Hello, my name is Jake Gadomski! I am tenor vocalist who is currently a choral music education student at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, IN. My Teaching Philosophy: There are different ways that learning can occur. One way that learning can occur is by instruction. In this case, learning can occur in a classroom setting by being instructed by a teacher or by being tutored. Instruction can occur in a variety of group settings or private settings. Instruction provides learning because the instructor is teaching their own knowledge to the person that they are instructing. Besides instruction, learning can occur throughout personal experience. People can learn new things by experiencing something, or learning more about a subject over time. For example, the more experience a student has with writing, the better that he or she will get at writing. Another way that people can learn is by physically observing how something is done. People can absorb information very well by watching how other people do something. A teacher provides a very crucial role in learning. If it were not for teachers, it would be very hard to learn in life. Teachers provide instruction tools that enrich the learning and educational processes for all students. Teachers not only teach you the content that is being learned at hand, but teachers play an even larger role by teaching life skills that can be used beyond the classroom. For example, teachers teach their students how to be mentors and how to be leaders in life. Teachers provide the basis for all of the educational knowledge that we acquire in life. There are several goals that I have for my students. As a future music educator, there are many concepts that I want to get across to my students. First of all, I want to teach my students the basics about being a singer and a musician. I not only want them to become successful singers and musicians, but I also want to teach them life skills that go beyond their music education in my classroom. I want my music education to teach them how to become smart, independent leaders in whatever life path that they choose to take. I want them to be able to have critical thinking skills and leadership skills that they can take along with them outside of the music classroom. I also want them to flourish as well-rounded people and to learn to be helpful and giving to others. One of the most important things I hope to teach my students is the sense of professionalism that they can use throughout life. My teaching style will involve a very positive learning environment for all of my students. I want them to feel comfortable making mistakes in class so that they can learn from them. For example, when I am teaching a new choir piece, I want them to get some of the notes wrong at first so that they can use their mistakes to get the notes right the next time they sing the song. I think this will make my students comfortable in the learning environment that I will provide them and it will teach them to learn from their mistakes not only in the music classroom, but in real life as well. I hope to apply their knowledge and skills that they learn from music to real life settings in all of their future endeavors.