Work Smarter, Not Harder: Streamlining your Program to Maximize Resources
Many music teachers are becoming increasingly overwhelmed due to a greater focus on student testing, post-pandemic pressures, and a greater need to attend to student and teacher mental health. Therefore, it is vital for music teachers to take a step back and determine what they believe and how they can best utilize their time and resources. One way that has worked for me is to streamline my program by focusing on the program’s mission, vision, and identity. It is important to realize what is essential to the success of the program and what is extraneous. By revisiting the goal and purpose of the program then focusing only on those tasks that support the mission, music teachers can simplify their role as a music educator through encouragement of support tasks, delegation of items that can be done effectively by someone else, revamping tasks that can promote the mission but do not right now, or discarded of those items that do not support the program’s goals.
Session Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to discuss the purpose and need for an objective overhaul.
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to identify the 2-4 words that encapsulate the mission, vision, and goals for their program.
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to view their program from “the outside in” by identifying specific tasks that can be encouraged, delegated, revamped, or eliminated.
