Standard 5: The teacher of PK-12 music has skills in selecting, analyzing, interpreting,

presenting, and evaluating music and music performance within the context of music
education.

I am a teacher that understands criteria for evaluating the quality and

effectiveness of teaching materials (i.e. compositions, arrangements,
improvisations) and performances. Since the beginning of my undergrad, I had to
take classes and evaluate myself and colleagues on their performances whether it
be a well-known composers piece, or my own composition. Before my undergrad,
I took private piano lessons for 11 years. My instructor would always implement
arranging skills as well as evaluating skills into every lesson. Learning those skills
before college made me a better musician by being able to perform and have an
understanding for what I needed to improve on.
I would use these skills in my classroom by having students follow a rubric and
evaluate themselves in the practice room. Doing this will help improve their
analyzing skills along with their listening skills because if they can hear what is
happening, they can look at the rubric and figure out how to improve their sound,
then learn how to be a better evaluator. Being able to describe how to fix a
playing issue tells me the students knows what is happening and that they can
improve upon their sound without my help. This also can spread to the classroom.
These students are good leaders because they are able to seek out an issue and
help other students. (expand on leadership opportunities and what the leaders
gain. Why will your students perform? How will it make them better musicians?)