Miranda L Bubenheim

international music teacher in China, hoping to connect with the #musiceducation community 🎶

Music Educator • ESL • THSI • Gettysburg College '18

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

No, that meeting couldn’t have been an email.

Half of you never actually read emails.

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

@ModestTeacher obviously the students won't read the objective if you just write it and never address it. I go over it every day and now my students read it as soon as they enter. Helps us stay focused. It's not just there as a checklist item, you're supposed to incorporate it 🤦‍♀️

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

I struggle as a teacher with taking the importance out of grades for students because I was raised to believe they were all that mattered and I still get anxiety on any sort of performance review, especially if I don't get perfect scores 😔

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

my third graders are performing original pieces for the recorder next week and while rehearsing today I had a breakthrough with this group of boys who are so tough behaviorally and it literally made my whole week

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

classroom walls that are FUNCTIONAL ❤

[THSI-Tsinghua University High School International @ThsiHigh]

We hope everyone enjoyed their Spring Festival Holiday, we look forward to a great second semester! #THSI #Tsinghua #Beijing #SpringIsComing

[Ms. Ng @BioteachNg]

I said on social media, it's a shame that teachers/schools are celebrating Valentine's Day today; yet there is no mention of Lunar New Year, one of the largest global celebrations; and she said "but many of us don't have Asian students in our class." This is problematic. /1

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

Public schools are not failing students.

Public school teachers are not failing students.

The system is failing public schools, teachers and students.

Stop saying public schools and teachers are failing students when the system is setting them up to fail.

[THSI-Tsinghua University High School International @ThsiHigh]

At our December Primary Assembly, we learned about how "Creativity Connects Us". We're better together! #THSI #Tsinghua

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

we've got some more creative notation! my student drawing the body percussion and using beams to notate eight notes #musiced

[Brian Aspinall @mraspinall]

The volume of a classroom should not be an indicator of the quality of the teacher. Loud classrooms are not necessarily managed poorly and quiet ones don't indicate learning is always happening. #CodeBreaker

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

2nd grade's first big composition project! I'm really excited and proud of their work, you can see the variance in how they notated the body percussion. Will share the vids once I've had a chance to edit

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

I appreciate the honesty I guess? 😂

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

I'm finding a lot of success with body percussion right now, since I cant use typical classroom instruments #musiced

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

Discussing teaching techniques with new colleagues makes me so excited about my new job! I can't wait to teach music this year and finally put my BME to good use

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

Tip: if you're bad with names and your school has a photo database of students, and you teach many many students that you dont see as often (ie specials) take some time each night to practise 5-10 students names. It wont take that long, and it means so much to them #teachertips

[Dwayne Reed @TeachMrReed]

Normalize apologizing to children.
Normalize apologizing to children.
Normalize apologizing to children.
Normalize apologizing to children.
Normalize apologizing to children.
Normalize apologizing to children.
Normalize apologizing to children.
Normalize apologizing to children.

[SEADAE @_SEADAE]

"Arts Education is Essential" - https://t.co/2eiVJ58Q7N @NAfME @NAEA @NDEOdance @schooltheatre @YoungAudiences_ @QuadrantArts @_SEADAE @NAMM @WURRLYedu @NAESP @NASSP @cmafoundation @littlekidsrock @NEAToday @NFHS_Org @RockRoll4Ever @cmafoundation @savethemusicfdn @ArtsEdCafe

[Miranda L Bubenheim @Miranda_L_B]

Teachers, we have such a huge responsibility to teach critically through research and discourse to build a more equitable future. It's called the PRACTICE of teaching for a reason, we have to unlearn our own cultural biases, we are always learning to be better teachers