Are you interested in having me do a workshop for your chapter or school district? I’m passionate about helping students love music, working with young teachers, children’s literature, and inclusionary practices.
Send me an email me to see what I can do for you! MrsStouffersMusicRoom@gmail.com
Possible Sessions: Let’s Play! Repertoire and Games Assessment Fun! Yes, Really! Introduction to Kodaly ABCs of Kodály Student Engagement, Teacher Sanity Kodaly in Practice See, Sing, Play: Building Musical Literacy Literature in the Music Class Pass It! Favorite Passing Games No More Belt Tests! Greatest Hits: Student Favorite Singing Games Keeping the Music Flowing: Effective Classroom Management Techniques for Elementary Music Classes Creating Cultural Connections Finishing the Year with Conceptual Learning, Assessment and Fun! Manage Your Class: Why Classroom Management is the Key to Getting Stuff Done What’s So Fetch About Solfege? (Options for elementary music and multiage educators.) Hack Your Plans The Modern Music Teacher: Budgets, Carts, Traveling, and More! Literature in the Music Classroom Lit and Listen, Books for Music Class Elementary Music for the Band Director Teaching Music on a Cart Make and Take (Various offerings include manipulatives or digital tools) Kodaly Recorder: Using Folk Songs to Revolutionize Your Recorder Program Teacher Trend: Digital Classrooms Teaching Online and In Person
Past Presentations
Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, April 2026
Pass It: Favorite Passing Games, ROCKE Headliner, Colorado Music Educators Association, January 2026
What’s So Fetch About Solfege, ROCKE Headliner, Colorado Music Educators Association, January 2026
Folk Dance Frenzy 6: Dances for 6th Graders, Michigan Music Conference, January 2026, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
One Song, Many Lessons: Folk Songs with Staying Power, Michigan Music Conference, January 2026
One Song, Three Approaches, Michigan Music Conference, January 2026
MIKE: Holiday Helpers and Assessment, November 2025, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
ABCs of Kodály, MMEA Fall Workshop, November 2025
MIKE: Sing, Play, Learn: Creating a Dynamic Music Curriculum, September 2025, With Zach VanderGraaff
Introduction to Kodály, Saginaw Valley State University School of Music, September 2025
Kodály Summer Camp, Detroit Public Schools, August 2025, With Zach VanderGraaff
Tuneful Teaching: Tools for an Engaged Classroom All Year Round! Pflugerville School District, August 2025
No More Belt Tests, Make Music Summit, August 2025
Kodály Summer Camp, MIKE, July 2025, With Zach VanderGraaff
Creating Cultural Connections, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2025
Kodály In Practice, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2025
Introduction to Kodály, LAUSD Professional Development Panel, June 2025
Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, March 2025
Harmony in the Hyphen: Embracing Filipino-American Heritage Through Music, Dance, and Identity, OAKE March 2025, With Melissa Fuller Flores
American Singing Games and their Multicultural Counterparts, Michigan Music Conference, January 2025
Folk Dance Frenzy 5: Dances for 5 year olds, Michigan Music Conference, January 2025, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
Harmony in the Hyphen: Embracing Filipino-American Heritage Through Music, Dance, and Identity, Michigan Music Conference, January 2025, With Melissa Fuller Flores
Repertoire Bonanza 3: Musical Playtime! Games for K-5, Michigan Music Conference, January 2025, With Zach VanderGraaff
Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, November 2024
No More Belt Tests!, MKMEA, October 2024
Introduction to Kodály, Wayne State University School of Music, October 2024
Classroom Management Strategies that Work, MMEA, August 2024
Kalamazoo Elementary Music Educators Professional Development, August 2024
Keeping the Music Flowing: Effective Classroom Management Techniques for Elementary Music Classes, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2024
No More Belt Tests!, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2024
Kodály Summer Camp, MIKE, July 2024, With Zach VanderGraaff
NAfME Mini Conference, Kodály Foundations: What’s It All About, April 2024
Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, April 2024
Finishing the Year with Conceptual Learning, Assessment and Fun! MMEA, April 2024
Keeping the Music Flowing: Effective Classroom Management Techniques for Elementary Music Classes, CMUACDA, April 2024
Keeping the Music Flowing: Effective Classroom Management Techniques for Elementary Music Classes, Michigan Music Conference, January 2024
Folk Dance Frenzy 4, Dances Not in 4, Michigan Music Conference, January 2024, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
