Starting a club at school. (Help....)

[archneko]

Unfortunately, my school does not have a music class because it was "unrelated" to the school board's standard curriculum. So, I have decided to create a music club of my own after school. I have been recruiting individuals to help me teach students, but thats the easy part. The hard part is the actual TEACHING of students, especially teaching MANY students at the same time. (There are alot of pre-musicians in my school.)
What I would like to teach first would be notereading..
   Now I myself have been taught individually by a teacher in a confined room. I really don't know how to teach a massive amount of students simultaneously. Any suggestions? 

[musicrebel4u]

Unfortunately, my school does not have a music class because it was "unrelated" to the school board's standard curriculum. So, I have decided to create a music club of my own after school. I have been recruiting individuals to help me teach students, but thats the easy part. The hard part is the actual TEACHING of students, especially teaching MANY students at the same time. (There are alot of pre-musicians in my school.)
What I would like to teach first would be notereading..
   Now I myself have been taught individually by a teacher in a confined room. I really don't know how to teach a massive amount of students simultaneously. Any suggestions? 

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[keyofc]

If you are going from being a student to trying to teach massive amounts of students -
I think that you're missing some steps in between.

How is it going so far?

[Bob]

Ouch.  That's a huge task.  That's why they hire people to teach music.  Wow.  Very ambitious though.

That would be an awesome thing to have the resume if you're going on as a music teacher though.

I would find out what everyone wants.  Theory?  Performance?   You're going to end up with people of varying abilities and backgrounds, which is a problem.  I've heard several high school music teachers stuck with a music theory class, half of whom don't know anything about music, the other half being a musical ensemble.  That's a problem.

And one I would avoid.

Maybe just make it basic music theory for beginners.  It depends if everyone can buy a book for that, but that's what I'd do.  Or make worksheets yourself, but that's a huge amount of work too.  If you've got a class at the same level, the materials all ready, then the only thing you have to do is focus on teaching, which is still a lot of work.

A massive amount of students?  Sounds interesting.

I have heard of teachers doing a garage band type of class.  Teach a little about notes, add a little performance.  It's much better if you can perform what you learn.  Otherwise, it's just information and some might not understand what it's actually for.

If you're really serious about it, you might want to ask for a stipend from the school and have people officially sign up and register.  It's cheaper for them to hire someone out rather than pay someone full-time.

Sound like a lot of work.  Idealistic.  Ambitious.  I would go after it more if there is interest and if you want to be a music teacher.  Having done actual teaching (esp if the school would "hire" you) and having gone through a beginning music reading curriculum.... those would be extremely valuable things.  A very good start for a career.  Actual experience.

After school you'll always have to deal with sports.  People won't show up.  They will if they register and pay though. 

That's why I would make sure you're getting something useful out of it.  The other thing I think is -- What will these people do with this if it's more on the information side, just music theory, and they don't ever apply it to music performance?

Good luck though for sure.  That's an ambitious project.  Even for a veteran music teacher, there can be some challenging things that come up with that situation.

[keyofc]

Archneko,

I have been thinking about this - and I think if you think of it as a musical community -
not so much a teaching forum - you'll have a lot better luck.
Are you in college?
Since you haven't formally taught - I would just set myself up as a fellow musician that wants to teach whatever I know - and learn whatever I can and have fun in the process.

Like Bob said - for someone who's been teaching a long time - a large amount of students can still be challenging.
And since you are talking to your peers - you can brainstorm ideas and see how you could make a difference in the community with your music.
Nursing homes - hospitals, perhaps churches and garage bands.

You don't have to be a professor to share what you know.  If you are the type of person that likes to learn from other people as well - you will all probably get a lot out of i

Keep us posted -

[Bob]

How did this turn out?