This great article of music teacher hacks comes from middle school band director Wendy Higdon from her blog “On and Off the Podium”, https://www.onandoffthepodium.com/
Some of Wendy’s great tips in this article include:
PUT THOSE PHONES TO GOOD USE 🙂 “Print a sign with important information that your students frequently need (music store phone number, website addresses, etc.) and have them take a picture with their phone so they won’t have to ask you in the future. Do the same for important dates, locker combinations or anything else that is easily forgotten.”
SAVE TIME AND FRUSTRATION MANAGING SHEET MUSIC – Wendy suggests a great idea to number both the student music folders AND the sheet music. The number of the sheet music corresponds to the number on the folder. See the article for details on how this trick can save time (and lost sheet music)!
Wendy Higdon is the Director of Bands and Unified Arts Department Chair at Creekside Middle School in Carmel, IN.
See the full article here:
Open Music Ed Project 