Teaching Artist Forum: Lesson Planning and Procedure Setting with Cultural Humility
September 30 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lesson Planning and Procedure Setting with Cultural Humility
September 30 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join us for a dynamic virtual workshop, facilitated by TATI and featuring guest presenter Jasmine Fripp, a Grammy-nominated music educator and founder of The Passionate Black Educator. This session will offer participants practical strategies to create lesson plans that honor and integrate students’ cultural backgrounds and experiences. Jasmine Fripp will guide attendees through the process of designing lesson plans that not only support diverse learning styles but also foster musical skill development in a way that is inclusive, intentional, and transformative. The workshop will emphasize the importance of setting specific learning goals, aligning assessments, and using scaffolding to ensure that all students can succeed. Whether you’re aiming to build concert-ready ensembles or develop deeper musical understanding, this session will equip you with the tools to create a classroom environment where every student feels seen, heard, and valued.
Facilitated by Teaching Artists Training Institute
The newly formed Teaching Artist Forum aims to provide a space for Teaching Artists working with El Sistema-inspired programs to collaborate, network, and workshop teaching ideas and strategies. Through six discussion-based forums facilitated in partnership with the Teaching Artists Training Institute (TATI), participants will explore best practices in music education by looking at case studies from peer Teaching Artists, address common classroom success and challenges, and idea swap tools for implementing new teaching techniques.
Facilitated by Anna Barson
Managing Director, TATI
Anna Barson is based in Durham, NC and is a passionate educator, musician, and arts advocate. As the Managing Director of the Teaching Artists Training Institute (TATI), Anna is excited to develop a sustainable community of belonging that provides applicable and tangible tools and resources for music educators across the US. Anna looks forward to deepening her impact as a nonprofit leader through community-building, training teaching artists to develop culturally responsive classrooms, and engaging nonprofit leaders and educators in conversations around access, equity, inclusion, and social justice in the music classroom.
Prior to working with TATI, Anna taught orchestra at the elementary and middle school levels before transitioning to administrative positions at Kidznotes, an El Sistema-inspired music education nonprofit, and SKJAJA Fund, a community-based scholarship program. Anna holds a dual Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance and Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Arts degree in Arts Management and Cultural Leadership from Colorado State University.
Outside of work, Anna can be found performing with local orchestras, testing out new recipes in the kitchen, or camping in the mountains with her dog, Milo.
Facilitated by Jasmine Fripp
Jasmine Fripp is a Grammy-nominated music educator and the founder of The Passionate Black Educator. With almost a decade of teaching experience in public and charter schools, she has built award-winning choral programs and provided Black and Brown students various opportunities to excel within and outside the music world.
As The Passionate Black Educator, Fripp encourages and empowers music educators of all cultural backgrounds to create student-centered classroom environments that promote anti-racism, culturally-responsive pedagogy, and healing-centered teaching. Additionally, Fripp’s ability to fuse hip-hop, choral music, student-centered dialogue, and creative teaching strategies has led to her being heavily sought after as a clinician by universities, school districts, and professional organizations worldwide.