[HANASHIR:6919] Music Teaching Assistant

[Emworobey <Emworobey...>]

I need some advice!

I teach music on Sunday mornings (Tots - 7th grade).  This year I will be 
teaching 7 consecutive classes (with very little time in between) which is a 
bit more rigorous than the prior years' schedule when I usually taught 5-6 
classes.  To help in achieving the curriculum director's goal of every class 
having music every week, I recently learned that I've been assigned a 
teaching assistant this year. I haven't met her yet and don't know much about 
her except that she has a choral background.  All the other teaching 
assistants (for grades K-2 or 3, I believe) are high school students so I 
assume that she is also.   Have any of you had any experience working with a 
TA, and if so, how have you structured the relationship?  I'm grateful for 
the help, but I really don't know how to utilize her.   I want this to be a 
mutually beneficial experience.

Looking forward to your comments and suggestions!

P.S. How do you keep up your stamina when teaching so many classes back to 
back?

Thanks,
Emily Worobey
emworobey (at) aol(dot)com

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