A Creative Duet: Mentoring Success for Emerging Music Educators

Contents

• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1 Foundations of a Creative Duet: Qualities of Inspired Music Education Mentors
• Formal and Informal Mentors
• Iron Sharpens Iron: Qualities of Inspired Music Education Mentors
• Open and Affirming Learning Climate
• Support and Challenge
• Roles of Informal and Formal Mentors Who Are Assigned
• Chapter 2 Preparing for a Creative Duet: Becoming an Innovative Music Education Mentee
• Questions and Goals
• Problem Solving
• Realistic Expectations and Being SMART
• Alternative Approaches
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 1
• Chapter 3 Knowing Your Part: Examining Your Thoughts on the Mentoring
• Process
• Know Thyself
• As a Person
• As a Musician
• As a Teacher
• Honesty: Areas of Strength and Improvement
• Views of Mentorship
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 2
• Chapter 4 The Duet Begins: Prepare, Prepare, Prepare
• The Initial Meeting
• Building Trust
• Voicing Your Hopes and Expectations
• Overall Objectives
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 3
• Chapter 5 Developing Technical Accuracy: Proactive not Reactive
• Action Plan
• Stumbling Blocks
• Perception versus Reality
• Motivation
• Application
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 4
• Chapter 6 Developing Musicianship Skills: Creativity in Time Management
• Time Management Matrix
• Time Management during Mentoring Sessions
• Time Management outside Mentoring Sessions
• Satisfaction and Needed Changes
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 5
• Chapter 7 Creative Responses to Your Duet Partner: Creating a Positive Environment
• The Power of Words
• Visualizing Proactive Responses
• Focusing on the Solution
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 6
• Chapter 8 Cultivating Active Listening: Creativity in Interactions
• Courage and Consideration
• The Art of Negotiation
• Role Reversal and Empathetic Listening
• Differing Viewpoints Leading to Alternative Solutions
• Open Lines of Communication
• Discovering Underlying Reasons
• Creative Resolution
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 7
• Chapter 9 Intensifying Aesthetic Aspects: Expanding Perspective Using the Right Side of the Brain
• Visualize, Synthesize, and Transcend for a Holistic Picture
• Emotions and Feelings in the Action Plan
• Right-Brain Thinking as Guidance for the Mentoring Relationship
• Proportion and Balance
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 8
• Chapter 10 A Creative Musical Collaboration: Co-Creating Opportunities
• Musical Co-Creating Opportunities
• Creative Daydreaming
• Developing an Outsiders Perspective
• Creativity as a Thought Process
• Creativity as a Collaborative Process
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 9
• Chapter 11 Challenges of a Playing a Duet: Coping and Flourishing with Constructive Criticism
• Developing a Tough Skin
• Criticism of Musicianship
• Criticism of Teaching
• Criticism of Persona
• Benefitting from Constructive Criticism
• Real Life 101: Emerging Music Educator No. 10
• Chapter 12 The Finale: The Duet Concludes
• Stalling of a Mentoring Relationship
• Evaluate Original Learning Outcomes
• Acknowledge Achievements
• Evaluate Personal Learning
• Transfer to Other Relationships
• Seeking Out a New Mentor
• Chapter 13 The Encore: Giving of Yourself
• Progressing from Mentee to Mentor
• Preparing to be a Mentor
• The Secret to Longevity in the Profession
• Sharing with Others
• CODA Lifelong Mentoring Relationships
• APPENDIX A Personal Mission Statement & Mentoring Mission Statement
• APPENDIX B S.M.A.R.T. Worksheet
• APPENDIX C Music Educator Time Matrix
• APPENDIX D Action Plan Worksheet
• APPENDIX E Inspired Reading for Music Teaching
• APPENDIX F Inspired Reading for Motivation & Organizing Your World
• APPENDIX G Inspired Reading for Creativity & Relationships
• REFERENCES
• INDEX