Teaching Philosophy
I believe that every teacher needs to have high expectations, that are still reasonable, for each and every one of their students. When you have high expectations for all your students, that are reasonable, it pushes the students to reach this expectation. These set goals also help to motivate and interest students' learning in a more intrinsic way, which has a larger impact on the student. Pushing your students to reach your expectations in a band program made up of several students of varying levels of skill is tough, but I believe is a great way to see immediate progress with every member of the ensemble. As a teacher you must have high expectations for each and every student that are reasonable and appropriate to their level of skill. To do this a teacher can select tougher repertoire that challenges each person in the ensemble. Then arrange the repertoire in an easier way by watering down the part for your more inexperienced players and keep parts the way they are for your more advanced players. This challenges each player in the ensemble to work toward a common high standard goal while you are differentiating instruction for each individual player in the ensemble to an appropriate degree.
