Tamara Mouw is the Director of Teaching and Learning for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. In this role, she partners with educators, schools, families, community members, nations, internal and external governmental agencies, and professional organizations to provide leadership, professional learning, and resources to promote equity and advance innovative learning for all students to graduate community, college, and career ready. Previously, Mouw served in the department of curriculum and instruction with the Madison Metropolitan School District and as a reading specialist, coach, and English teacher with the Kimberly Area School District. Mouw’s passion is in equity education where she works to interrupt inequitable practices, examine biases, and create inclusive multicultural school environments for adults and children in order to ensure equally high outcomes for all throughout Wisconsin.
Steps to Teaching Harmony: Elementary Level – August 13, 2019
This workshop will feature steps to teaching harmony connected to Gordon Learning Theory. More workshop information will follow.
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 – 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education
Instructor: Dr. Heather Shouldice
Dr. Heather Shouldice, Associate Professor of Music Education, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, supervises student teachers, and serves as coordinator of the music education program at EMU. She also serves as faculty advisor for EMU’s collegiate chapter of the National Association for Music Education and directs the early childhood music program through the EMU Community Music Academy.
Dr. Shouldice specializes in early childhood and elementary general music, which she taught for 10 years prior to entering higher education. She has presented workshops and conference sessions for music educators across the country on topics such as early childhood music, effective sequencing of instruction, music literacy, improvisation, and composition in the elementary music classroom. Dr. Shouldice is currently serving as President of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning (GIML) and also serves as a GIML faculty member, teaching summer professional development courses on Music Learning Theory for music educators.
Registration
- Pre-registration is required 10 business days before workshop:
- Member* $75
- Non-Member $100
- Collegiate FREE
Questions?
Contact Darin Menk
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)
Movin’ and Groovin’ in the Elementary General Music Classroom – July 30, 2019
Workshop attendees will:
- Learn assessment strategies
- Learn new concert programming tools
- Learn music and movement ideas to use in the elementary music classroom
Movement includes: Small group created dances; creative movement; using children’s literature as a springboard to create movement; Folk Dances
Date & Time: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 – 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education
Instructors: Mary Lea Clark & Sam Cruz
MARY LEA CLARK
- Retired music specialist: Mequon-Thiensville School District
- BA: UW-Oshkosh
- MA in Education: Mount Mary College
- Beatrice M. Haggerty Scholarship
- Gunild Keetman Assistance Fund Scholarship
- Past President: Greater Milwaukee Orff Dimensions
- Local Conference Chair: 2009 AOSA Professional Development Conference
- Levels I-III Orff Certification Presented Orff workshops in Southeastern Wisconsin and at WMEA Members of AOSA
SAM CRUZ
- K4-5 music specialist: Whitefish Bay School District
- B.F.A. in Music Education: UW-Milwaukee
- M.A. in Education: Mount Mary College
- Civic Music Association “General Music Teacher of the Year”
- Kohl Education Fellowship
- National Board Certification in Music: Early/Middle Childhood
- Levels I-III Orff Certification Presented Orff workshops in Southeastern Wisconsin and at WMEA Members of AOSA
Registration
- Pre-registration is required 10 business days before workshop:
- Member* $75
- Non-Member $100
- Collegiate FREE
Questions?
Contact Darin Menk
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)
Using the WMEA Standards in Your Classroom! – July 21-23, 2019 (Green Bay)
Join us in Green Bay this summer as we explore the 2019 WMEA Wisconsin Music Standards! This workshop will examine the WMEA State Music Standards and provide an opportunity for participants to see how master teachers design curriculum and instruction in band, choir, orchestra, and K-12 general music. Additional areas of discussion will include the recently added Secondary General, Connecting, Technology, and Use with CMP sections.
But wait….there’s more! After reviewing the WMEA Wisconsin Music Standards, you will have the opportunity to collaborate and design meaningful instruction for your school and classroom. You can look at a piece of music, plan for one class or grade level, and or plan a project-based unit. Ultimately, you will design meaningful instruction that will help maximize your students’ capacities to learn and grow as musicians and individuals.
Dates: Sunday, July 21 (12 p.m. – 4 p.m.); Monday, July 22 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.), and Tuesday, July 23 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Location: CESA 7 – Green Bay (Sunday & Monday) and Ashwaubenon Community Center (Tuesday)
Instructors: Selected members of the WMEA Standards Committee: Paul Budde, UWRF; Christine Hayes, Whitewater; Kate Mitchell, Pewaukee; Leyla Sanyer, Verona; Richard Tengowski, Kohler; Aimee Swanson, East Troy
Registration
- Pre-registration is required by 7/5/2019
- Member* $150
- Non-Member $175
Note that rate includes all registration costs and full lunch on first day.
Questions?
Contact Darin Menk
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)
Ukulele for the Young Musician – July 18, 2019
Join Will Ulrich as he shares how to start a ukulele program in your school: purchasing and maintaining ukeleles, ukulele resources, games, classroom setup, finding performance opportunities, and teaching methods. If you’ve never played ukulele, this workshop is for you.
If you’ve been playing ukulele, this workshop is for you. Learn about chords, strumming patterns, and basic soloing tips. All participants will have access to Will’s entire ukulele music library! This workshop will cover soprano, concert, and tenor ukuleles. Baritone ukuleles would have to adapt instruction.
Date & Time: Thursday, July 18, 2019 – 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education
Instructor: Will Ulrich
Will Ulrich received his Bachelors Degree from UW-Milwaukee in 1995. In 2011 he earned his Masters Degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Concordia University-Wisconsin. During the summer, Will teaches the World Music Drumming curriculum across the country. Will has been teaching general music in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, since 1997 at the elementary, middle and high school levels. He also teaches World Music and ukulele at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee.
When he is not teaching music, Will enjoys making instruments for the classroom, performing throughout his community, as well as writing and recording music. Will Ulrich facilitates workshops in cooperative teamwork, multiculturalism through music, ukulele, drumming, and instrument building throughout the United States.
Registration
- Pre-registration is required 10 business days before workshop:
- Member* $75
- Non-Member $100
- Collegiate FREE
Questions?
Contact Darin Menk
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)
