Crowd Control

Classroom Management and Effective Teaching for Chorus, Band, and Orchestra

By (author) Susan L. Haugland

Not available to order

Publication date:

01 February 2013

Length of book:

94 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781475803648

Crowd Control 2^nd edition is a nuts-and-bolts manual for teachers of middle and high school performance-based classes such as band, orchestra, and chorus. This practical 'how-to' guide shows teachers, pre-service or experienced, efficient ways to manage large performance-based classrooms. With wit and sage tried-and-true advice, Haugland provides a complete behavior plan as well as concrete ideas for addressing the National Standards, Common Core, assessment, advocacy, and ensemble team building, along with ways to form a professional network. Accessible and indispensable, Crowd Control will become a vital resource in every music teacher's library.

Foreword by James Kjelland
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Setting Up Your Plan
2 Setting the Plan in Motion
3 Following Your Plan
4 Creating a Team
5 Projects, Process, and Purpose
6 Advocacy
7 Assessment
Appendix A: Sample Choral Handbook
Appendix B: Sample Blank Checkbook Page
Appendix C: Ideas for Student Projects
Appendix D: Sample Rubrics
Appendix E: Resources
About the Author

Haugland makes practical sense of the age-long puzzle of adolescents. She makes brings fresh ideas from a veteran career spent empowering musicians of all ages. Crowd Control is a "how-to" of proactive management and community building strategies. Every school administrator should put this book in the hands of new music teachers. Crowd Control would make a great PLC common read! Got middle school ensemble strategies? You do now!