It surely is my first blog ever.

After this induction week, I have to

admit that I am feeling rather confused about what I do as a
'professional'. I did start reading Paul Harris 'Improve Your
Teaching' and already questioned myself about what I do right
or not. I did like his 4 P's in teaching (Posture, Pulse, Phonology
and Personality) and came to think that we all do it without
really noticing. (Footnote?)

Being organized is key to what we do as teachers, and I just

have to be honest and confess that I am not always organized. I
do adapt very quickly to situations and can assess what needs
to be done in a very short time (talking about my teaching) but
this will never replace written evidence. 'Written evidence' came
back on a regular basis during lectures, which could range from
safeguarding (with Julie Johnson) to Ofsted Teachers'
Standards. After our meeting, Mona (Kodama, my mentor) sent
me some targets and aims to be achieved this year as a
teacher, and obviously strongly suggested to write the minimum
down.

After attending the first day in Birmingham, I obviously had

questions about the course itself and how it will fit into my
profession because of the academic side of it (essays,
modules, assessments, presentations, etc...). I never
considered myself as a scholar but see myself as a more
practical person: act rather than think. I then realized than
acting very often comes from thinking. My teaching does not
come out of the blue and I did study (still learning every 'second'
I have my instrument in my hands) for a long time.
We also had lectures from some of the LMM teaching team
covering special aspects of groups teaching/learning and
leadership in general to teaching groups. There were all very
interactive as everyone had something to share about their own
experience.

Anthony did leave me with some frustrations as he left me

(hopefully not only me) with many questions about the learning
process (Illeris' learning spiral?). At some point he started telling
us about the Threshold Concepts in Music. It was the first time
(excluding the first day in Birmingham) I heard of such terms. It
would eventually be covered more deeply with Katrina a couple
of days later. I still do not quite grasp the meaning of threshold
concepts...

My first reaction is to google it as modern technology can have

its pros too. The first result to come up is Werrry's blog, which is
one of our reading list suggestion. I guess after reading it, I am
hoping to find my own starting points towards writing my
threshold concepts in Music, and in particular in Music
Teaching.