Guitars in the Classroom Leads Free Music Training for San Diego County Teachers

Staples Foundation's 2 Million & Change, Cox Charities and the NAMM Foundation Support Music Training for San Diego County Teachers
 
SAN DIEGO - July 19, 2016 - PRLog -- Thanks to  Staples Foundation's 2 Million & Change, Cox Charitiesandthe NAMM Foundation, Guitars in the Classroom (GITC), will be conducting two free, intensive trainings for local classroom teachers to learn to teach literacy and more through the power of song. Participants will learn to play simplified guitar, ukulele, sing, teach and write songs for literacy and academic learning. Instruments and materials are being provided to teachers by GITC sponsor companies. After these trainings, every teacher will be able to thoroughly engage students in song-based lessons while imparting the joys of making music together.

"At GITC, we welcome everyone to experience and become part of this musical mission.  Musically inspired volunteers are welcome to help out with the program in a variety of ways. Our local focus here is inclusion and collaboration. We are so grateful to our sponsors for supporting these and so many other GITC programs for teachers," explains Jessica Baron, founder and executive director of GITC.

Baron will be leading the Beginner Plus/Strummer 1 (open tuning)  training along with Dan Decker, 2015 Teacher of the Year and GITC faculty instructor, and the Strummer 2/ Songleader (standard tuning).

The guitars to be used by these San Diego teachers were contributed by  C.F. Martin&Co., Godin Guitars, Oriolo Guitars and Luna Guitars. Goldfish Guitars and Kala Brand Music contributed the ukuleles which are used by the teachers.

GITC welcomes visitors to experience the work in action and volunteers with musical experience to assist in classrooms. For more information, please contact Jessica Baron through the website at www.guitarsintheclassroom.org.

About Guitars in the Classroom

Guitars in the Classroom (GITC) is a nonprofit dedicated to creating access to musical learning for all students and improving the quality of education by providing ongoing musical training and resources to educators. GITC trains, provides supplies and coaches teachers who wish to lead and integrate hands-on music with lessons in English language arts, math, science, social studies and more. GITC's work promotes teacher effectiveness, student engagement, collaboration, creativity, communication, critical thinking and academic achievement—essential skills for the 21st century. GITC is currently headquartered in San Diego, Calif. but has programs running in 32 states in the U.S. and Canada.www.guitarsintheclassroom.org

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