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EC7 Band Program Survey 2018

10/3/2018

The purpose of this survey is to help the programs in our district utilize facts and figures to advocate for improvements in their own programs. The results of this survey will be saved and freely distributed to all participating directors.

If you have multiple buildings in your district, please make sure that someone from each building replies to the survey as this will ensure our figures are complete and accurate. Thank you for your participation.

EC7 Band Survey

ECD7 Summer PD recap

8/19/2018

Thank you to all of the educators that came out to Union High School to take part in the 2nd Annual ECD Summer PD event. This free event featured learning and collaboration and some wonderful meals provided by our sponsors.

The event started off in the Union HS theater with a keynote address from MMEA President, Brian Reeves. Mr. Reeves shared with East Central 7 information from the music association as well his thoughts on music.

"Even if everything is going right, teaching is a difficult job...but it is so worth it"

"There will be difficulties, there will be challenges. I encourage you not to shy away from those challenges. Meet those challenges head on because there is a sweetness on the other side that is incredibly rewarding"

Following the address from Mr. Reeves, the music educators broke up to attend area specific professional development clinics.

A panel discussion on various ways to improve classroom management processes in the music classroom was held.
Sarah Falch -Grandview- Moderator
Dobie Carroll -North County- Jazz
Sheila Baer -Union- Elementary
Chuck Moore -Sullivan- HS Concert Band
Scott Evans -Festus- MS Concert Band
David North -Union- Choir

Darrell Boyer, of De Soto HS, presented his clinic on "Building your Brand, and Your Band". In this session band directors discussed effective strategies for building support for a program and advocating for the needs of the band program.

In one of the Elementary music sessions, Kelly Biser gave a clinic on Dalcroze Eurythmics.

Chris Boemler, from Festus HS, provided a clinic on Teaching the female voice from the male perspective.

Samantha Boyer shared FREE Web 2.0 technology tools that educators could utilize to enhance their classroom. She also shared specific ideas on how each attendee could best use each tool within their program. Another technology session was presented by Caitlyn Stevenson on flipped classroom teaching and its use in music education.

The event concluded with lunch provided by Stanbury Uniforms and prizes that were raffled off.

Thank you to all of our presenters and attendees for making this another successful event! We look forward to seeing all of you again next year. Please consider filling out the feedback form below so that we can continue to make improvements to better serve our local members.

A huge thank you to our Sponsors that help to make this event possible every year and to Union HS for hosting!

THANK YOU
Stanbury Uniforms
Palen Music Center
Nottlemann Music
American Band Accessories
River City Music
Cherrydale Farms

PD Feedback Survey

ECD PD Day- August 18- Update

8/6/2018

Run down of the day

East Central P.D. Day 2018
Saturday, August 18 2018 10:00 am-1:00pm
Union High School

9:00-10:00 - Breakfast and Conversation (Fazios - Linda Huck)
   Sign up for door prizes - (Palen Music Center, Nottlemann Music, River City Music, American Band Accessories, Cherrydale Farms )
   Get free stuff
   Meet up with colleagues
10:00 am Welcome - Doug RIce, ECMMEA President
    Special Guest - Brian Reeves, MMEA President

Breakout Sessions will be offered twice so that everyone will be able to attend 2 of the sessions.
10:45-11:30 am Session 1   11:30-12:15 pm Session 2

H.S. /M.S. Band (or Choir)- "Build your Brand, AND your Band"

Everyone knows that your personal Image is important, but how many of you consider the image of your band? Does your band have it's own image or identity? Why is it important?

Build your Brand, and your Band will cover recruiting, retention, and working with administration to help build your program.

The first half of the presentation will talk about branding and developing your band's public image on social media and in your community. Recruiting and retention techniques based on your band's brand will be discussed

The second half of the presentation will cover successfully advocating with your administration about the needs of your program.  Included in this portion would be how to supply admin with facts and figures from the ECD survey. Highlights would be systematic improvements to not only my program, but neighboring districts. (Darrell Boyer)

H.S./ M.S. Choir- TBA

Choral - Teaching the female voice from female perspective and male voice from male perspective.
Allyn Rizo & Chris Boemler

Elementary- Dalcroze Eurythmics
In our time together, we will explore some possibilities within a system of musical education; Dalcroze’s Eurythmics. Eurythmics promotes cognitive development through artistic expression, concentration, improvisation, self-esteem, and spatial awareness.Techniques incorporating rhythmic movement, aural training, and physical, vocal and instrumental improvisation, bring forth opportunities for children and adults alike to embody the life of music. Eurythmics is a genuine treasure for any Music Classroom. Eurythmics is a genius way to bring students through an exciting, but uncertain path of trial and error. Ultimately, it empowers students to take ownership of their learning. Together, we will dive into a few examples of how Eurythmics might be used in an Elementary Music Classroom. (Kelly Biser)

