Go With The Flow – What To Do When Your Plans Change

In this exclusive Nottelmann Blog Podcast, Joe Simino, Director of Bands at Seckman Middle School in the Fox C-6 School District and Ray Benton discuss this important topic for music educators in great detail. How do you handle changes to your lesson plan, your school schedule, that out-of-town trip, or when you’re so tired you can’t do what you did plan to do? Joe and Ray consider these other more real-world challenges and offer solutions on how music teachers can deal with the unexpected.

Joe Simino is In his 8^th year as Director of Bands at Seckman Middle School in the Fox C-6 School District, which is located in the Greater St. Louis Area. He also assists with the Seckman High School band. Joe has taught privately since 2001, working with Marching Bands/Drumlines/Beginner Percussion and has been playing percussion professionally for 20 years.

Ray Benton is the Technology, Media and Education specialist for Nottelmann Music. A veteran band director of 32 years, Ray has worked with music teachers seeking to implement technology since 2004.