First a disclaimer, my dad is not a teacher. He has been a Pastor, Chaplain, Chaplain Trainer, Corporate Trainer, and Suicide Prevention Trainer. In all of these roles he has taught me many things. In the next few paragraphs I will explore and attempt to share some of these ideas in relationship to how we … Continue reading Lessons on Classroom Management that I Learned from my Dad

PHILOSOPHY MATTERS! A recent experience in my High School Jazz Choir took me back in time to when I was an elementary music teacher. I began to reminisce about trying to inspire creative musical thinking in the elementary setting and again in the middle school. While thinking about this, I realized something that I thought … Continue reading Philosophy Matters

This is an article I wrote for a state journal in December of 2016: As I sit down to write this 2016 is coming to a close and 2017 is just around the corner. This always causes me to take just a few minutes to ponder my successes and failures of the previous years in … Continue reading Why Are They Here?

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” -Maya Angelou This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates. At the beginning … Continue reading My First Blog Post- Why Not??