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Teach Music 21C Certification

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Next Cohort: January 14 - February 11, 2027

Modules 1 & 2: Thursday, January 14, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Mountain Time

Module 3: Thursday, January 28, 9:00-10:00 a.m. Mountain Time

Modules 4 & 5: Thursday, February 11, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Mountain Time

Five interactive online modules - Tuition $99 CAD

Are you a vocal or instrumental music instructor?
​Do any of the following sound familiar?

How do I help students take greater ownership of their musical learning?

What can I do when my usual teaching strategies for student engagement aren't working? 

How can I make lessons meaning for the different students who walk through my door?

Let's explore some possibilities together.

TM21C Certification brings fresh perspectives, practical tools, and opportunities to rethink familiar challenges with a more student-centred approach. 

Here's a quick video about ​​TM21C Certification from ​Dr. Merlin B. Thompson. My goal is to share what I've learned through nearly 50 years of teaching - so you can spend less time figuring things out on your own.

TM21C Certification makes things work with five must-have modules:

Module 1: 21st Century Music Teaching

  • Explore the beliefs and teaching approaches that can shape more meaningful music lessons for today's students. 

Module 2: Curriculum Models

  • Examine different ways of organizing musical learning and responding to students' interests, needs, and abilities.  

Module 3: Reflective Partnership Teaching

  • Learn how communication, collaboration, and reflection can help teachers and students work together. 

Module 4: Learning & Practicing Strategies

  • Explore approaches to learning and practicing that build understanding, independence, and student engagement.

Module 5: Expanding Success

  • Rethink what success can look like and how your teaching can support students' continuing musical development, and student engagement.

Each module builds on the others, helping you connect your teaching beliefs with the curriculum you choose, the relationships you develop with your students, the strategies you use, and the kinds of musical success you want to encourage.

Here's what today's music teachers are saying about their TM21C Certification experience.  

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Do you have questions?
​Click [HERE] to send your inquiry to Dr. Merlin Thompson.