Every music teacher knows the feeling. You’ve planned a great lesson, the energy is there – and yet somewhere in the room, a student is somewhere else entirely. Not quite with you. Hard to reach. And the harder you try, the further away they seem.
It’s one of the most common and most quietly challenging realities of the music classroom. And it’s exactly what the newest episode of Coty’s Classroom takes on.
In this latest installment, Coty Raven Morris shares her insight, strategies, and perspective on re-engaging disengaged students. If you’re not yet familiar with Coty, she is a two-time Grammy Music Educator of the Year nominee, the host of Music Workshop’s Professional Development courses, and a genuinely inspiring voice in music education today. What she brings to Coty’s Classroom isn’t just expertise – it’s the kind of hard-won wisdom that only comes from years of real teaching, with real students, in real classrooms.
This episode is practical, compassionate, and immediately useful. Whether you’re working with a single student who has drifted or trying to bring a whole group back into the music, Coty offers the kind of perspective that makes you think – and then makes you want to try something new.
Coty’s Classroom is designed to be exactly that: short, focused moments of insight and inspiration for music educators who are always looking to grow. This episode is one of our favorites yet.
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