6/17/2021
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Marc Kolodinsky
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While I’ve had many students with a wide array of disabilities, the one student I’ve had that stands out amongst them all was visually impaired. Standard sized music and instructions were not easily read and i would regularly enlarge his music to 11x17 and even contacted a local print shop in town to enlarge music further. As his conditioned worsened we needed to move his music to Braille. He worked hard, harder than most other students and turned into a phenomenal musician. |
6/17/2021
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Marc Kolodinsky
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Option 1. I really enjoy the idea of Tired Learning in my large ensemble settings. I have been conducting a large saxophone choir. 7th graders through college underclassmen. The idea of using cubing to give easier tasks to the developing musicians and the the more advance tasks to the more advanced students all within the same class is very appealing. Translating this to ESE students works the exact same way. Having students participate and being a contributing member of the ensemble no matter their skill level. Having Peer Lead small group lessons work great for band sectional rehearsals where the most advanced students who are closest to the students in an rehearsal can identify and plan lessons to help improve portions of our performance that may have been missed by myself or other teachers. |