Professional Development to End the Sunday Scaries and Reclaim Your Joy.

I provide tailored workshops for music educators and classroom teachers who are ready to trade “Survival Mode” for sustainable, high-energy engagement.

These sessions are designed to move beyond simple theory and provide you with the practical, “classroom-ready” tools you need to lead your students with confidence.

My mission is to help teachers end the “Sunday Scaries” once and for all so you can finally rediscover the joy of teaching and find your happy again.

jeanette@thehappymusicteacher.com or clicking here to fill out an interest form.

Professional Development to End the Sunday Scaries and Reclaim Your Joy.

1. Proven Strategies & Seamless Transitions Success in the music room depends on how you move from one moment to the next. I provide actionable strategies to help you lean into the chaos of a high-energy classroom and transform it into a productive, creative space. We focus on mastering transitions and building Student Leadership, shifting the responsibility so the students become the drivers of the lesson while you facilitate the music.

2. Organized, Real-World, & Classroom-Ready With almost 30 years in the classroom and National Board Certification, I know that lesson plan organization is the key to a stress-free day. If a strategy doesn’t work in a 30-minute period with 30 wiggly kids, it doesn’t belong in my workshop. Everything I share is tested, proven, and ready to use the very next Monday.

3. The Happy Music Teacher Blueprint Every workshop is built to lower teacher stress and eliminate the daily grind. We use The Happy Music Teacher Blueprint to ensure you leave the session feeling energized and lighter, with a clear organizational plan that makes your teaching life easier, not more overwhelmed.

These sessions are designed to move beyond simple theory and provide you with the practical, “classroom-ready” tools you need to lead your students with confidence.

My mission is to help teachers end the “Sunday Scaries” once and for all so you can finally rediscover the joy of teaching and find your happy again.

jeanette@thehappymusicteacher.com or clicking here to fill out an interest form.

Music & Arts Integration Programs for PreK through 5th Grade Students

• Score the Story: Literacy Through Soundscapes – Turn books into a music adventure

• All the Feels: Making Music with Big Emotions – Explore emotions through sound!

• Tiny Humans, Big Beats: Pre-K & K Adventure – Musical picture book play for Pre-K & K!

Workshops for Early Childhood and Elementary Music Teachers:

• Storybook Magic – Using Storybooks to Teach Instrument Skills

• From Overwhelmed to Overjoyed – 9 Steps to Becoming a Happy Music Teacher

• 5 Steps to Teaching Students with Disabilities

• How to Plan Your Ukulele Unit in 30 Minutes or Less

• Using Storybook Lessons to Make Planning a Breeze

• Easy Breezy Blueprint – A Guide for Making Teaching Feel Easy

Workshops for Early Childhood and Elementary Classroom Teachers

• Demystifying Arts Integration: Making It Easy and Effective for Every Classroom

• Songs that Tell Tales – Teaching Story Elements through Song

• Tune into Fluency – Building Fluency with Music

• Vocabulary Groove: Using Music and Movement to Boost

• Vocabulary Rhythm Play: Using Rhythm Instruments to Bring Stories to Life

Past Workshops & Courses

• Ohio Music Educators’ Association Conference, 2026 – Storybook Magic and 5 Steps to Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Indiana Music Educators’ Association Conference, 2026 –
• Storybook Magic and 5 Steps to Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Texas Music Educators’ Association Conference, 2025 – Storybook Magic – Using Storybooks to Teach Instrument Skills
• Florida Alliance for Arts Education Conference, 2025 – Vocabulary Groove – Using Music & Movement to Boost Vocabulary
• Georgia Music Educators’ Association Conference, 2025 – The Easy Breezy Blueprint- 5 Ways to Help Teaching Music Easier
• Georgia Music Educators’ Association Conference, 2024 – From Overwhelmed to Overjoyed – 9 Steps to Becoming a Happy Music Teacher
• Make Music Magic Summer, 2023 – 5 Steps to Teaching Students with Special Needs
• Online Workshop October 2022 – How to Plan Your Ukulele Unit in 30 Minutes or Less
• Florida Music Educators’ Association Conference, January 2022 – Using Storybooks to Teach Acceptance,
• Online Workshop, January 2024 – Easy Breezy Blueprint – A Guide for Making Teaching Feel Easy

Empower Elementary Teachers. Discover How to Infuse Joy and Ease into Your Classroom Experience, Transforming Teaching into an Inspired Journey of Growth and Success.

Jeanette is an Elementary General Music Specialist with over 2 decades of experience teaching general music, choir, and music ensembles from PreK to 8th grade. She is a certified music educator and has a Master’s of Science in Elementary Education with a Specialization in Literacy. Jeanette is National Board Certified in Elementary Music K – 6 and is Orff Certified.

Jeanette studied Arts Integration at The Kennedy Center through their CETA program and at workshops through the Florida Alliance for the Arts.  She has presented at MEA’s, Arts Integration Workshops, and other conferences throughout the country.

Jeanette is the author of resource books Stories That Sing and Stories That Sing Too!