2024 Summer Teacher Training Academy
Summer TEACHER TRAINING
Since 2006, ETM-LA’s flagship professional development opportunities have nurtured over 500 music educators.
The Summer Teacher Training Academy provides immersive and experiential training over the course of a week to further prepare participants for teaching music in school. Teachers gain practical music instruction and ensemble skills through inquiry, collaborative exercises, diverse pedagogy, creative expression, and discovery.
Our sessions will feature special presenters alongside ETM-LA’s own program team who have experience teaching students from diverse backgrounds.
Rates
$50 Day Pass
$180 4-Day Pass
Free for ETM-LA educators and district partners.
TOpics
Monday | August 19, 2024
Topics Include: Taking Your Class from Good to Great, Effective Tips to Begin & End Your Lesson, Energizing Your Student Recruitment, What’s in an Aim?, and more
Tuesday | August 20, 2024
Topics Include: The Engaging Music Class, Activity Presentations, The Ultimate Classroom Setup, Guided Practice: Lesson Planning, and more
Wednesday | August 21, 2024
Guest Speaker: Alice Hammel*
Topics Include: ADHD/ASD** in the Music Classroom, Adaptations, and Creating Innovation Stations
Thursday | August 22, 2024
Topics Include: Orff Schulwerk, The Modern Band Approach, Middle School General Music, Parent Engagement, and more
Register
Learn more about how to register and attend our 2024 Summer Academy. Discount available to students currently enrolled in college courses.
Get Tickets*Dr. Alice Hammel, Grammy Award Nominated Music Educator and current President of the Virginia Music Educators Association is a widely known music educator, author, and clinician whose experience in music is extraordinarily diverse. Dr. Hammel travels widely to universities during the school year to serve as in-residence scholar in the area of students with special needs. This travel, combined with state, national, and international conference headline and keynote presentations keeps Dr. Hammel well informed of the needs of both pre-service and in-service music educators.
**Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder/Autism spectrum disorder
This program is supported, in part, by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture, the California Arts Council, a state agency, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.