All Kids Can Learn, Part 2: Beginning Band Curriculum
- The Berkner Area of Richardson ISD has faced and continues to face many changes and challenges. This is the case for a great number of schools throughout our country. This clinic intends to show how "Team Berkner" has strived to turn what some may consider to be obstacles, into opportunities. By "wrapping their brains around" their programs, Jackson , Pineda and Weak have developed a curriculum that includes smarter teaching, better classroom management happier kids and greater retention.
- Lynne Jackson (lynjck@aol.com)
- 12/18/2014 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
- Meeting Room W187
- Lynne Jackson is currently in her 44th year as a music educator. She has degrees from the University of Michigan and VanderCook College of Music. Ms. Jackson is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Education at Southern Methodist University and also teaches part-time at Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas. In 1983, Ms. Jackson was selected as the Richardson ISD Teacher of the Year.
In 2010, Ms. Jackson was awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award by the Texas Bandmaster’s Association. The past five years, Ms. Jackson, along with the wonderful teachers in the Berkner Area, has dedicated herself to turning what some may think of as obstacles into opportunities. Lynne is widely known throughout Texas as a clinician and mentor to young students and teachers.