Training
•Bullet: The four-year Music Education curriculum leads to K-12 licensure in the State of Illinois, and the Instrumental Emphasis adds Woodwind Methods I and II, Brass Methods, Percussion Methods, Low String Methods and High String Methods
•Bullet: Instrumental Music Education Lab runs alongside the methods sequence, and Principles and Methods of Instrumental Music Education covers lesson planning, rehearsal techniques, repertoire and program administration
•Bullet: The Instrumental Music Education Seminar and Practicum puts students in a local school instrumental program and also covers teaching and directing jazz bands and marching bands and creating marching drills
Professional Development
•Bullet: Supervised Music Teaching places you in public schools for fourteen weeks of full-time music teaching under qualified cooperating teachers
•Bullet: Instrumental conducting and a class piano barrier are part of the plan of study, and education coursework in the School of Education builds toward admission to the Teacher Education Program
