High School Choral Music Methods

2.0 credits

In this course, pre-service teachers will develop increased proficiency as instructors in vocal music classrooms for students in grade 9-12. These proficiencies include knowledge and skills in adolescent vocal development, repertoire selection, lesson planning, rehearsal techniques, curriculum design, differentiated instruction, classroom management and communication. This course requires at least 40 hours of extensive observation and supervised teaching in a high school classroom, where pre-service teachers have opportunity to interact with teachers, professional staff, parents and administrators to enhance the music learning of high school students. Video recording, reflective analysis and subsequent modification of all supervised teaching episodes in the field are required. 15 hours of field experience will be required as part of this course.