I know how it goes. At the beginning of the school year, month, or week, you've made the resolution to finally get your planning act together.
You've got the plan book open, organized your resources, busted open a new pack of flair pens and highlighters, created yearly plans, and maybe even designed your lesson template for the year.
If you're super hardcore, you've probably even taken a few workshops and professional development courses, thinking THIS is going to be the key, the magic pill that will FINALLY make it all stick.
But even with the best intentions, most music teachers end up giving into the overwhelm, filling time instead of planning with intention, because literally #allthethings pile up once the school year gets rocking and rolling.
Here's why most music teachers end up abandoning ship:
Without a super clear, step by step curriculum map, most well-intentioned music teachers get completely overwhelmed and lost.
They get stuck on the hamster wheel of "what does this class already know?" and "what should I do in first grade today?" and generally lack clarity over exactly what to teach next, and how.
Here's why this is damaging beyond repair...
As a craaazy busy music teacher with a million and one lessons to prep, data to track, and performances to plan, (not to mention a family and life outside of your day to day job), you literally can't afford to spend every spare moment planning, OR filling in this or that activity last minute.
And the moment that you get off course with your curriculum, it's really, really hard to recover.
Therefore, implementing a sequencing system is something that NEEDS to happen ASAP.
And lucky for you, there's a way to make it happen right now.
Even if you're late to the planning party, there's still a chance for you to jump off the hot mess express, dust yourself off, and perfect your planning process.
That is, if you get focused, committed, and take action now.