An Open Letter to My Students

Source: http://www.musictherapymaven.com/an-open-letter-to-my-students/

Dear Student,

The fall 2020 term is now upon us. The world as we know it has turned upside-down over the last six months. We are living in a pandemic and are facing difficult (and necessary) personal and societal issues sparked by the Black Lives Matters movement. Your learning experience will be different this fall, and will likely be changed for years to come.

For these reasons, I have been preparing for you in thought and deed since May (unlike in previous years when I didn’t seriously begin my semester prep until early August). Pivoting your fieldwork experience to telepractice required a level of administrative and strategic planning that was…well, a bit next level. I have also begun the process of transforming my syllabi to be more social justice-oriented and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.amherst.edu/offices/center…

Source: http://www.musictherapymaven.com/an-open-letter-to-my-students/

Dear Student,

The fall 2020 term is now upon us. The world as we know it has turned upside-down over the last six months. We are living in a pandemic and are facing difficult (and necessary) personal and societal issues sparked by the Black Lives Matters movement. Your learning experience will be different this fall, and will likely be changed for years to come.

For these reasons, I have been preparing for you in thought and deed since May (unlike in previous years when I didn’t seriously begin my semester prep until early August). Pivoting your fieldwork experience to telepractice required a level of administrative and strategic planning that was…well, a bit next level. I have also begun the process of transforming my syllabi to be more social justice-oriented and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.amherst.edu/offices/center…

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