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Banding Together:

How to Build Successful Partnerships Within Your School Community

Sondra Braeutigam and Gina Costanza

The personal viewpoints expressed in this session are solely those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or views of Music Will.

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Sondra and Gina’s Stories

Sondra has been teaching instrumental music for over 20 years in Brooklyn, NY. She spends half of her day teaching traditional band, and the other half teaching modern band.

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Gina teaches at PS123K in Bushwick, Brooklyn. She incorporates the modern band approach to teach general music and chorus. She will be starting her 20th year of teaching this September.

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Sondra and Gina first met at their state MEA conference. Their schools are a 10-minute drive apart. This year one of Gina’s former students is studying with Sondra. This student also studied with one of Brooklyn’s Super Band Friends. We finally have a 3K-12 pathway in our corner of Brooklyn!

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Agenda

  • Proven Practices

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  • Dream Program

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  • Identifying Stakeholders�
  • Gauging Stakeholders’ Level of Support

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  • Presentation Development

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Some questions to consider.

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  • What does your dream program look like?
  • What is the school community engagement like?
  • How many performances happen each year?
  • Where do the performances happen?
  • When do they happen?
  • What instruments are in your ensemble(s)?
  • What genre(s) of music do they play?
  • Which culture bearers or community organizations will you partner with?
  • What does your schedule look like?
  • When do you see your students?
  • How often do you see your students?
  • For how long?
  • Is it a quarter-long, semester-long, or year-long learning experience?
  • What does support look like for you?

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Note Catcher

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Identify those with shared values.

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  • Students
  • School leaders
  • Teachers
  • School staff members
  • Families
  • Community members
  • Local politicians
  • Culture Bearers
  • Community Organizations

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Gauging community stakeholders’ level of support

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  • Who attends concerts/events/fundraisers/etc.?
  • Who attends parent teacher conferences?
  • Who picks their children up from school?
  • Who could you partner with?

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Use One of These Templates To Build Your Own Presentation

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Contact Us

Sondra Braeutigam

bsondra@schools.nyc.gov

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Gina Costanza

gmcostanza@gmail.com

IG: MusicWithMsC

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Music Will will make all presentations available after the conference.

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The personal viewpoints expressed in this session are solely those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or views of Music Will.