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Beginner Band Screening

Posted by UHHHHH on 12/3/2020, 3:52 pm

Hi,friends.
1-I never, ever get on here. My apologies if this has already been discussed.
2-As this semester closes and we look forward to the spring, how are you approaching beginner band screening? Our district likes to start this process early, but with COVID, does anyone have a plan for screening?
TIA

Re: Beginner Band Screening

Posted by use your teachers on 12/4/2020, 10:46 am, in reply to "Beginner Band Screening"

If you can get useful direction from your general music teachers (one school grade prior to the one band starts in your district), that could help you target recruitment and instrument placement to a degree. Just a thought.

Re: Beginner Band Screening

Posted by now on 12/4/2020, 8:36 am, in reply to "Beginner Band Screening"

Our district basically says we need to have it done now so, like last year's screening, we will use a google form and as the kids a bunch of questions then place them. This worked surprisingly well last year with this year's beginners. The only things I want to add to our google form is student height and student hand size (from pinkie to thumb with hand outstretched). We ended up with a super tiny kid on trombone who really has to stretch for 6th position and we will need that hand size for bassoon/sax kids and just didn't think about that this year.

Re: Beginner Band Screening

Posted by DesertJazz on 12/3/2020, 3:56 pm, in reply to "Beginner Band Screening"

Assuming we're in-person at our normal time in April/May, we'll do it like normal and go down to elementary timing wise. We bought 12 of those jupiter test kits this summer that we'll use and sanitize in between each group. They seemed to do the job we needed them to do this fall.

I did insist my assistant (who does this) wear a face shield and an N95 while doing it. I'm hoping by then maybe we'll have been jabbed with a vaccine though too.

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