Grounded in years of teaching, mentoring, and leadership, these resources reflect a career dedicated to purposeful music education. With a foundation in curriculum design, assessment, and instructional practice—shaped by both classroom experience and graduate study—they offer practical tools to support meaningful learning and student growth. Each element is designed to promote clarity, planning, and standards-based outcomes, empowering educators to lead with confidence and create impactful, lasting experiences in the music classroom.

Serving as a foundational guide for standards-based instruction, the scope and sequence aligns teaching, assessment, and collaboration across a vertically integrated band program. It is organized by instrument, ensemble level, and student progression, clearly outlining what students should know and be able to do at each stage. Designed to support PLC structures, it promotes consistency in planning and assessment while ensuring measurable, growth-focused outcomes that provide clarity for educators and accountability for student learning.

• Band - Instrument Specific

• Band - Ensemble

• Choir

• General Music

Designed to support collaborative planning and assessment within a PLC structure, the vertically aligned framework defines clear, measurable outcomes and benchmarks for grades 5–12 instrumental ensembles. Rooted in national and state music education standards, it organizes learning into strands such as theory/literacy, performance, history/culture, critique, and aesthetics. This shared structure ensures consistency, rigor, and equity, empowering educators to make informed decisions about pacing, intervention, and enrichment through a student-centered, standards-based lens.

• Band Outcomes and Benchmarks

• Choir Outcomes and Benchmarks

• General Music Outcomes and Benchmarks