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Quick Pro Tip: Do You Hold Your Students to Standards you Sometime Miss Yourself?
From Music Ed Insights · Hosted by Steve Shanley
Episode summary
In this episode of Music Ed Insights: Steve and Alan take on a touchy but important topic: the gap between what we ask from students and what we actually model ourselves. They admit their own everyday hypocrisies (hello, phones at stoplights and slow email replies) and then connect it to the music room: punctuality, effort, communication, reflection, and how we respond when others drop the ball. You’ll hear the difference between healthy human imperfection and being a walking counter-example, plus a simple…
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Steve and Alan take on a touchy but important topic: the gap between what we ask from students and what we actually model ourselves. They admit their own everyday hypocrisies (hello, phones at stoplights and slow email replies) and then connect it to the music room: punctuality, effort, communication, reflection, and how we respond when others drop the ball. You’ll hear the difference between healthy human imperfection and being a walking counter-example, plus a simple challenge for the week: choose one behavior you care about most from your students and make sure your own actions actually match it.