Welcome to TeacherFest 2023
A Week of Free Activities for Teacher Enrichment
July 17-21, 2023: Meet your fellow music, language, and arts teachers, and learn more strategies for teaching online.
Lessonface's TeacherFest is free to attend and open to all music, language, and arts teachers.
Lessonface has connected students with great music, language, and arts teachers for live lessons online since 2012. In 2022, Kathy Kristof of the LA Times wrote "For those able to provide music instruction, the top choice is Lessonface." Join us July 17-21, 2023, for one or several of these free teacher enrichment sessions, where we hope to elevate online teaching practices and learn from one another.
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TeacherFest Meet and Greet
Join the Lessonface staff for our TeacherFest kick-off! We'll be covering how the soon-to-be-released Lessonface catalog works, what's coming next for our learning communities, distributing 'gift bags' for attendees (while supplies last), introducing ourselves, and meeting you!
Monday, July 17, at 1:30 pm ET | 10:30 pm PT - Learn More and Sign Up
Best Practices for Teaching Online
Join the roundtable discussions on best practices for teaching online relevant to your interests to learn and share teaching tips with other great teachers. Listed in chronological order.
- Arts and Crafts, Terry Hale and Marjorie Langston (Monday, July 17)
- Woodwinds, Erika Andres and Willem Moolenbeek sponsored by Jupiter Band Instruments (Monday, July 17)
- Drums and Percussion, Pierre Luc Lalonde and Lindsay Artkop (Monday, July 17)
- Kids, Gina Sobel, Leah Hinton, and Brad Ward (Tuesday, July 18)
- Languages, Carolina Amoruso and Charlie McNulty (Tuesday, July 18)
- Voice, Jenessa Logel, Aubrey Lauren, and Jerrica Alyssa (Wednesday, July 19)
- Guitar and other Fretted Instruments, Leah Kruszewski, Matt Franceschini, and Polly Bolton (Thursday, July 20)
- Piano, Beverly Cashin, Veronica Gaudreau, and Yee-Sik Wong (Thursday, July 20)
- Strings, Mike Mitchell and Garrett Fischbach (Friday, July 21)
Find More Students: Best Practices for Online Content Creation and Student Recruitment
with Kati Falk-Flores, Ami Sarasvati, Chris Campbell, and Ashlee Brockgreitens
Tuesday, July 18, at 1 pm ET | 10 am PT - Learn More and Sign Up
Teaching Tools Showcase
with Isabella Mendes
In the Teaching Tools Showcase, teachers will present materials they have created to support their music lessons.
Be inspired and discover newly created learning content such as sheet music, games, and other exciting learning tools for music to expand your teaching toolkit.
Wednesday, July 19, at 11 am ET | 8 am PT - Learn More and Sign Up
Advanced Audio Strategies
with Kati Falk-Flores
Audio during online lessons can feel tricky, and while the first step is to make sure your Zoom settings are optimized for both the student and the teacher, there are some additional ways to ensure you’re sending and receiving the best quality audio possible.
Wednesday, July 19, at 1 pm ET | 10 am PT - Learn More and Sign Up
Create a Multi-Cam Setup for Online Lessons Using OBS
with Flavio Lira
Enhance your online lesson setup using the free tool OBS (Open Broadcaster Software)!
In this class, you'll learn a step-by-step way of upgrading your online lessons setup. Topics covered include: OBS multi-cam setup using USB and built-in webcams, switching scenes, PDF editors, virtual piano mirroring with Chordie and Midiculous.
Friday, July 21, at 2 pm ET | 11 am PT - Learn More and Sign Up
Enter the Giveaways
Explore All TeacherFest Activities
In chronological order.
- LA Times
About Lessonface
Lessonface has been connecting students with great music and arts teachers for live lessons online since 2012. Our mission is to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably. Questions? Check out our FAQ, come to our Meet and Greet, or reach out.
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