Maine Motif Issue 2, Vol. II (Winter, 2018) | Page 41

TEACHING LOAD Teachers reported teaching between ​5 and 220​ ​elementary band students. The 
 AT Maine WHAT Average TIME of elementary OF THE YEAR band DO students YOU per START teacher FULL is​ 60.825​ BAND ​students REHEARSALS?
Teachers Right reported away = teaching 49 responses band to( 58.2 between %) ​25 % and 100 % ​ ​of their student body.
The After Maine the Average New Year of students = 16 responses who participate in elementary band is ​57.4 % After Thanksgiving = 12 responses
Teachers First Year reported students teaching do not between​ meet 5 as and a full 331 band students ​when teaching all levels K-12. group = 6 responses
LESSONS: AVERAGE SIZE
No lessons = 5 responses 1 student = 2 responses 2 students = 1 response 3 students = 7 responses 4 students = 17 responses 5 students = 10 responses 6 students = 9 responses
7 students = 1 response 8 students = 10 responses 9 students = 1 response 10 students = 5 responses 12 students = 2 responses 14 students = 2 responses 15 students = 2 responses
18 students = 1 response 20 students = 2 responses 25 students = 1 response 28 students = 1 response 45 students = 1 response
DOES YOUR SCHOOL PROVIDE INSTRUMENTS TO STUDENTS WHO CAN’ T AFFORD IT?
Yes = 87.3 %
No = 12.7 %
LESSONS: INSTRUMENTATION GROUPING“ I WOULD CONSIDER MY OVERALL ELEMENTARY BAND PROGRAM TO BE”:
Instrument-Specific = Exceptional = 4 responses
45 responses
Proficient = 42 responses Like-instrumentation =
( 53.2 %) 22 responses
Intermediate = 19 responses Mixed-instrumentation = 16 responses
Novice = 14 responses