Episode 104 - Elisa Janson Jones

Elisa Janson Jones is a band teacher, community band conductor, blogger, podcaster, public speaker, the founder of the online Music Education Summit. Topics: Elisa’s origin story as the daughter of a prominent band director in Utah including her early music education and influences. The story of how Elisa used her experience, her network, and her personal skills to successfully open up a new middle school despite it being her first year of teaching. How getting an MBA while raising her children ultimately led her back into music education and the skills that she learned from that degree that transfer to the music classroom, including thoughts about fundraising. Tips for successfully finding grants for your program. The online Music Education Summit that is coming up this summer and a code (EVERYTHINGBAND20) to save 20% off of the registration fee. Links: Elisa Janson Jones The Professional Music Educator's Blog The Music Education Summit The Music Ed Mentor Podcast The Music Educator’s Guide to Thrive Best Practices (with Fernando Penaloza) Whitacre: I Carry Your Heart Biography: Elisa Janson Jones specializes in helping music educators build, grow, and manage thriving school music programs. With an MBA alongside her degree in music, she is also a coach and consultant to small businesses and nonprofits around the country, and serves as the conductor of her local community band. She has been teaching music for nearly 20 years and currently holds the prestigious position of elementary music teacher at a private K-8 Catholic School in Grand Junction, Colorado. Elisa is an in-demand conference presenter, founder of the International Music Education Summit, producer of the 'Music Ed Mentor Podcast', and the author of "The Music Educator’s Guide to Thrive", the "Band Booster Manual", and co-author of "Best Practices for Music Educators".