As an educator, it is my job to inspire creativity and spark an interest in music that will last a lifetime. My goal as an educator is to teach to all of my students, not just the students that are interested in pursuing music as a career. I think that the music field as an entity has been suppressing the creativity of students by expecting perfect renditions of music by composers that died over two hundred years ago rather than inspiring creativity through creation. I find it interesting that music is the only art form that primarily teaches to replicate as opposed to creating. My goal as an educator is to lead my students to learn through creation.

I believe being a music educator requires a lot of motivation and dedication to the art and the success of your students. No matter where you teach, it takes drive and power to be a successful educator. This entails adapting their lessons to accommodate their student’s needs. My student teaching experience has taught me that not every class learns the same way; While the product might be the same for every class, different classes need to learn the material in different ways. This experience helped me alter my lesson plans to ensure the success of my students.

I am also a strong believer in learning through discovery. I can tell students information that they will remember for a day, or I can lead them to figure it out themselves where they will remember it for a lifetime. This also helps the students build problem-solving skills that they can utilize through the rest of their lives regardless of what career they pursue. This method can be observed at all age levels.

In conclusion, my purpose as a music educator is to facilitate learning and prepare my students to be high-functioning members of society. This comes from the creativity, flexibility, and discipline that they will learn while they are in the music classroom combined with the problem-solving skills they will acquire through the course of my lessons, regardless of the age level.