2025 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
$150 4-Day Pass
Full Scholarships available for currently enrolled students. Email Bree at rsvp@etmla.org. Free for ETM-LA educators and District Partners.
TOpics
Monday | August 11, 2025
Topics Include: Cross Curricular Connections, What’s in an Aim?, Teaching Music Tech to Beginners, Lesson Planning, and more.
Tuesday | August 12, 2025
Topics Include: Effective Tips to Begin & End Your Lesson, Energizing Your Student Recruitment, The Engaging Music Class, Activity Presentations, Make Music, Special Needs Strategies, and more
Wednesday | August 13, 2025
Topics Include: Swing into Learning! Jazz in the Gen. Music Class, The Ultimate Classroom Setup, SEL, and more
Thursday | August 14, 2025
Topics Include: The Modern Band Approach, Storybooks, Soundtrap & Music Literacy, Soundtrack of Culture: Intro to Popular Music, and more
Register
Learn more about how to register and attend our 2025 Summer Academy. Discount available to students currently enrolled in college courses.
Get TicketsThis 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.