Culturally Responsive SEL in Your Choral/General Music Classroom

This course is not your every day class on social and emotional learning (SEL). Get ready to dive deeper into how our general and choral music classrooms are gateways for both teacher and student to find identity, belonging, and agency. In this class, there will be discussion of topics such as: 

• Foundational understanding of social and emotional learning for both the teacher and students
• Elements of culturally responsive teaching specifically for the music classroom and going beyond “diversifying” curriculum 
• Teacher positionality and philosophies
• Introduction to transformative social and emotional learning’s effect in music learning 
• Approaches to co-creating student-centered material and experiences 

The course will consist of reading texts and supplemental material, participating in discussions, engaging in personal reflections, and producing practical and meaningful projects that will challenge you to guide your students to be future change-makers in their communities. 

*Students enrolled in the MMEd degree program at VanderCook may register for this course at the 500-level through the student portal. Please contact Dean Sinclair at [email protected] if academic advising is needed.