This workshop taught us how to engage students in an SEL activity that promotes abstract thinking. I now know how to incorporate pictures and meditation in my lesson planning.

Program: Progressive Percussion & Mindfulness
Artist: Hector Morales
Type: Professional Learning
Program Availability: In-PersonVirtual
Description
Experience and explore different ways in which percussion music can enrich Social Emotional Learning (SEL) practices in your classroom. Participants will hear and see work samples created by students and teachers who experienced in-person, virtual and hybrid formats of the Young Audiences Progressive Percussion & Mindfulness residency with Hector Morales. Participants will identify and share emotional and sensory vocabulary, as well as co-create meditative music and a meditation. Participants will imagine different applications for the needs of individual classrooms, while considering the collective impact on school climate and culture. No musical background is necessary to be able to enjoy and/or implement the techniques presented in this session.
Location
In-Person or Virtual
Recommended Participants
- Educators
- Arts Specialists
Learning Intentions
Educators will:
- Identify and share emotional vocabulary.
- Experience a meditative music and movement experience.
- Co-creating meditative music.
- Apply language of the senses to co-create a meditation.
- Identify one percussion and mindfulness ritual to use in their teaching and learning practice.
YA Connections
- NJSLS-VPA: Artistic Process; Creating; Anchor Standard 1: Conceptualizing & Generating Ideas
- NJSLS-VPA: Artistic Process; Responding
- Anchor Standard 7: Perceiving and Analyzing Products
- Culturally Responsive Practice
- Social Emotional Learning – Transformative
Professional Standards for Educational Leaders
- Standard 3: Equity & Culture