Music Teaching Portfolio

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Music Teaching Portfolio
of
Meredith Harley Inserra
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Education
High School New Bern High School,
79 Bachelor of Music University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, 84 (Mu Phi Epsilon
Honors Music Fraternity) Master of Music
East Carolina University, 92 Postgraduate
research in traditional music, (A.B.D.) Univ.
of Edinburgh, Scotland, 99
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The National and State Standards on display in
my classroom.
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Teaching Experience
Bangert Elementary School January 99 to
present Royal Scottish Academy of Music and
Drama (Glasgow, Scotland) guest lecturer in
traditional music 97 International Council for
Traditional Music lecturer and presenter in
Durham, England 96 J. T. Barber Elementary Oaks
Road Elementary Trent Park Elementary Bridgeton
Elementary F. R. Danyus Elementary Blackville
Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, S. C.
Aug. 1985 to Jan. 1987
New Bern Aug. 1988 to Jan. 1993
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Students improvising and composing contrasting
patterns to perform as a group
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Student using a pentatonic scale to create
ostinati to accompany songs
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Students creating contrasting phrases using a
pentatonic scale.
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Movement and Dance are important elements of
Music lessons
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2nd grade students composing, reading, writing,
and playing using music notation.
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Advanced Recorder Karate Ensemble (4th and 5th
graders)
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Performances Examples from Concerts Musical
revues Musical plays
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Paint the Town December Musical show featuring
1st, 3rd, and 5th graders Integrating visual art
and famous artists
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Bring Your Passport Musical show featuring
Kindergarten, 2nd, and 4th graders
Original script by Meredith H. Inserra Multi-cultu
ral trip around the world with music
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Bring Your Passport
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It Starts With Me Musical revue for grades K, 2,
and 4 Integrating Character Education
Original script by Meredith H. Inserra
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It Starts With Me
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There's No Place
Like Home
3rd grade Spring Show Script and characters
created by a team of 3rd grader writers
Maggie Craze, Devan Corcoran, Tori Eure, Brook
Wheeler, Emily Sanborn, and Virginia
Schnorenberg Integrating writing and science
with the study of animal habitats
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There's No Place
Like Home
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December Family Night
2nd and 4th grade student directors
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Singing
At the Farmers Market
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Trained in PDSA
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Three All-County Chorus logos I designed
Embrace the Music
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Technology
?15 years experience on both Mac and PC
platforms
?Advanced in Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Finale (music
notation), Internet, Web development, Adobe
Photoshop Elements
?Workshop leader to help other music teachers
develop web sites and use technology in their
teaching
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Home
The Music Classroom
Links and Games
Mystery Composer
Wish List
This Week's Link
Magic Music Word
Recorder Karate
Alto Recorder
All-County Chorus
Why Music Education?
NC Symphony
About Your Teacher
Composer Links
You Can Help!
What's New?
Contact "Miss Harley"
Music Curriculum
K Curriculum
1st Curriculum
2nd Curriculum
3rd Curriculum
4th Curriculum




Music at Bangert
My web site
Welcome to Parents, Students, and Visitors Please
take a few moments to browse this site.  If you
scroll down, the links to my pages are on the
left.  You can see pictures from past shows and
find cool links.  This site is updated
regularly, so check back often to see what's new.

Hello from your Music Teacher, Meredith Harley
Inserra, still known to most students as "Miss
Harley." On this web site you can   ?get news
from the Music Room ?find the Magic Music
Word ?get Recorder Karate news ?find out what
your child is studying ?visit some cool music
links ?play free music games ?read interesting
music quotes ?find out how you can help    
Click here to download the Music Newsletter!
                                     Special
thanks to Kyle for his first grade portrait of
me playing my guitar.                          
                                               

http//bangertmusic.tripod.com/musicatbangert/

Click the link above to go live to my web site
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Yearbook editor 2005 - 2006 and 2006 - 2007
(all digital)
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I have traveled extensively throughout North
America and Europe. I lived in Europe for 5
years as well. Travel and living abroad have
given me a global perspective as well as
valuable experience with various cultures
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Philosophy for Music and Arts Education
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Students of the arts learn to think creatively
and to solve problems by imagining various
solutions, rejecting outdated rules and
assumptions. Questions about the arts do not
have only one right answer.
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A study of the arts provides children with an
internal glimpse of other cultures and teaches
them to be empathetic towards the people of
these cultures. This development of compassion
and empathy, as opposed to development of greed
and a "me first" attitude, provides a bridge
across cultural chasms that leads to respect of
other races at an early age.
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Without music, life is a journey through a
desert. Pat Conroy, author
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the
space between the notes and curl my back to
loneliness. Maya Angelou
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Music training is a more potent instrument than
any other because rhythm and harmony find their
way into the secret places of the soul. Plato
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If a child hears fine music from the day of his
birth, and learns to play it himself, he develops
sensitivity, discipline, and endurance. He gets a
beautiful heart. Shinichi Suzuki
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What we play is life. Louis Armstrong
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Thank you for taking the time to view my
portfolio. I look forward to the opportunity to
work with you.
Meredith Harley Inserra
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