This spring, I was honored to be invited by the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy to serve as a Music Teacher Advisor for a statewide arts curriculum review initiative. The project—supported in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)—aims to evaluate K–12 arts curricula across five key disciplines: Visual …
Post Pandemic?
The last few years have been the hardest in teaching, even harder than being a first year teacher! Hey, when you're young, you don't know what you don't know! After being shut down in March of 2020, teaching a wonderful Kindergarten class of 11 students in person in 2020-2021 year, and a rotation model of …
Take A Stand
I've shared a little song I wrote for our youngest students to help encourage and empower them to stand up against bullying behavior. Take a listen and share your feedback!
Making a Musical Story
Here is a STEAM lesson aimed at Upper Elementary & Middle School that uses student writing as motivation to tap into their artistic intent. Students use a piece of their writing to create a story synopsis. Using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) of choice, students will create a backing track for their story synopsis. Use …
Blake Siskavich 