Facilities for generalist teachers taking music
In addition to curriculum planning, pedagogy, and resources when planning music programmes for general teachers, think about how you can make it easy for them to:
- access equipment and move it to classrooms
- use music equipment in general classrooms
- move classes to a space beyond the general classroom
- understand when and how to use an alternative music space.
Most schools provide a central stock of mixed instruments. Many assemble these on trolleys, ready to wheel into classrooms. This means that a dedicated music storage area is needed, possibly adjacent to an alternative music teaching space.
Increasingly, classroom music needs access to technology. Each general classroom needs good sound equipment, with speakers that are well placed and good enough for quality reproduction. It will be helpful if the sound equipment is set up to record student performances and compositions.
The computer software students use for other curriculum work will probably suffice for music at lower levels, but students working at higher levels could need access to specialist software.