Walden School - Teacher Training

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The Walden School Teacher Training Institute

Workshops offered by The Walden School Teacher Training Institute appeal to teachers in many different teaching environments and at every stage of professional development.

What people are saying about The Walden School Teacher Training Program

"I really feel that this is an excellent program for inspiring creativity and playfulness."

- Zachary Scott, public school percussion and composition teacher

[The Walden School Musicianship Course] "has the potential of serving as a model for music educators throughout the country who are struggling to find a way to incorporate composition into their classes so that students might be able to meet their state's education standards."

Randall Davidson, composer and reviewer of
"The Walden School Musicianship Course: A Manual for Teachers"

About the workshop / faculty:

[The workshop instructors] "are a fantastic team focused and disciplined but still very free."

Ellen Johnson, studio piano teacher

"The Walden School Music Educators Workshop was amazing! It has given me the tools to teach my students more effectively. It will impact my teaching in every way."

William Lackey, public school instructor for the "Composer-in-the-Schools" program at the UMKC Conservatory of Music

About how the workshop impacts teaching:

"The teaching tools I have adapted from the Walden Workshop help my harp students better understand their instrument. Many of my students have made comments like "I finally get it! I never understood theory at all until now!"

Phala Tracy, community music school harp teacher

"[After the Walden Workshop], I definitely started the year energized and with many new ideas to share with my students. The atmosphere in my classes has been very positive, and I've met with much more success in teaching aural skills."

Dan Shaud, private school music theory and ensemble instructor