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| Addressing the instrumental music teacher shortage August, 2002 Seventeen percent of new music teachers will leave their jobs in the first year and twenty-eight percent will leave in the first three years. This is according to music industry studies. “We have so many young teachers who are not staying in the profession,” according to music education advocate Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser. “A short stint of being a music educator gives way to a different choice for their professional careers.” The reasons these new teachers leave music education appear to be non-musical rather than their abilities as musicians or teachers. The inability or lack of preparation to keep up with demanding schedules, problems with parents and administrators, student discipline, a lack of organizational, administrative and people skills and poor time management skills all contribute to disenchantment with music teaching, according to Lautzenheiser. This phenomenon combined with many teachers reaching retirement, the population boom, a tendency to shun rural districts in favor of urban and suburban districts and fluctuating support of music programs at the local and state levels causing diminished enrollment in school programs which leads to fewer potential music ed students have created teacher shortages. Marshall Music is committing its major resources to help stem the tide in young teacher dropout. Our mentoring program, new teacher seminars, newsletter and Excel Project for recruiting band and orchestra students are major steps to help the new educator be successful. We will continue to expand our services and resources to meet the ever increasing needs of music education. Educational Articles ● School Service Articles ● Product Articles ● Here's an Idea |
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