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Recruiting and Scheduling. Recruiting students : To attract new members, the instrumental staff should cooperate to: Demonstrate a successful quality program Develop positive relations with other teachers, administrators, the community, and parents of present students
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Recruiting and Scheduling Recruiting students: To attract new members, the instrumental staff should cooperate to: Demonstrate a successful quality program Develop positive relations with other teachers, administrators, the community, and parents of present students Meet the needs of the local community Demonstrate attainment of the objectives of band or orchestra Worked as consistently as possible any plan recruiting program
Recruiting and Scheduling Recruiting students cont…: Successful recruiting varies with the personality and preferences of the teacher as well as with community tradition Visit grade school classes or appear at grade school assemblies to talk about the music program Have a school ensemble perform for younger students Have high school students talk, perform and demonstrate.
Recruiting and Scheduling Recruiting students cont...: Letters to parents explaining the program, summer music programs, instrument displays in elementary school buildings. Encouraging local music stores to advertise. Capitalizing on visiting bands or orchestras Disseminating news of high school group activities. With arts advocacy groups publicizing individual and group achievements.
Recruiting and Scheduling Recruiting students cont…: Make the instrumental program visible. Here are some support agencies: VH1’s efforts to provide instruments to school systems have become well-known and now the accompanying instructional materials are available The National Association of Music Manufacturers (NAMM)
Recruiting and Scheduling Preliminaries for Successful Recruiting: This is a year-long endeavor and can be effective with students at any age Recruiting requires energy and an enthusiastic approach to music education Enthusiasm is contagious; excitement about what is being accomplished in the instrumental music class influences students attitudes and provides intrinsic motivation Peer acceptance of the program is important. It must be attractive to boys and girls, rich and poor, extroverts and introverts, and all races
Recruiting and Scheduling Preliminaries for Successful Recruiting: When to begin cont…: Instrumental music should begin in the elementary school If started in the middle school, instruction should be five days per week to help catch them up. Instrumental music instruction should be available in the elementary schools and students should be allowed to begin at any time during the school year.
Recruiting and Scheduling Preliminaries for Successful Recruiting: When to begin cont…: Summertime is a good time to start, it offers time for both practice and lessons The American Music Conference data indicates that 79% of Americans began their study of instrumental music when they were between the ages of six and eleven.
Recruiting and Scheduling Preliminaries for Successful Recruiting: How to Begin the Demonstration: The instruments available for starting wind and string players should be brought to an evening meeting to which parents and students are invited. Retail music dealers will usually lend instruments or set up their own instrument displays.
Recruiting and Scheduling Preliminaries for Successful Recruiting: How to Begin the Demonstration cont…: High school students from the band or discharge should be at the meeting, dressed in their concert attire, and prepared to demonstrate the instruments and help with details such as sterilizing the mouthpieces between each students attempted producing a sound. High school student parents can be very important by answering questions based on their experience of having a child in the Band or Orchestra
Recruiting and Scheduling Preliminaries for Successful Recruiting: How to Begin the Demonstration cont…: Time should be allocated for students and parents to ask questions doubled the director and high school students. Provide useful information to the parents, schedules, preferred brands of instruments, registration forms, and other promotional material.
Recruiting and Scheduling Preliminaries for Successful Recruiting: Testing: Testing he sued for his or her musical aptitude is an important part of recruiting even if you accept all applicants. If the student and the parents are given evidence that the student has sufficient musical aptitude to make the investment and effort worthwhile, most students will enroll.
Recruiting and Scheduling Instruction: In many schools, the instrumental music teacher instructs the general music class on song flutes or recorders for a month or six weeks; the results of this instruction and the teacher’s impressions are helpful in recruiting. Song flutes and recorders teach basic music reading skills, developed finger dexterity and ordination, and generate interest.
Recruiting and Scheduling Instruction cont…: A truthful, honest recruiting program is the only way to long-term success. Any misconception of the instrumental music as all fun, trips, uniforms, concerts, and immediate success will bring negative reactions as soon as the child is into the program. The recruiting program is directly affected by how well the teacher does the following: Deals with the parents of the students
Recruiting and Scheduling Instruction cont…: The recruiting program is directly affected by how well the teacher does the following: Deals with the parents of the students Relates to the members of the band or orchestra Deals with the administrators at the various levels of the school hierarchy
Recruiting and Scheduling Instruction cont…: The recruiting program is directly affected cont… Instills in students, parents, & administrators a feeling of pride, accomplishment, and value in the instrumental program Articulates the objectives and benefits of the program
Recruiting and Scheduling Retention: Retention is even more important and recruiting. A high attrition rate reflects negatively on the instrumental music program, but some should be expected and may be good for the program.
Recruiting and Scheduling Retention cont…: It is important that students and their parents understand that instrumental music is a long-term commitment. One of the most important tasks facing the instrumental music teacher is scheduling. This is affected by availability of facilities, the size of the instrumental staff, and demands on student and faculty time.
