SPOTLIGHT: How to Create Culture with Paul Kile

SPOTLIGHT: How to Create Culture with Paul Kile

This is the replay excerpt from a SLAM Group Coaching session hosted by Tim Lautzenheiser and Scott Rush. Paul Kile, Director of Bands at Edina HS (MN) shares how he and his team build community in his comprehensive program with over 500 students making music each...
What makes great teachers?

What makes great teachers?

The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. —Charles DuBois What Makes a Great Teacher? If we were fortunate, we all had some teachers who were able to touch something down deep inside us that really...
The choice is ours

The choice is ours

The choice is ours by Cecilia Clark | Director of Bands, Allatoona HS (GA)   Nearly 100 students filled the stage for a district honor band event, but one stood out amongst the rest. It wasn’t the first chair all state player or the kid that played up and down...