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Miriam Capellan: Using an Equity Lens in the FAME-Friendly Classroom | S01E14 Apr 26, 2021

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White teachers looking for authentic, sustainable ways to create equitable classrooms for all students, especially BIPOC students, will benefit from this conversation between Miriam and Missy, 2 teachers who have been part of the FAME community for many years. They talk about creating safe spaces for students who need so much more than just … Continue reading Miriam Capellan: Using an Equity Lens in the FAME-Friendly Classroom | S01E14 →

Scott Edgar: Social Emotional Learning in the Music Room | S01E13 Mar 25, 2021

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Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is something on the lips of many educators. For those who aren’t yet familiar with it, Dr. Scott Edgar, author of Music Education and Social Emotional Learning: the Heart of Teaching, joins Missy to talk about what SEL is and why it has found such a natural home in music … Continue reading Scott Edgar: Social Emotional Learning in the Music Room | S01E13 →

Amy Burns: Using Technology in the Elementary Classroom | S01E12 Mar 18, 2021

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Music Ed Tech guru, author, and elementary music teacher Amy Burns talks to Missy about Missy’s arch-nemesis, technology. Tune in to hear about ways Amy is using technology to forward instruction in her classroom! Amy has taught PreK-grade 4 general music for over 20 years at Far Hills Country Day School. She has authored … Continue reading Amy Burns: Using Technology in the Elementary Classroom | S01E12 →

David Rankine: Finding the Positive in the Pandemic | S01E11 Mar 11, 2021

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David Rankine is a dual-endorsed Teacher Trainer with the FAME organization and he comes on the podcast to chat with Missy about how things have been going for him up in Canada during COVID. He also talks about his brand new series, Mr. Rankine’s Musical Cabin with GIA Publications! A native of Elora, Ontario, … Continue reading David Rankine: Finding the Positive in the Pandemic | S01E11 →

Loneka Battiste: Confronting the Colorblind Fallacy | S01E10 Feb 24, 2021

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Dr. Loneka Battiste, Assistant Professor of Music Ed at the University of Tennessee, describes the importance of seeing, acknowledging, and connecting with every student in your classroom and the disequilibrium she herself experienced as she came to this realization in her first years as a teacher. Loneka Battiste is Assistant Professor of Music Education … Continue reading Loneka Battiste: Confronting the Colorblind Fallacy | S01E10 →

Laura Harmon: Choir in the Time of Covid | S01E09 Feb 10, 2021

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Laura Harmon is Associate Music Director of the Philadelphia Girls Choir and an elementary music teacher in Southern New Jersey. She and Missy discuss what life as a choir director is like right now in the Covid era. She also describes some of the things that make the PGC so unique and forward-thinking in … Continue reading Laura Harmon: Choir in the Time of Covid | S01E09 →

Maria A. Ellis: From Bach to Beyoncé, How Music Helps Us Heal | S01E08 Feb 04, 2021

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Maria A. Ellis joins Missy to talk about Bach & Beyoncé, her new radio show where she gets to geek out about her love for music and challenge assumptions about a broad spectrum of musical genres, including Classical Music. She shares her desire to inspire educators to teach in a variety of ways and … Continue reading Maria A. Ellis: From Bach to Beyoncé, How Music Helps Us Heal | S01E08 →

Jasmine Fripp: Black History Year-Round | S01E07 Jan 28, 2021

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Music teachers don’t always know what to do for Black History Month, and there are far too many only doing a lesson in February. Jasmine talks to Missy about the importance of making sure that long before February rolls around, we are teaching students about Black history, culture, and music throughout the school year. Jasmine … Continue reading Jasmine Fripp: Black History Year-Round | S01E07 →

Andy Himelick: FAME Teacher Trainer Talk | S01E06 Jan 21, 2021

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FAME Teacher Trainer and Indiana Music Educator Association’s 2021 Outstanding Elementary Educator Award recipient Andy Himelick talks with Missy about how teaching is going for him during the pandemic. They chat about his First Steps and Conversational Solfege instruction and he gives Missy an update on the Conversational Solfege and Orff book project he … Continue reading Andy Himelick: FAME Teacher Trainer Talk | S01E06 →

Natasha Verhulst: Reversing False Narratives & Talking Native Truths – One Teacher’s Perspective | S01E05 Jan 14, 2021

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Music Educator Natasha Verhulst, an enrolled tribal member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and a descendant of the Menominee Nation, talks to Missy about her life growing up in Wisconsin and shares how her love for the music and culture of her people led her to become a musician … Continue reading Natasha Verhulst: Reversing False Narratives & Talking Native Truths – One Teacher’s Perspective | S01E05 →

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