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Date: 5/22/2023
Subject: Fresh Beats, May 2023
From: ORMTA



Each month, ORMTA will be sharing some of the tools that are available to music teachers and students. 
 
ORMTA members are welcome to suggest resources. If you have used a website, blog, app, book, newsletter, webinar, workshop, tool, etc. that would help build professional development within our membership, please let us know by emailing professionaldevelopment@ormta.org. We aim to include Ontarian or Canadian content in each issue.

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Creative Piano Teacher - Free Resources

 
The Creative Piano Teacher - Free Resources page offers high-quality worksheets as well as a blog, videos, and a shop with their practice journal, manuscript paper, and more! The "Major Scales Made Easy" worksheets and the "Articulations Quick Sheet" worksheets are excellent tools for reinforcing music theory and techniques. 

Additionally, the website offers a "Creative Piano Teaching Starter Pack", which includes free theory worksheets, games, and fillable certificates.

You can check out the website here or on Instagram at @CreativePianoTeacher.

6 Foundational Reasons for Having Piano Policies by Compose Create

 
As the new teaching season approaches, it is an excellent time to re-evaluate our piano studio policies. For thoughts on this, Wendy Stevens, from the Compose Create blog, shares 6 reasons to have a good piano studio policy in place! This article discusses how piano policies help our business be profitable, how to set boundaries and expectations to help our students and more. 

You can check out the whole article here.

We would love to see how you use these resources! Spread joy and inspiration by sharing your stories and images on our ORMTA Members Facebook Group all month long!

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If you have an excellent teaching resource or know of an upcoming professional development event, share it with us!
Email professionaldevelopment@ormta.org with the details and we'll include them in a future emailing.
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Visit our Events Calendar for more workshop listings.
 
If your Branch is hosting a workshop and would like to include it on our calendar, please send details to
View the ORMTA clinicians' list and other professional development resources on our website here.
Check out some amazing resources on our Teaching
Resources page.
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