September 2022 Small Group Primary Music Teacher, One Day a Week, Stretto Music
Stretto Music, Plumcroft Primary School, Vincent Road Campus, 50 Vincent Rd, London, SE18 6RG The major responsibilities in this role include:
- Teaching students, from beginner to intermediate levels.
- Teaching a variety of classes throughout the day.
- Teaching mixed woodwind instrument groups.
- Making lessons fun, and learning music exciting.
- Adjusting the material for different ability levels in the class, to allow all the students to be engaged.
- Working as part of the team at Stretto Music, who provide ‘exceptional quality music specialists’.
- Working with some children from lower income households.
- Being trained up in great teaching methods. This is from detailed teaching videos, observing a class teacher, observing small group music teachers and being observed and given feedback while I taught.
- Engaging in a wide variety of activities in lessons, including writing songs together.
- Filling out reports once a term, so the students and their parents can see their current progress during the lessons.
Major achievements include:
- Transforming a particularly challenging student from misbehaving to becoming inspired and eager to learn music. A turning point was when I performed an inspiring version of ‘Let it Go’ on the piano.
- Receiving very positive feedback from my manager, at the end of just my first term working hard in my permanent position, passed on from the feedback she’d received from parents.
- Receiving positive feedback again from my manager about the reports I’d filled in after my second term ‘We were particularly impressed with your super neat instrument reports’.
- Inspiring children by going around classrooms playing my Ukulele, helping to get a high sign-up rate for lessons.
March 2020 Self employed Music Teacher- Piano and Saxophone, MusicTeachers. co. uk The major responsibilities in this role include:
- Teaching both children and adults, in a one-on-one context.
- Delivering regular lessons.
- Teaching through a grade exam.
- Teaching both classical and jazz music.
- Teaching saxophone and piano.
Major achievements include:
- Impressing parents with my teaching approach, learnt from my time with Stretto Music. Feedback has included ‘we really like your approach’
- Inspiring a very gifted, and very enthusiastic young student learning the piano, making excellent progress
- Having a student perform successfully in their assembly, being the first student to both play and sing at the same time.
- Being part of the team of teachers as MusicTeachers. co. uk, who provide a ‘brilliant music education’.
June 2019 Self employed Freelance Music Teacher- Saxophone The major responsibilities in this role include:
- Teaching an adult learner the saxophone.
- Tailoring the lessons to the student’s needs.
- Finding and using resources, independently.
Major achievements include:
- Learning to adapt to the student’s needs and ambitions.
•Significantly improving the student’s tone.
