Great Expectations

For myself, to my students:

I promise the following:

1. I will always be prepared for each and every class.
2. I will always abide by the Golden Rule ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.")
3. I will always do my best to give you a quality education, and not waste your time.
4. I will always hold you to high expectations, because I know that you are capable of meeting such expectations.
5. I will trust you, unless you give me a reason not to.
6. I will be hard on you if you take it upon yourself to disrupt, bother, or in anyway ruin the classroom experience for yourself, the other students, or me. I will be hard, but I will be fair.
7. I will push you everyday, to be a better musician, a better student and a better person than you were yesterday.
8. If I make a promise, I will keep it.

For my students:

1. I expect you to always be prepared for each and every class (this means practicing!)
2. I expect you to always abide by the Golden Rule.
3. I expect you to follow the classroom rules, every day, without prompting from me.
4. I expect you to respect yourself, your fellow students, me, your other teachers and the equipment and instruments in the room.
5. I expect you to practice every day.
6. I expect you to play like you are getting paid to play. This means that you need to not only be prepared, but also to BEHAVE in a professional manner.
7. When I am talking, or when another student is talking, I expect that you are paying close attention. This means that you are not to be talking or playing.
8. Band runs on MY schedule, not yours. I expect you to wait on me. Not the other way around. If I am ready to go, you are ready to go as well.