by Melissa Stouffer | Aug 12, 2025 | All, Running Your Classroom, The Sustainable Music Teacher
Classroom teachers use parent helpers all the time for reading, individual work, copies, for events, and more. But music teachers tend to be reluctant. Why? If you are in a K-5 school those parents’ students are your students for SIX years. And while we only see...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 8, 2025 | All, Organization, Tech, The Sustainable Music Teacher
If you’ve ever visited The Ultimate Music Ed Book List, you know that it’s a Google Sheet with a bunch of different columns for Children’s Literature for the music classroom as well as a few other tabs for Collections and Professional Development...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 18, 2025 | All, The Sustainable Music Teacher
As we get into the dredges of the year, I thought this would be a good time to talk about some of the things that successful music teachers do. It’s easy to get bogged down with to do lists, events, performances, and feel disenchanted as student behavior slides...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 23, 2024 | All, Back to School, The Sustainable Music Teacher
Maybe you aren’t motivated for back to school (who can blame you?) but you have teacher guilt about not being productive. Here are some non-school things you need to do before back to school. Clear out your email inboxes. You know why. Decide if you want to meal...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jan 2, 2024 | All, The Sustainable Music Teacher
Coming back in January is sometimes refreshing, sometimes, not. I always get the post-holiday “what just happened” daze from all the things. So what do you do to make sure you are covering all your bases and still being effective? Here’s some things...
by Melissa Stouffer | Dec 19, 2023 | All, School Breaks, The Sustainable Music Teacher
Happy almost break! As we wind down (or run full steam ahead), I wanted to stop and wish you all a Happy Holiday. Thanks so much for being an amazing supporter, reading the posts I put out, and supporting my small business for the last nine (!!!) years. This will be...
