Hi everyone... Marin Waldorf pays for:
4th violin class twice a week -
5th violin/viola/cello twice a week (when it is a
large class, we split it once a week 1 class for
vln/vla, 1 for cello and 1 combined)
6th orchestra twice a week (I teach this class with an
extra support teacher once a week)
7/8 orchestra (mainly strings but I have 2 recorders
and a flute too) twice a week. (about 35 students)I
requested support and I just got this approved so it's
me plus violin teacher. At the same time as this
class is 7/8 recorder ensemble which is basically a
musicianship class. They do some drums and ORFF too
and have a separate teacher. (About 12 students)
I support the 4th and 5th grade classes to help with
tuning/struggling students/discipline, etc. This was
reflected in my salary last year but not this year. I
hope to have this recognized as valuable to the
success of the program and be compensated next year.
Tuition for upper grades is a little higher, I think,
but there is no separate charge for music classes.
Private lessons are offered after school and are paid
to teacher directly.
I'm glad you brought this up so we can compare
programs and approaches. As we have a Strings
program, my expectation is that most students will
stick with their string instruments or request
permission to play another orchestral instrument that
they study privately (in 6, 7 or 8) and "recorder
ensemble" will be reserved for the new to the school
students. This may change as I introduce alto
recorder to 6th grade. It would be nice to have a
higher level recorder group. At this point, I don't
want to have the better players in rec. ens. because
the majority are soooo weak and don't read or practice
or motivate themselves much so made parts for them for
the orchestra pieces. It's not perfect because you
can't hear them very well but I think it's better than
the slower group.
ALl the best, Carol Adee, Marin Waldorf School

--- Jason Child & Rhonda Lanning <jachild@...>
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Dear Jan,



Thanks for your feedback. Yes, what I'm trying to add
is instrumental
CLASSES for all middle school students. I spoke with
Walter in Nashville,
and his school also pays for all of their instrumental
instructors. I
wonder if that's the norm? I guess the difference is,
if a 7th grade has a
German lesson, only one teacher is required, whereas a
7th grade class could
require up to four teachers if they're splitting out
to either violin/viola,
cello or one of beginning or intermediate winds.



If you do 6th - 8th in orchestra, doesn't that mean
that you have wind
instrumentalists who are in their second year of
playing in the same
ensemble with instrumentalists who are in their fourth
year? How does that
work out?



Thanks again!



Jason Child



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Jason,

I can't tell from your question if your school is
currently providing
private (or mostly private) lessons during school. If
that is what is
happening, $250 is a deal, and parents should be
happy. If they don't like
paying the extra, then you could offer them the option
of scheduling their
own private lessons outside school time (Around here
that can easily get
over $1000 in a school year). On the other hand, if
what is being offered
is just the class time, then it seems like it would be
hard to charge
parents for that teacher when no extra fee is imposed
for a handwork or
german teacher.

In Saratoga children do have to play an instrument,
and they are encouraged
to take lessons after school. During school, twice a
week, we have separate
winds/strings classes in 5th grade. Most of the
students have private or
small group lessons in addition. 6-8th grades are in
the orchestra. Not
all students continue to take lessons through 8th
grade (it shows). Once
the students reach a certain level of competence they
can get by without
lessons if they do some practicing at home. Having
said that, push for the
lessons to continue if possible! At the HS level,
students are encourage to
continue on, but it is possible to opt out if one is
persistent.

Jan Zemba

Jan Zemba




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