Elementary- Why Flip Your Classroom?
Participants will engage in 1) discussing what a flipped classroom is; 2) viewing examples of flipped music classroom instructional strategies 3) observing and analyzing student-centered learning activities; and 4) discussing how they can flip their own classrooms. We will conclude with examining various techniques of flipped classrooms at any age level, the benefits for both students and teachers, and how this teaching technique may advance music education in the 21st Century. (Caitlyn Stevenson)

ALL Areas - Panel Discussion - Classroom Management - This works for us….What works for you?
A discussion on various ways to improve the classroom management processes in General, Vocal and Instrumental Classrooms. Attendance, cell phones, equipment, etc., Panel members:
Sarah Falch - Moderator
Dobie Carroll - Jazz
Sheila Baer - Elementary
Chuck Moore - HS Concert Band
Scott Evans - MS Concert Band
David North - Choir
Discussion questions will be provided and accepted from the attendees.

ALL Areas - Free Web 2.0 - Web tools to use in your classroom
Technology Tools for the Classroom: Gain a variety of FREE engagement and collaborative tools to enhance any lesson or student work using Chromebooks, websites, and mobile tools. See demonstrations and real classroom use of each tool. (Samantha Boyer)

12:15 pm Area Meetings/Lunch (provided) - Head to your respective meeting and enjoy lunch while your group meets! (Stanbury Uniforms - Jim Pundman)

Band, Choir, Elementary Meetings- led by V.P.’s.
Discuss dates, audition procedures and anything else for the good of the group. This is a good time to meet and greet and share information with new teachers to the district and go over any new procedures.

1:00 pm Adjournment

Optional fun!
All are invited to the Rice’s House for an afternoon social.
Rices are providing Dogs, Brats & fixins
Please bring a snack/side/dessert to share and your own beverages
We have an inground pool and parge deck - come enjoy the water, the sun and the conversation!

1:30 pm E.C. District #7 Executive Board meeting and wrap up at the Rice’s House

Register for this free event!

Thanks to our sponsors

Stanbury Uniforms
Palen Music Center
Nottlemann Music
American Band Accessories
River City Music
Cherrydale Farms

East Central PD Day

7/11/2018

Music Educators in the East Central District!!

The 2nd Annual ECMMEA7 PD day is on August 18th!

We will meet at Union High School from 10am-1pm
We will have a light breakfast from 9-10 (sponsored by Fazios Music - Linda Huck Representative)
We have lunch provided at 12:15 (Provided by Stanbury Uniforms)
We will have 4-6 options of sessions from 10:30-12:15 (Choose 2)
Give aways, door prizes and great collaboration!
(more details later this month)

We need your help!!!
If you are interested in presenting something you have had success with in your classroom - please contact Doug Rice (riced@unionrxi.org)

We have 2 elementary presentations submitted and are looking to add some instrumental and vocal presentations!

We hope your summer is going very well and that you are getting great rest, lots of family time and knocking all those projects off of your list!!

Register for this FREE event below!

East Central #7 Educator of the Year

1/28/2018

Congratulations to the 2018 East Central Music Educator of the Year, Ron Sikes!

East Central PD in the books!

8/22/2017

Thank you for all of your help in making our 1st East Central District PD day a success. 50 teachers registered and we had 45 teachers in attendance. We had tremendous support from several music related companies and I want to thank each of them for their support.

Palen Music Company provided a super breakfast to start our day. Band Instrument Service Company set us up with an amazing lunch. Nottleman Music, Palen Music Company, Midwest Sheet Music, J.W. Pepper, Stanbury Uniforms, Hoffman Robe Company, American Band Accessories and representative Keith Drier (Cherrydale Farms) all provided great gifts and door prizes that we raffled off during the day.

Jeff Melsha inspired everyone with his keynote speech "Why We do What We do."

Ron Sikes gave an in depth look at Charms office assistant software and shared his insight on how it works with his program. Doug Rice shared a thought provoking presentation on "Levels of Musicality". If you missed, you should email him and ask if he can send you his power point presentation.

Sheila Baer presented engaging activities that you or a guest teacher can use to help your students understand solo, duet, and trio etc. Sheila also presented a theme and variation lesson. Both of Sheila's presentations were top notch as always.

Patrick Dell shared the insight to Successful Sight singing with assessment being the key to learning. Choir folks raved about how informative and simple his process was.

During lunch we concluded our meeting with separate meetings for High School/Middle school choir, high School /Middle School Concert and Jazz and Elementary teacher district information meetings.

It was so nice to meet new people and see old friends in a relaxed atmosphere. It was invigorating to watch such great presentations by master teachers. I am proud to be a part of the East Central District!

Have a great school year!

Sincerely,

Chuck Moore
Director of Bands,Sullivan School District
President, East Central District #7, MMEA

East Central Professional Development day

5/15/2017

East Central Professional Development Day
Saturday, August 19. 2017
10:00 am-1:00pm
Sullivan High School

10:00 am Welcome and Introduction of Jeff Melsha (MMEA President)
Keynote address: "Why We Do What We Do"

Breakout Sessions will be offered twice so that everyone will be able to attend 2 of the sessions.

