CYNTHIA SEPUTIS Plan Your Work & Work Your Plan Saturday, February 25th 2023 Location: ISU 9:00-1:00 Tired of flying by the seat of your pants? Stressed out wondering what you will teach on Monday morning? Questioning where great songs and activities learned in various workshops fit into your weekly lesson plans? This workshop is for you! Together, we will experience lots of hands-on music making and then do a deep-dive into curriculum and design, learning how to prioritize various learning targets and plan sequentially with the year in mind. CYNTHIA SEPUTIS has taught K-5 General Music at Carpenter Elementary School in Park Ridge, IL for 31 years. She received her B.S. in Music Education from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and her Masters of Music Education from Northwestern University. She completed her Orff Levels with Jeff Kriske, Randy DeLelles, and Shirley McRae at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Cynthia taught the recorder component of the Orff Levels at VanderCook College of Music in Chicago for 18 years and also co-taught “Orff Curriculum and Design” and “Orff Without Instruments”. Outside of teaching, Cynthia can be found ringing handbells with Chicago Bronze or playing her five-string banjo. |
SANDY LANTZ + GRETCHEN WAHLBERG Ukulele, Drums, Books and More! Saturday, April 15th 2023 CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH EAST PEORIA 8:30-12:30 Each hour of this workshop will focus on a NEW topic. Ukulele, Drums, Children's literature and more. Come and join the fun! SANDY LANZ and GRETCHEN WAHLBERG are national board certified teachers who have taught elementary music in Florida for over 38 years. For the past 18 years, they have taught Orff-Schulwerk Level I teacher training courses sponsored by the Central Florida Orff Chapter, Stetson University, Florida Gulf Coast University and Florida International University. They have co-taught workshop sessions at National Orff Schulwerk conferences, as well as, numerous state music conferences throughout the US. Together they have written the books, Drum It Up, Creative Bits with Children’s Lit, Strum It Up and S'More Bits with Children's Lit. |
