Music for All: Engaging All Learners in the Accessible Music Classroom
The music classroom can easily be an environment that provides multiple ways for all students to have access to high-quality music-making. While focusing on engaging students who have higher support needs, the same strategies can be used to enhance learning for everyone at the same time. By incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL), task analysis, assistive technology, multisensory learning, and a strength-based model - participants will see how ALL students can find success musically. Examples will include: music literacy, singing, and developing independence and lifelong learning.
Session Objectives:
Participants will be exposed to inclusive strategies (e.g., Universal Design for Learning, Assistive Technology, Task Analysis, Multisensory Learning, Conceptual Learning), which will enhance accessibility to all.
Participants will be exposed to how music-making can have multiple ways for all students to engage, create, perform, respond, and connect.
Participants will be able to incorporate these strategies in their own classrooms - breaking down unintentional barriers to make their musical environments more accessible to all students.
