Schedule a Book Talk for your music team on the key topics from my book, Music As a Vehicle: A Practical Guide to Implementing Culturally Responsive Teaching in Today’s Music Classrooms!
Ready to equip your music team with a powerful resource they’ll use again and again? Book a Music As a Vehicle Book Talk for your team today!
Book talks are 90-minute interactive learning sessions delivered virtually or in-person on the four key areas of the book, plus an opportunity for me to walk you and your group through how to use it as a powerful resource to support their instruction. Plus each book talk comes with books for every participant!
In a book talk, participants will learn:
- Why developing a mindset to “see” equity is the pivotal first step towards creating a culturally responsive music program
- How moving beyond knowing students, to understanding them helps you to create the conditions necessary for an affirming learning environment where teachers and students work in partnership
- How to leverage repertoire to support a culturally responsive music program beyond just being “diverse”
- Ways to center music curriculum development around relevant, real-world contexts of music making that demonstrate to students why music matters
Book talks are for school, district, and organization K-12 music teams as well as college/university music education students who are looking to learn more about practical, culturally responsive practices for the K-12 music classroom. *Please note that book talk sessions are discussion based and designed to provide an introduction (or refresh!) to the primary tenants of culturally responsive music education. For hands-on professional development workshop options that provide skills development and an in depth learning experience, please learn more about my consulting services here.
Here’s what past Book Talk participants have shared!
“I liked the opportunity to read and reflect a bit of the book as part of the session. It gave me some processing time.” – Leah Hanley, MS180 Bronx, New York City Public Schools, Orchestra Director
“Very affirmative communication and interaction. Available to answer questions. Strong materials, both the book and packet.” – New York City Public Schools Music Teacher
“Her knowledge and experience of being in the classroom made it an impactful learning moment for me.” – Carmen Montero, PS/IS 226 district 21, New York City Public Schools Music teacher
Let’s bring a book talk to your team!
I would love to bring a book talk to you and your group! Book talks can be delivered in-person or virtually, and are currently $2,500 + books for each participant + travel.
Click here to book a call to discuss the details, or forward this information along to the person in your organization who would be responsible for setting up the book talk. I hope I can bring the book talk to you and your group soon!