by Melissa Stouffer | Oct 14, 2025 | All, Classroom Management, Concerts, SEL
Students can be fearful. Not spooky or Halloween fun, but from “stage fright”, feeling like they are on display, or putting themselves on the line. Real scary can be harder than spooky. We can tell students that ghosts and ghouls aren’t real, but we...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jun 27, 2023 | All, Classroom Management
You know about the parade. The one kid who legitimately needs to go asks and then it starts the parade of students who need to use the restroom. Or the best friend who wants to go with them. So now there are a bunch of students who are out of your room and missing on...
by Melissa Stouffer | Aug 16, 2022 | All, Back to School, Classroom Management
In any classroom, relationships are key. In the music classroom, having a sense of community is essential to creative endeavors, trust, and performance. Students need to know they have a voice, feel supported, and don’t fear being made fun of for creative work....
by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 14, 2021 | All, Classroom Management
Classroom management is what makes or breaks your class. You’ll never get as much done with a class that can’t listen to directions, and you’ll ultimately feel frustrated why things break down. So many of the issues we can have as teachers is...
by Melissa Stouffer | Aug 31, 2021 | Classroom Management
PD is EVERYWHERE you look. Virtual sessions, Instagram ideas, the Facebook Groups, and my fav, in person conferences which *fingers crossed* are coming back soon. It is SO easy to get distracted by the wonderful things we see our colleagues doing. I’m super...
by Melissa Stouffer | Aug 24, 2021 | All, Classroom Management, Running Your Classroom
As music teachers, we have lots of things to keep track of during the day. Multiple classes later and we’ve forgotten to do some of the basic things like input attendance for those of us who have to do that, or prep things that take forever to set up. Here are...