10:45-11:30 am Session 1 11:30-12:15 pm Session 2

H.S. /M.S. Band or Choir- Focus your Process - Levels of Musicality Presented by Doug Rice - Union School District
The Levels of Musicality are a hierarchy of needs in the performance based music classroom. I developed this strategy along with help from my colleagues David North and Cassie Rice to help students (and teachers) prioritize the most integral parts of learning to perform successfully as a young soloist or in a school ensemble. Much like Blooms taxonomy (but not really), or Webb's Depth of knowledge have uses in the traditional classroom, it is necessary in the performance based music class to remind and focus musical priorities in the classroom. Having priorities allows students to focus on individual skills within the rehearsal/practice session in a logical and successful order. There will be digital resources available to print and use in your classroom as well as presentations on how it relates to Standards based teaching and grading, power standards and non-negotiables. Presentation will have first hand experiences from Band and Choir directors who have used this for 5+ years and anecdotal discussions on how it can be modified to fit your program permanently or situationally.

H.S./ M.S. Band or Choir- CHARMS- This presentation will be an overview of Charms Office Assistant and how it's being used in area music programs. What is Charms?
Charms is an all-encompassing office assistant, ready to go to work when you are. Charms keeps track of all your student, member, and adult information such as email addresses, phone numbers, what group they are in, their grade, and lots more. Charms can organize and make sense of your library, and keep track of your inventory, equipment, props and uniforms. Charms knows who turned in their form, who missed practice, where they stand or sit, how much they owe on their trip, and who still hasn't turned in their uniforms.

H.S. Choir- Sight Singing- The high school choral breakout session will be sight reading based with Patrick Dell from Hermann HS to lead our clinic. Mr. Dell has a process of teaching his students that has shown great success. His choirs receive Exemplary ratings in sight reading every year. His women's choir performed at the MMEA conference in January. He has been a clinician at the MCDA conference and is a great resource for all directors.

K- 12 or Elementary- Engaging activities that you or a guest teacher can use to help your students understand Solo, Duet, and Trio etc.These activities will work for students in K – 6th grade. Zin Zin a Violin by Lloyd Moss will be used to get our brains working. Come ready to sing, play, dance and work with teams.

K- 12 or Elementary- (If you need) 'theme and variation' lesson writing a variation using technology Bring your computer or chromebook. Fun time for students 5th and up.

12:15 pm Lunch provided. Head to your respective meeting and enjoy lunch while your group meets!

12:30 pm Band, Choir, Elementary Meetings- led by V.P.’s.
Discuss dates,audition procedures and anything else for the good of the group. I thought this would be a good time to give out information to new teachers to the district and go over any new procedures. As an example, this is the first year for the Middle School band audition and that could be useful to give out information and line up judges.

1:00 pm Adjournment

1:15 pm E.C. District #7 Executive Board meeting and wrap up.

Click HERE to register

79th annual MMEA In-Service Workshop/Conference

1/29/2017

At the annual East Central #7 meeting at MMEA, three outstanding music educators were recognized for music excellence.

Congratulations to Joe Pappas for being recognized as the East Central #7 Music Educator of the Year. The East Central music community appreciates your tireless efforts to help, not only the the music students of East Central, but also your fellow music teachers.

Congratulations to the North County Concert Choir, directed by Allyn Rizo & North County Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dobie Carroll. Both ensembles gave inspiring performances at the 79th annual MMEA In-Service Workshop/Conference! ‪

Press release

11/21/2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
East Central 7 MMEA All-District Jr. High Band will be an auditioned band in 2017-2018

Washington, MO - November 14, 2016 - In an effort to improve the quality of music education and create a better transition for our middle school students, the East Central #7 All-District Jr. High Band will move from a nomination-based band to an auditioned band for the 2017-2018 school year.

A committee of East Central #7 band directors will be created to develop policies, procedures and audition music for the 2017-18 school year. Auditions will be held in October and the band will perform on the Saturday following the first Tuesday in November.

Schools must be a full member or an affiliate member of MSHSAA to participate in the audition process. Questions regarding MSHSAA eligibilty should be directed to your Activities Director.

Contact:
Mrs. Tricia Holm
WMS Band Director, Asst. High School
tricia.holm@washington.k12.mo.us
401 East 14th Street
Washington, MO 63090
ECD #7 Middle School Band Vice President

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Nominations are open!

9/4/2016

It is time again to nominate your students to be a part of this year’s EC7 All-District Jr. High Honor Band. The date for this year’s rehearsal and performance has been set for Saturday, November 5th, 2016 at Sullivan High School. Our clinician this year is Mr. Steve Litwiller. Please complete the nomination form by Friday, September 16th. The nomination form can be found HERE.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Tricia Holm.