in music education.

Objective: Participants will develop strategies to involve students authentically in the programming process, including soliciting student input and feedback.

Objective: Participants will be able to utilize provided sample programs and rubrics to create or enhance their own DEIR-centered music programs

Requirements for Completion

1. Watch the PD video.

2. Complete the quiz.

Wanda Vásquez García

Wanda Vásquez García is a general music educator, choir director, advocate, and clinician. A native of the Dominican Republic currently living in Colorado, she holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the first University in the American Continent, and a Master's Degree in Music Education with an emphasis on choral music from the University of Northern Colorado. Currently, she is the general music teacher at Escuela Binlingüe Pioneer, Lafayette Colorado. In addition to teaching, she is also a Co-Coordinator of the Choral Database for the Institute for Composer Diversity and a Music Assistant for the Colorado Children’s Chorale. Wanda is also a published co-author of the Bilingual Children's book “From Across the Street”. A story about the Dominican Folkloric Music “Los Palos”. The pursuit of creating a Diverse, Inclusive, Anti-bias, and Anti-racist music classroom for her students is what brings her to this work as a teacher leader. “Growing up, I didn’t feel represented in the music I studied, sang, and played while a student at the Conservatory in the Dominican Republic. It is this desire to provide a different opportunity for my students that brought me to the music education field.”