Effectively describing the benefits SmartMusic offers your students is the key to earning buy-in from administrators. Learn how here!

1. Talking to
Administrators
about
SmartMusic

2. If you need to gain administrative support before
implementing SmartMusic in your program…

3. If you need to gain administrative support before
implementing SmartMusic in your program…
...you may need to articulate what SmartMusic offers.

4. Here are some highlights of what
SmartMusic can provide to students,
parents, and teachers…

5. Here are some highlights of what
SmartMusic can provide to students,
parents, and teachers…
...plus tips to help educators in discussions
with administrators.

6. How SmartMusic
Helps Students:

7. Students can:
Practice with accompaniment,

8. Students can:
Practice with accompaniment, understanding how their
part fits with the whole group;

9. Students can:
Hear recordings of their performances for
self-analysis; and

10. Receive and submit assignments, and
receive educator feedback on them.
Students can:
Hear recordings of their performances for
self-analysis; and

11. Students can:
Hear recordings of their performances for
self-analysis; and
Receive and submit assignments, and
receive educator feedback on them.
As a result, they practice more and progress faster.

12. You can highlight these benefits by sharing experiences
of nearby teachers. You may know educators with
success stories like Jonathan Grimsby:

13. You can highlight these benefits by sharing experiences
of nearby teachers. You may know educators with
success stories like Jonathan Grimsby:
“During parent teacher conferences...we can pull up Susie’s
profile. Boom - it’s all there. We can listen to how she was
playing at the beginning of the year and all the way through...”
- Jonathan Grimsby, Band Director, Fridley High School, MN

14. Administrators may be more willing to consider
SmartMusic if they know that other area districts
are having success with it.

15. SmartMusic Helps
Parents, Too:

16. Even parents with no musical background can have
a better understanding of how their students are
preparing and progressing.

17. Listen to student recordings,
Parents can:

18. Listen to student recordings,
View the assessment feedback students
receive, and
Parents can:

19. Listen to student recordings,
View the assessment feedback students
receive, and
See student scores and teacher comments.
Parents can:

20. How SmartMusic
Helps Educators:

21. Teachers can:
Create and send differentiated assignments
that students can complete at home or in a practice room;

22. Teachers can:
Track, collect audio recordings, grade and
learn more about each student’s progress;

23. Teachers can:
Track, collect audio recordings, grade and
learn more about each student’s progress;
Create a portfolio of each student’s work,
tracking student achievement and
growth; and

24. Teachers can:
Track, collect audio recordings, grade and
learn more about each student’s progress;
Create a portfolio of each student’s work,
tracking student achievement and
growth; and
Assign practice reports. SmartMusic
tracks the time students spend practicing.

25. How Educators Can
Measure if SmartMusic
is Successful:

26. SmartMusic helps make it possible to objectively
document student progress.

27. Kevin Crawford analyzed the student scores and shared
SmartMusic objective data with his administration:

28. Kevin Crawford analyzed the student scores and shared
SmartMusic objective data with his administration:
“Students that were using SmartMusic at home generally knew
at least three to four scales more than the students that were
either not using SmartMusic at all (or were only using it at
school) and were generally 10 to 20 beats a minute faster on
those scales.”
- Kevin Crawford, Band Director, Hopewell Middle School, Round Rock, TX

29. How SmartMusic Helps
Administrators:

30. %
Many administrators are now asking their
teachers to provide data on student growth
in their schools.

31. %
Many administrators are now asking their
teachers to provide data on student growth
in their schools.
This is a challenge for music teachers because
they teach large numbers of music students
with limited instruction time.

32. This means that some school administrators are:

33. This means that some school administrators are:
• Leaving music students out of the school
reporting plan

34. • Using test scores from other departments
to represent music students
This means that some school administrators are:
• Leaving music students out of the school
reporting plan

35. This means that some school administrators are:
• Requiring music teachers to give written
“standardized” tests that don’t reflect their
local music department curriculum

36. This means that some school administrators are:
• Requiring music teachers to give written
“standardized” tests that don’t reflect their
local music department curriculum
• Rating teacher performance reviews on
flawed process and data

37. Many teachers have been able to work with their
administration to use SmartMusic to provide
meaningful student data, including:

38. • Pre-test and post-test scores
Many teachers have been able to work with their
administration to use SmartMusic to provide
meaningful student data, including:

39. • Pre-test and post-test scores
• Formative and summative
progress reports
Many teachers have been able to work with their
administration to use SmartMusic to provide
meaningful student data, including:

40. Many teachers have been able to work with their
administration to use SmartMusic to provide
meaningful student data, including:
• Pre-test and post-test scores
• Formative and summative
progress reports
• SmartMusic scores for notes
and rhythms

41. Many teachers have been able to work with their
administration to use SmartMusic to provide
meaningful student data, including:
• Recordings (and teacher scores) of
submitted assignments

42. Many teachers have been able to work with their
administration to use SmartMusic to provide
meaningful student data, including:
• Recordings (and teacher scores) of
submitted assignments
• Comments given by teachers
on every assignment

43. Many teachers have been able to work with their
administration to use SmartMusic to provide
meaningful student data, including:
• Recordings (and teacher scores) of
submitted assignments
• Comments given by teachers
on every assignment
• State standards documented
for each assignment

44. If your administrator is required by law or policy to
give you and your students a “score,” SmartMusic
can be an incredible tool:

45. SmartMusic allows you to help your students learn
as you document student progress.
If your administrator is required by law or policy to
give you and your students a “score,” SmartMusic
can be an incredible tool:

46. SmartMusic Costs:

47. SmartMusic is affordable. All that is required from the
school or district is:

48. SmartMusic is affordable. All that is required from the
school or district is:
• Internet access for music department computers

49. SmartMusic is affordable. All that is required from the
school or district is:
• Internet access for music department computers
• A SmartMusic Educator Subscription ($140/year)

50. Either the school or parents provide students with
home subscriptions ($40 per year, each).
Many funding options are available.

51. The Ultimate Benefit:

52. The ultimate benefit SmartMusic offers is better
student achievement.

53. Again, sharing stories of other educators’ successes may
be most compelling, like this example from Peter Osroff:

54. Again, sharing stories of other educators’ successes may
be most compelling, like this example from Peter Osroff:
“[SmartMusic] provides teachers with an opportunity to
differentiate music instruction. It provides parents with
realtime feedback and assessment of how well their
children are doing.”

55. “There are no surprises with grades.

56. “There are no surprises with grades.
The students are performing better than they have before,
and ultimately I’d say they are enjoying using the software
and they are enjoying performing better.

57. - Peter Osroff, Ed. D., Principal at Garden City Middle School, NY
“There are no surprises with grades.
The students are performing better than they have before,
and ultimately I’d say they are enjoying using the software
and they are enjoying performing better.
I certainly would recommend SmartMusic as a school
principal and as a parent.”

58. Administrators, teachers, students and parents
– across the country – are seeing the value of
using SmartMusic.

59. Administrators, teachers, students and parents
– across the country – are seeing the value of
using SmartMusic.
Sharing these successes with your administration
may help you enjoy these benefits as well.

60. Contact SmartMusic sales
for more information.