N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 507.39

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Ed 507.39 - Music Teacher

(a) To be considered for a music teacher Statement of Eligibility as outlined in Ed 505.05, a candidate shall have at least a bachelor's degree.

(b) To be eligible for licensure as a music teacher under any of the pathways described in Ed 505.04 through Ed 505.06 a candidate shall have the following skills, competencies, and knowledge:

(1) Personal musicianship and performance ability including:

a. Performing from notation with artistic expression and technical accuracy, either vocally or instrumentally, as a soloist and as a member of a musical ensemble;

b. Improvising to a structured harmonic accompaniment, idiomatically in at least one medium and style, including but not limited to jazz;

c. Performing and transposing on:

1. Piano; and

2. Guitar or other harmonic instrument;

d. Conducting various types of repertoire with accuracy, clarity, and musicianship; and

e. Researching, planning, and presenting a musical performance;

(2) Aural skills and theory including:

a. Hearing, analyzing, and correcting individual performances during rehearsals and classes;

b. Aurally recognizing a variety of historical and contemporary musical forms and genres;

c. Sight singing;

d. Notating music from listening;

e. Reading and writing music in:

1. Traditional notation using a variety of clefs; and

2. Non-traditional notation;

f. Making common transpositions;

g. Analyzing formal and expressive elements in written music; and

h. Composing and arranging music which exhibits appropriate instrumentation, voicing, level of difficulty, and style;

(3) Music history and culture including:

a. Describing the development of the Western music arts beginning with The Middle Ages;

b. Analyzing the role of music in a variety of cultures; and

c. Describing the music of a variety of cultures;

(4) K-12 general music pedagogy including:

a. Developing in students the ability to read and write music in traditional and non-traditional notation;

b. Guiding students to express themselves musically through singing, playing instruments, moving purposefully, improvising, composing, and arranging;

c. Developing in students the ability to describe, analyze and evaluate music and musical performances through a variety of methods including guided listening;

d. Creating sequential instruction in music history, its role in culture, and its relationship to other disciplines; and

e. Using current technologies and multimedia to:

1. Plan and prepare instruction;

2. Deliver instruction;

3. Provide opportunities for music students to create, perform, and respond; and

4. Amplify and augment performance; and

(5) K-12 music performance pedagogy including:

a. Developing in students the ability to sing and perform expressively alone and with others at a beginning level in healthy, age-appropriate ways including:

1. Tone production in the general and extended ranges of the voice including the changing voice;

2. Vocal techniques, including, but not limited to diction, breathing, and posture; and

3. Varied repertoire;

b. Developing in students the ability to play and perform expressively alone and with others at a beginning level on classroom instruments, beginning band, and orchestra instruments in healthy, age-appropriate ways including:

1. Tone production;

2. Articulation;

3. Fingerings; and

4. Transposition for commonly used instruments; and

c. Instructing, rehearsing, assessing and refining either:

1. Vocalists throughout their school career and in performances of choral music with knowledge of advanced techniques of:

(i) Tone production in the general and extended ranges of the voice including the changing voice;

(ii) Vocal techniques, including, but not limited to diction in English and in other world languages; and

(iii) Varied repertoire, including music of four or more parts, accompanied or a cappella; or

2. Instrumentalists throughout their school career in performances including advanced techniques of:

(i) Tone production;

(ii) Articulation;

(iii) Fingerings, including alternate fingerings; and

(iv) Transposition for less commonly used instruments.

N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 507.39

#8024, eff 7-1-04; ss by #9991, eff 9-16-11

Amended by Volume XLII Number 49, Filed December 8, 2022, Proposed by #13487, Effective 11/11/2022, Expires 11/11/2032