4/19/2023
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Tavares Nottage
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As stated by others, I have had many students with various disabilities. One in particular was a student I'll name George. George has Tar Syndrome. The task of the class at the time was to learn and play the recorders. Prior to the fisrt class I met with Geroge to get an idea of his attitude and concerns with the class. A little background info, George's previous music teacher was (and is) phenomenal in that George and his classmates had a foundation of great previous music experiences. George was confident in his ability to play the recorder regardless of his condition and was able to lead in making his own adjustments to met the needs of the task. When the task became challenging/ impossible due to his condition we both brainstormed ideas and decided to use an alternative instrument that would meet his needs. It was important to include his in the process as it allowed him to profess his confidence in his abilities.
The accommodations we made was to use an ipad and MIDI keyboard to allow him to continue to learn to read/play the music with the rest of the group. Later in the course I obtained more keyboards to allow other students to play along with George so that would not feel seperate from the group (not that he ever felt seperate). He literally "never missed a beat" in the transition. |
4/24/2023
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Tavares Nottage
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A combination of strategies that I use often are Task analysis with peer partner grouping. For example, my piano class can be devided into ensemble part groupings when learning a song(part 1 part 2, etc). The class begins with a discussion of the task and steps for learning the part (identify the note values, letter names and rhythm with your partner). Those tasks are introduced in previous lessons and are established as a routine. Subsequent tasks are speaking the rhythm in tempo with your partner followed by playing your part (octaves) with your partner. Teacher visits each group to assist with understanding and task completion. At the end bring the various parts together performing as a whole ensemble. |
4/24/2023
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Tavares Nottage
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A student with Tar Syndrome was given an ipad to play the music assigned to the recorder class. The only difference was the method used to play. Student was able to do all of the formative assessments leading to the summative assessment. |