Leading with Equity: Teaching Band in the Urban Setting (30 Minutes)

Lifetime

All levels

1 lesson

1 quiz

55 students

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Course Description

Every teacher is a leader in their classroom. Let’s discuss how one can lead their group and provide a fair, equitable music education. This includes holding auditions, fostering independent musicianship, and ensuring a strong grasp of the fundamentals of their instrument. We must work toward eliminating the barriers that students in inner-city schools face in order to prepare them to excel in the professional music world. This will enable emerging directors to set aside personal preferences and deliver a balanced blend of cultural and standards-based pedagogy to their students.

Course Objectives

Objectives include: Critically examining your identity, understanding the community you serve, and analyzing policies and procedures.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the lecture, you will:

1. Have a better understanding of cultural differences and similarities among people

2. Understand the importance of leading with equity in the bandroom

3. Be able to navigate through various barriers while working in the urban environment

Requirements for Completion

1. Watch PD video.
2. Complete required quiz.

Jammie Phillips

Jammie N. Phillips has worked in Music Education for over 20 years. She is currently the Director of Bands at McKee Middle School in Montgomery, Alabama. New to Alabama, Phillips taught for several years in the Atlanta metro area in Georgia, where her bands were consecutively superior rated for several years. Phillips is a 2022 Golden Anniversary Award Winner for the National Flute Association, a 2019 40 under 40 honoree for Bethune-Cookman University, and 2017 Teacher of the Year Eddie White Middle, 2023-2024 District Teacher of the Year for Montgomery Public Schools, Teacher of the Month for River Region Magazine, 2024 Alabama Arts Alliance Outstanding Intermediate Arts Educator; Phillips has built a career delivering consecutive Superior & Excellent ratings for her band programs in Georgia and now Alabama. She is a National Teacher Leader for the National Association for Music Education Connected Arts Grant Project. Phillips continues to perform as the Piccoloist/3rd Flute for the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra. She graduated from Bethune-Cookman University with a B.A. in Music Education and an M.S. & Ed.S in Education & Administrator Leadership from Walden University. Phillips is looking forward to making a difference for band directors who graduated from Historically Black Colleges and Universities that often face different challenges. She was inspired to go into Music Education as early as 10th grade. "I noticed that all my band directors were men or white women. I wanted to be one of few black women in the profession to encourage more black girls to become successful band directors and musicians." Phillips has three growing teenagers, a cat, and a dog.