Below, we provide some questions that you can ask to find out how healthy your school's program is and whether it needs improvement. It is important to know that even the most vital program, needs and welcomes your support an advocacy. The music teacher's qualifications should include the ability to read music, perform, and conduct. A successful music program requires a minimum 80 to 120 minutes of classroom instruction each week. It is important that music education be taught on a regular basis, as a separate subject.
Music education requires regular, on-going and frequent instruction.
It cannot be addressed in isolated blocks of time, occurring infrequently throughout the year. Music activities may be used by classroom teachers to support and enhance all learning. Schools which place a high value on their music program find ways to facilitate student participation through creative time tabling and a sensitive option selection process.