by Melissa Stouffer | Jan 6, 2026 | All, Music Teacher Life, School Breaks, The Sustainable Music Teacher
Happy New Year! Semester breaks are a great place to reset things that went awry during a previous part of the year. January is all about resets so let’s look at a few things that you can quickly review at the new semester. Grading/Rubrics I know I’ve said...
by Melissa Stouffer | Dec 2, 2025 | All, Music Teacher Life, Season: Winter, The Sustainable Music Teacher
The closer it gets to holiday breaks, a lot of teachers lean into a little holiday fun, relaxing, extra crafts, movies, and parties, (don’t come for me, I know learning is still going on!!!), music teachers are often rushing to get MORE done because concerts....
by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 11, 2023 | All, Music Teacher Life, The Sustainable Music Teacher
Teachers can be pack rats. There, I said it. You know what I mean. We want to save all the things in case we might use them in the future. But do you really need an entire desk stuffed with ALL those things? Nope. Insert comments about how less cluttered classrooms...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Music Teacher Life, Odd Teaching Situations
Hi everyone! I have wanted to post something like this for a while, but I decided today was the perfect day because my friend Rachel Tanenblatt is hosting a blog link (Her first ever!). Click on the pic to get to the original link. Make sure you follow her....
