“With beginners, you’re building and fostering that passion.”
Teaching beginners is all about fostering passion and human connection. At younger ages, students we teach are more people than they are musicians, and we’re at a crucial position to educate them from a place of experimentation and excitement in order to cultivate and instill creative inspiration.
This episode, we’re talking all things teaching with KCA Project Manager Jennifer Cubides as we continue our new Non-Musician Perspectives series. Jen is not only KCA’s Project Manager, but she’s also a teacher for young students! Her experience as an educator combined with her deep understanding of the music industry provide unique insights into what teaching beginners is all about.
“Capture a full scope of the student. Capture who they are and the type of knowledge they have.”
With beginners, it’s all about fostering a relationship and building rapport in order to create a foundation of trust for experimentation and desire to learn. It’s also about keeping your students (and their parents, especially!) excited and well-informed. In this episode, we're taking a deep dive into some tips and misconceptions surrounding teaching beginners, from a non-musician (and young educator's) perspective.
