by Glen McCarthy | Jan 5, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
Suggestions for sub-plans? Plans for substitutes are tricky in a guitar class. I never had the kids get the guitars out on those days. They most often did worksheets related to the guitar. Several of the textbooks include a teacher manual, and there are great...
by Glen McCarthy | Dec 5, 2012 | Classroom, Education
A Personal Approach to Guitar Education, By Bob Morris It is often difficult to convince school administrators and some teachers that guitar can be effectively taught in a classroom setting. They often have of a vision of disorganization with a cacophony of...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 28, 2012 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
How do you do assessments….especially in classes of 30 – 40? When I was teaching at Ernest Becker Middle School in Las Vegas in 1996-2002, I had many of the same questions. In large classes, it is difficult to do assessment unless you have a plan. In my...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 16, 2012 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
What I Have Learned About Teaching Beginning Guitar in the Classroom by Bill Swick Lesson 1 The more students there are in the class, the slower the pace, the more times it is necessary to repeat things, and modeling and classroom practice become of the utmost...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 14, 2012 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
Tuner or not, students must listen. How do you teach pitch perception? This is definitely one of the most challenging things to teach…and learn! In my rookie days , I felt teaching tuning was the primary objective, but I soon realized that not everyone is ready...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 12, 2012 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
It’s a tall order to get a non-musical substitute teacher to motivate the class to play. But there is plenty of non-playing work that can be done to teach your students about guitar and help them love the guitar even more. I like to keep a collection of guitar...
