Summer 2023 MECA
Continuing Education Courses
Overview
This eight-week course is designed to inspire and give music educators practical tools to help rebuild their choral program, retain active students and recruit new ones. Each week, an experienced and nationally recognized music educator, author, or composer will present and work with the class giving one assignment each week that the student will be able to use or modify for their own classroom or rehearsal use. Instructors are Dan Andersen, Maria A. Ellis, Greg Gilpin, Cindy Johnson, Victor Johnson, Valerie Lippoldt Mack, Cristi Cary Miller and Timothy Seelig.
Chat sessions:
June 5, 6-8pm (Central Time) Dan Andersen
June 12, 6-8pm (Central Time) Greg Gilpin
June 19, 6-8pm (Central Time) Cristi Cary Miller
June 26, 6-8pm (Central Time) Tim Seelig
July 3 HOLIDAY
July 10, 6-8pm (Central Time) Maria A. Ellis
July 17, 6-8pm (Central Time) Cindy Johnson
July 24, 6-8pm (Central Time) Victor Johnson
July 31, 6-8pm (Central Time) Valerie Lippoldt Mack
Requirements
Chat Session
Prerequisites
Required Text(s)
None.
Learning Platform Information - Online Courses Only
Schoology is a learning management system that allows you to interact directly with your instructors, fellow students, and members of the greater VanderCook community.
The evening before your class begins, be on the lookout for an email from Schoology with log-in instructions. Once you receive credentials, visit www.online.vandercook.edu to login.
Some courses have specific online chat meeting times (please see course descriptions), while others have a flexible meeting schedule. You can expect all courses to meet together in a live online chat. If a live meeting time doesn’t work, you can work with your instructor to make other arrangements.
More information about Schoology can be found at www.schoology.com
Please see specific software/hardware requirements in the course description.
Online course grades are available within two weeks of the course(s) completion. If you need a transcript, please CLICK HERE to access the online transcript request form. For a faster turnaround time, please submit the transcript request to the registrar prior to the end of your course(s).