When a student first walks into the band room, training in leadership is underway. The older students (and the director) are modelling behavior through their own actions. This is indirect leadership. This is possibly the most important and powerful form of leadership. We are defined by our actions, rather than our thoughts or even words. And young, nervous 14 year olds walking into a room of well disciplined, well behaved, and kind older students will do all they can to fit in to the mold that has already been set. . . . → Read More: Life Lesson #9: Leadership
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 Mr. Ahrens teaches band at Bear River High School in Grass Valley, CA.  @MrAhrens 
 MUSIC QUOTES:   www.davidahrens.us & Sound Education are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
I wrote in a recent post about my Student Leadership Team working collaboratively online to write a vision and mission statement for the ensemble. We have never done this before, but I feel it is important to define ourselves by reflecting on and setting goals regarding our purpose and direction. Here are the final versions: Vision . . . → Read More: Band Vision & Mission Yesterday was the first meeting of my band’s Student Leadership Team (SLT). Just a short time ago, I announced to my students at Summer Band that I wanted to meet with all Juniors and Seniors prior to our camp (which begins next Monday). A few days ago (while on vacation in Utah) I sent out both . . . → Read More: Student Leadership Team |
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"I shall seize Fate by the throat; it shall certainly not bend and crush me completely." - Ludwig van Beethoven, 1801 |
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