The Music Teacher's Little Guide to Big Motivation

Have you ever had a student who was a challenge to motivate?

Do you know the unique motivational styles of each of your students?

Does your studio or classroom use tools that activate every motivational style?

As music teachers, we often try to spark enthusiasm in our students using the methods that captivate us. But...we are each motivated in our own unique way.

Discover which of the eight motivational styles are key to your students' engagement using the quiz included in this book and have tons of practical tools at your fingertips to use in your music studio or classroom.

About the Author
Meints, Ruth: - Ruth Meints is the Executive Director of the Omaha Conservatory of Music, where she also maintains a violin and viola studio. She conducts various workshops around the country in violin/viola pedagogy, motivation and learning styles, integrating current neuroscience findings into music teaching. She authored the five-year String Sprouts curriculum, with the Conservatory's program currently enrolling over one thousand preschoolers from underserved areas at no cost to the families. Her teaching experience has included head of the string department at Azusa Pacific University, faculty at Biola University in the Los Angeles area, violin/viola instructor at University of Nebraska-Omaha, as well as faculty at San Jose Talent Education and Omaha Talent Education. In 2016, Ruth was given the Governor's Arts Award for excellence in arts education sponsored by Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Cultural Endowment. She has also presented a TedXOmaha talk entitled Music, Preschoolers, and Poverty.