SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHERS!
WE WANT YOU TO START A GUITAR PROGRAM

If you are a school music educator you should start a guitar program. Through the Teaching Guitar Workshop program, other teachers like you have gained job security and a new feeling of appreciation from the student body and the parents. Chorus, Band, and Orchestra programs are not harmed by the guitar programs. In fact, because of the influx of new students that want to become music makers, music in the school is fortified by classroom guitar programs. We surveyed our teachers and this is what we found.

Teachers who have started guitar programs in their schools have reported that:

"I look forward to guitar classes. The kids want to be there."

"I love teaching guitar! It reaches a different type of student."

"I have gone from 'nerd' band teacher to 'cool' guitar teacher in the eyes of the students. It has doubled the size of the instrumental program."

"Guitar has expanded the course offering thereby making my job more secure."

"Parents are saying, 'My child enjoys school more', 'My child has been getting better grades in other classes since starting guitar', 'My child has better school attendance since starting guitar'.
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It's easy to start a offering guitar in your school, just follow these steps:
- Talk to your school administrators and parents
- Get an application form for the summer workshops.

At the Teaching Guitar Workshops you will receive:
- Three (3) Graduate Credits from Duquesne University.
- One week (40 Hours) of intensive instruction in which you will learn guitar skills and classroom management techniques.
- A guitar, accessories, and method books courtesy of the members of GAMA.

After attending the Teaching Guitar Workshops you will have the skills and logistical capacity to start or enhance an existing classroom guitar program. In addition, you will join a growing network of educators that are loving guitar!

If you want to start a guitar program in your home school, we'd love to help you out.
DOWNLOAD the Application here. If you need any more information of the program you can contact: 

MENC
1806 Robert Fulton Dr.
Reston, VA 22091
t: 800-336-3768
www.menc.org

Guitar Education Network
@ Duquesne University.
www.guitaredunet.org