Music Teacher Apprenticeship Program

The goal of the Future Music Teacher Apprenticeship Model is to incite student interest in pursuing the music teaching profession and develop well-rounded musicians who would be capable of successfully completing a degree in music education. The objectives is that each student involve in the program will:

Meet advanced performance standards in one instrument or voice.
Meet proficiency in music history and music theory.
Be able to play piano at a late beginner or early intermediate level.
Meet university entry-level proficiency for sight singing and interval singing.
Have acquired beginning level teaching skills.
Have acquired beginning level conducting skills .
Have experienced administrative tasks required of music teachers.

Concept developed from the Apprenticeship Program at Carroll High School, Carroll, Iowa and from: Trimis, Edward. (1998). Building a high school music major program. Music Educators Journal 84, 19-23. and Burrack, F. (2009) Growing a New Generation of Music Teachers. Music Educators Journal. 96(2), 40–44.)