Cost is $10 chapter dues (once a year) plus $25-$30 fee per workshop. Workshops are from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m.
RISD Professional Development Center Auditorium
701 W. Beltline Rd., Richardson, TX 75080 map
Upcoming Workshops
In the End, It’s all about PROCESS
Oct 22, 2011 9:00am – 4:00pm
Instruction by Jo Ella Hug
When students are engaged with hands-on learning that is developmentally appropriate and carefully guided, sophisticated musical results can be achieved starting with the simplest of materials. Clear teaching process in combination with elemental music-making allows the learner to engage from introduction to culmination. Workshop will focus on original source materials (Keetman & Orff), folk songs and other musical resources.
Jo Ella Hug teaches in a large Middle School in Missoula, Montana. Although her current specialty is using Orff Schulwerk in grades 6, 7 & 8, she has taught all ages of learners. In the summer, she teaches Orff Schulwerk Teacher Education at various Universities including the program at the University of St Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She frequently presents workshops around the USA and Canada as well as AOSA National Conference Sessions. Jo Ella has been a headliner at the National Conference of Carl Orff Canada in 2000 and 2010; has presented for MENC All-Northwest and the MENC 2008 National Conference. She currently chairs the AOSA Post Level III Committee and is a Past President of AOSA.
Everybody Dance Now
Jan 21, 2012 9:00am – 4:00pm
Instruction by Darla Meek and Jan Baker
Join us for sequential and movement activities, mixers and dances for all ages!
Darla Meek serves as Lecturer in Music Education at Texas A & M University-Commerce, teaching undergraduate and graduate music classes and supervising student teachers. Ms. Meek came to TAMUC after teaching music and movement in elementary schools for fifteen years. She earned a Bachelor’s of Music Education from Dallas Baptist University, and a Master’s of Music at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She earned her Orff Schulwerk certification and Master Class level at SMU, and apprenticed in Basic Pedagogy at University of Saint Thomas in Minnesota. Darla is certified as a national teacher trainer by the American Orff Schulwerk Association to teach both pedagogy and movement for Orff Levels courses. She is past President of the North Texas Chapter of the AOSA.
Jan Baker has over 28 years experience teaching elementary music and is currently beginning her 14th year at University Park Elementary. A former Teacher of the Year for U.P., in 2006 the University Park Elementary Third Grade presented “Snow Day!” at TMEA. Jan is certified in Orff Schulwerk as well as Level I Kodaly and currently serves as Region Representative for Region 3, AOSA. Jan’s growing interest in folk dancing has led her to join several folk dance organizations and she has presented folk dance workshops for TMEA, the North Texas Chapter of AOSA, the Early Childhood Movement and Music Association, and several school districts. But she especially enjoys sharing the fun of music and movement with the students at University Park!
Paying Attention to Possibilities: Cultivating Self Awareness and Enhancing Learning Through Schulwerk Process
Mar 31, 2012 9:00am – 4:00pm
Instruction by Rogers Sams
Using both child centered materials and activities designed specifically for adult learning we will dive deeply into underlying ways of thinking and being that enhance learning and problem solving skills. We will ask ourselves some challenging questions knowing that we may not find solid answers, but rather open a dialogue with each other and with ourselves about what is most important about the work we do. We will look at different ways to structure learning activities to accomplish different learning outcomes. We will balance our exploration of the big ideas with structured play that demonstrates application of these ideas to the classroom. A significant portion of our time together will be spent paying attention to ourselves. What kinds of learning activities are we most attracted to as teachers? What are we choosing not to do with our classroom time by making the choices that we make? What kinds of learning do we seek out or avoid in our classrooms and in our lives?
Roger Sams has been an Orff Schulwerk teacher, clinician and teacher trainer for twenty years. He has presented at state, regional and national conferences, has taught in teacher training courses throughout the country, and has served on the National Board of Trustees of AOSA. He is a graduate of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, has studied ecstatic dance extensively and is a certified TranceDance Ritual facilitator. Roger is the founder of Dancing Paradox: Transformation Through the Arts. He continues to teach children part-time at Hathaway Brown School in Cleveland, Ohio part time while serving as Spiritual Director of the Sacred Arts Healing Center, where he teaches ongoing classes in transformational spirituality through the arts.
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