Elementary, My Dear Watson: Uncovering the Secrets to Effective Music Lesson Planning, Michigan Music Conference, January 2024
Little Bodies Big Music: Kindergarten Music Lessons, Games and Tips, Michigan Kodaly Educators, September 2023, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
Assessment Fun! Yes, Really!, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2023
See, Sing, Play: Building Musical Literacy, Chesapeake Public Schools, May 2023
Finishing the Year with Conceptual Learning, Assessment and Fun! Master Class, May 2023
Literature in the Music Class, Chesapeake Public Schools, April 2023
Introduction to Kodály, Eastern Michigan University School of Music, April 2023
Pass It On!, Michigan Music Conference, January 2023
What Do We Do With All These Resources? (I Need Help!), Michigan Music Conference, January 2023, With Zach VanderGraaff
Folk Dance Frenzy 3, Michigan Music Conference, January 2023, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
What’s So Fetch About Solfege, Iowa Music Educators Association, November 2022
Skating through the Holidays and Winter, MIKE November 2022, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
What’s So Fetch About Solfege, MKMEA October 2022
Manage Your Class: Why Classroom Management is the Key to Getting Stuff Done, Elementary Music Summit, August 2022
The Modern Music Teacher, Elementary Music Summit, August 2022
Q & A Panel, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2022
Hack Your Plans, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2022
What’s So Fetch About Solfege, OMEA (Ohio), February 2022
What’s So Fetch About Solfege, Michigan Music Conference, January 2022
Lit and Listen: Using Literature and Listening to Address SEL, Michigan Music Conference, January 2022
Amplifying Meaning Music Making, Michigan Music Conference, January 2022
Folk Dance Frenzy 2, Michigan Music Conference, January 2022, With Michigan Kodaly Educators Board
Kodály Basics, MMEA, July 2021
The Modern Music Teacher, International Music Education Summit, Elementary Workshop, July 2021
The Modern Music Teacher, The Music Crew Collaborative, June 2021
Lit & Listen: Using Literature and Listening to Address SEL, The Music Crew Collaborative, June 2021
What’s So Fetch About Solfege, The Music Crew Collaborative, June 2021
Tonara InspirED Conference – What’s So Fetch About Solfege, December 2020
Prioritizing Concepts in Less than Ideal Situations, MIKE November 2020
Professional Development – Lit and Listen, What’s So Fetch About Solfege, Teaching Online: Clarke County School District, Georgia, November 2020
MMEA – Teaching Online and In Person, November 2020
Professional Development – El Monte City School District, California: Teaching Music Online, September 2020
Social Distancing, Sanitation, and Carts, Oh My! Suggestions and Strategies for Teaching General Music on a Cart, NAfME, August 2020
Teaching Music on a Cart, South Dakota Music Educators Association, August 2020
MMEA Summer Share: Digital Classrooms, July 2020
Let’s Zoom into Singing, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2020
Teacher Trend: Digital Classrooms, The Music Crew Collaborative, July 2020
Folk Dance Frenzy, Michigan Music Conference, January 2020, With Michigan Kodaly Educators Board
Methodology Myth Busters, Michigan Music Conference, January 2020, With Zach VanderGraaff
Planning Magic! Turn Year Long Plans into Daily Lessons in a Snap!, Michigan Music Educators Association Fall Workshop, October 2019, With Zach VanderGraaff
What’s So Fetch About Solfege, Michigan Kodaly Educators, September 2019
MMEA Summer Share: MLT/Kodaly/Orff, June 2019
Michigan Kodály Educators Workshop: Favorite Folk Dances and Games, April 2019, With Michigan Kodály Educators Board
Repertoire Bonanza 2: Multicultural Songs for Every Age, Michigan Music Conference, January 2019, With Zach VanderGraaff
Conceptual Learning in Multi-age Classrooms, Michigan Music Conference, January 2019, With Dr. Ashley Allen
Make and Take, Michigan Kodály Educators, September 2018
Kodaly Recorder: Using Folk Songs to Revolutionize Your Recorder Program, Michigan Music Conference, January 2018
Repertoire Bonanza: Play Parties and Games for Upper Elementary, Michigan Music Conference, January 2018, With Zach VanderGraaff
Conceptual Learning in Multi-age Classrooms, MKMEA October 2017, With Dr. Ashley Allen
Teachers Pay Teachers: Start Your Own Store!, MMEA Summer Technology Workshop, June 2017, With Jennifer Filipiak
Planning Magic! Turn Year Long Plans into Daily Lessons in a Snap!, Michigan Music Conference, January 2017, With Zach VanderGraaff
Teachers Pay Teachers: Start Your Own Store!, Michigan Music Conference, January 2017
Fall Make and Take: King of the Pumpkin Patch, MIKE Chapter Share, September 2016
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