Sep 10, 2019
Lauren Bain will be sharing about how the Kodály approach can help us guide our ESL students towards musical learning and why Kodály is a wonderful approach for all learners!
Lauren Bain teaches K-5 elementary music at Carl Schurz Elementary in New Braunfels. She earned a B.M. in Piano Performance and Music Education from Trinity University in San Antonio. She also holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Trinity University. Lauren received her Kodály certification from Texas State University, and her Orff-Schulwerk certification from Trinity University. She was named the New Braunfels ISD District Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2018, TEA’s Region 13 Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2019, and was a finalist for the HEB Excellence in Education Award in 2019.
She has served on music curriculum writing committees for both North East ISD and New Braunfels ISD. During her first 5 years in New Braunfels ISD, she field-tested kindergarten music curriculum for the latest publication in cognition and music education research by Oxford University Press entitled Kodály in the Kindergarten Classroom by Dr. Micheál Houlahan and Dr. Philip Tacka.
Lauren served as the Vice President for the Kodály Educators of Texas (2011-2016), and is currently the President. She has presented at OAKE and AOSA national conferences, TMEA, and the 2014 CEDFA Summit, as well as workshops in central and south Texas since 2009. She is the Level 1 Musicianship and Pedagogy Instructor for the Rio Grande Valley Kodály Program in McAllen, TX.
Links:
Lauren Bain YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUEGcLnyY80ct5cA4zSvmsA/videos
ESL Article: https://www.eslteacheredu.org/what-is-an-esl-teacher/
Cult of Pedagogy Article: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/supporting-esl-students-mainstream-classroom/
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Intro/Outro Music:
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