Online Workshops
Teaching With Orff has partnered with some amazing educators to bring you online workshops designed to provide new ideas for lessons and enhance your teaching, whether your classroom is in person or virtual.
Sing, Say, Dance, and Play
in a Culturally Responsive Way
Live workshop on Tuesday February 2, 2021 at 7pm CT
This series focuses on culturally responsive teaching, multiculturalism and social justice education in the general music classroom. Students can collaborate and create together, using protocols defined for culturally responsive classrooms. Through movement, body percussion, songs, chants, and games, Manju models culturally responsive teaching as best practice, especially in virtual, in-person, or hybrid teaching situations.
In addition to the materials, all registrants will be provided access to a recording of the workshop so that you can watch live or as your schedule allows.
I Hear Music in the Air:
Black History Month
Activities, Ideas, and Perspectives
Live workshop on Tuesday January 26, 2021 at 7pm CT
Every year in his classroom Franklin Willis looked forward to producing a Black History Month Program that highlighted music, poetry, art, books, and culture of African Americans. In this session he will share some of those classroom activities and ideas to encourage you to teach the rich cultural heritage of African Americans. Music teachers will leave this session with an enlightened perspective on how to plan, produce, and perform a Black History Month Program.
In addition to the materials, all registrants will be provided access to a recording of the workshop so that you can watch live or as your schedule allows.
Finnegan Begin Again
Workshop recording now available for purchase.
This timely, pre-recorded webinar features Kanisha Howard, Roger Sams, Gerard Stokes, and David Thaxton. Includes right-now lessons for supporting teachers and students in musical co-creation within a diversity of settings. Together we use the folk song Michael Finnegan as a springboard for music and movement learning activities that explore possibilities for active music making and creating today.
Hip Hop and Identity
Workshop recording coming soon!
Featuring Kenrick Wagner and LeslieAnne Bird
Educators will learn how to use Rap and Hip-Hop techniques to facilitate a positive classroom culture and empower youth to express themselves through Hip-Hop in a respectful and culturally appropriate way. Participants will experience four ready-to-use lessons with customizable Google Slides and resources that can be used for online, hybrid or in person learning.
In Our Hearts
Workshop recording now available for purchase.
During this season of love and gratitude, we are so excited for this online workshop with Bev Willms Best and Roger Sams. They are including oodles of materials so that you’ll have everything you need to teach beautiful lessons for the next few weeks!
Bev’s original songs are based on three picture books that explore themes of love and gratitude. Her corresponding activities include art, movement, chanting, and percussion that all lend themselves to learning in person and online. She and Roger also discuss ways to support social emotional learning whether you’re in person or teaching from afar.
Begin With a Book
Workshop recording now available for purchase.
Roger Sams shares tried and true picture books that enhance music and movement learning and create a playful environment in your classroom, be it socially distanced in person or remote. He models lessons that include singing, chanting, self-space movement, locomotor movement, rhythmic activities, and basic music literacy. Detailed lesson plans are included as well as ideas for how to modify the activities for diverse learning situations and contemporary challenges.
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