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Delayed Gratification: When Students Get Tired, Teach Them to Rest, Not Quit
“Look at the big picture and help your students get through tough times because they will learn that delayed gratification isn’t easy, but it’s worth it. Sometimes students don’t like band. Sometimes parents don’t like band. And, as odd as it can seem, I know there are times when I struggle to find joy in…
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Johnson Senior to tour the World with National Youth Orchestra [NEISD]
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“Johnson High School senior Jake Glaser has big plans after graduation. In a few weeks, he’ll travel the world with his clarinet alongside some of the top musicians in the country.”
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KENS5 News [Article]
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Johnson High School musicians’ music risk scores | Kids Who Make SA Great
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Teach Student Leaders to Teach
“I highly recommend engaging and empowering your student leaders to be instructors for music, marching or even as peer tutors for other academic subjects. When your student leaders begin to take more ownership of your program, the overall culture and morale will improve.” Click the link below to read the full article on the Yahama…
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Bridge the Gap Between “Knowing” and Doing
“Every band director struggles to find strategies to bridge the gap between providing information to students and getting them to achieve the desired result. How do you get students to actually do what they have been told to do?” Click the link below to read the full article on the Yahama Educator Suite.
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Case Study: A 10-Year Growth Plan for Enrollment, Facilities, Instruments and Staffing
“I am lucky to be Johnson’s band director since the school opened, and I have worked enthusiastically with our staff and community to grow the music program. I started teaching at Johnson my first year out of college, so I have “grown up” with the campus, and it has been a remarkable journey to see…
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Yamaha Corporation Announces first 40-Under-40 Class for Music Educators [Yamaha]
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“Jarrett Lipman has a term for a teacher’s selflessness in engaging and empowering his students: Servant leadership, which “means committing oneself wholly to improving the lives of your students, peers and community,” he said. “It means prioritizing the welfare and needs of your students over your own career goals and teaching your students to share…
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Marching Bands From Across Texas Take Center Stage in Alamodome Competition [SA Report]
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“Thousands of high school musicians and their families will swarm downtown San Antonio over the next six days as two major marching band competitions take place at the Alamodome.”
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Johnson High School Band Program Scores International Award [MySA]
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“Johnson High School’s marching band has won the Sudler Shield for its work in 2014, an international award given to two or three winners each year by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.”
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San Antonio Magazine Profile: Jarrett Lipman
“Texas is the best place in the country and probably in the world for band. I was in band all through school in New Jersey and went on to major in music education at Rutgers. When I was getting ready to do my student teaching I knew I wanted to come to Texas.”
