#musedchat Archive
Each Monday evening at 8PM EST, music teachers get together and share ideas about important topics within music education. It’s a great chance to interact directly with educators from all over the world and to get new tips and tricks to help you succeed in the classroom. The entire #musedchat discussion is organized and moderated by Joe Guarr.
Monday April 4, 2016
8:00 PM EDT
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It's time for ! Our topic tonight: Pay to play/accessibility. Be sure to introduce yourself!
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Phyllis here! Louisiana. 5th grade choir. 7th/8th Grade piano.
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Sam Fritz 6-8 band Greenwood IN, Go Cubs Go
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Hi Phyllis, good evening to you!
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Good to see you Sam, baseball is finally upon us!
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David from Baltimore. Vocal and general music gr. 6-8
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Hi David, welcome to the chat! Glad you could join us tonight.
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Q1: Does your district currently have a 'pay to participate' plan in place for music? What about athletics? What are the fees?
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Depends on what you mean - everything has fees and raises money to function especially MarB ShCh, WG
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A1: I think our HS programs rely mostly on band boosters. Often sports and music participants pay for part of their uniforms
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A1: Our district has a $95 fee for the year if you want to play sports. No such fee for music participation.
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That $95 helps pay for uniforms, travel, referees, etc. Basically supplements athletic budget.
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Q2: When there are fees involved (band camp, instrument rental, trips) are you able to offer need-based assistance? (1/2)
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Q2: (2/2) How do you determine the recipients of any need-based assistance?
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The MS instr students at my school rent/buy their instr although all the band dir I know have loaned instr. for free when needed
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Over time, programs have built up a collection of instruments for loan. Guidance dept weighs in on if they have to pay
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Ours does something similar. Counselors refer to free/reduced lunch list when making assistance decisions.
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Q3: Have you ever found any of the fees associated w/ music to be a barrier to entry for students?
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When we take pricey field trips it usually puts a fundraising burden on students and families who don't pay outright.
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See this happen with our Chicago trip every year. We try to fundraise to have $$$ available for scholarships
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A1 we have a maintenance fee does that count? Antoine Buttigieg here from Woodbridge Ontario Canada HS instrumental music teacher
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Hascreating scholarships developed any issues in terms of who gets what and the perception of fairness?
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A3 not as of yet, for the instrument maintenance fee. If so no student has brought it to my attention.
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Not so far. Our admin reviews all schol. applications with us. Families understand some need help.
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who determines who gets it? Is there a stigma that comes with receiving it?
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A1 our fee is low at 50$ for the entire year..
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We had admin that was not interested in the issues that might arise. Only able to reduce everyone's price equally
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It's all based on need, things like free/reduced lunch. Application process is totally confidential.
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What about benefit concerts for raising money? Anyone had success there?
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My younger brother's school did this to fundraise for an NYC trip. Tipped a conga upside down, asked for donations
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that is fair but will admin then pony up the difference?
