I agree that we need excellent teachers in the classroom. I was on the statewide committee concerning Illinois Senate Bill 7 to have “value added” assessments for teacher evaluation. The twitter-verse and blogs like Slate’s “No More Ditching Gym Classes,” Diane’s Ravitch’s “Oh, NO! Yes Another Arts Assessment,” and Dana Goldstein’s “How are Schools Testing
I want to change the way that music education is taught in the schools. The reason I wanted to teach music is that my experience with music teachers at my junior high and high school was well, a very BAD experience. They tried to teach “how” to read music (something I already knew) or were
Carol Broos is working for the Golden Apple Foundation using her arts and technology background as the Technology Coordinator. Her passion is to bring infuse music and technology together in education. She recently retired after thirty-three years of teaching music grades kindergarten through eighth grade in Illinois.
She is on the SET Connections Board, Chair of the Golden Apple Foundation Academy Board, and Poster Co-chair for the Illinois Computing Educators.
2009 Apple Distinguished Educator
2009 Illinois Music Teacher of the Year
2008 Golden Apple Fellow
2006 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher
She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Music Educators Journal for NAfME. She hosts a podcast show on EdReach.us called aRTs Roundtable that posts on Wednesdays, where arts educators discuss current issues involving the arts and technology.
