FTCE Music K-12 case studies

FTCE Music K-12 · Put your knowledge to work in context.

Music K–12 (028) is one of the subject-area tests listed in the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) program, which candidates for Florida educator certification take through the FTCE/FELE testing system. The test appears by name and code on the official FTCE/FELE test list, confirming that it exists as a selectable FTCE test; the Florida Department of Education page that would carry program details could not be retrieved, so verified specifications are limited to that listing. The FTCE Music K-12 case studies are 5 cases and about 5,209 words.

When the Label Is Right but the Reasoning Is Wrong: Secondary Dominant in G Major

Alvarez teaches Music Theory I to 24 high school students, six of whom study privately. Today the class is analyzing an eight-bar progression he has written on the board in G major: G – C – G – E7 – Am – D7 – G, with the E7 spelled E–G♯–B–D.

1,057 words, about 5 min 2

Repertoire Under Instrumentation Constraints: Choosing the MPA Slow Piece

Okafor directs the seventh-grade band at a Title I middle school: 52 students, three 50-minute rehearsals per week, no pull-out lessons, and a shared stage she must vacate by 4:15. Her instrumentation is 18 clarinets, 9 flutes, 8 alto saxophones, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 euphonium, 2 tubas, and 3 percussionists.

963 words, about 5 min 3

Recorder Unit in a Shared Space: Accommodations, Instruments, and Defensible Data

Bennett teaches K–5 general music and sees each class twice weekly for 30 minutes on a shared cafeteria stage with no door. She is starting a six-week recorder unit with her fourth-grade class of 26.

1,076 words, about 5 min 4

Pops Concert Streaming, Downloads, and Opt-Out Students

Haddad directs the 44-voice SATB chorus at a public high school. For the May pops concert he has programmed a published SAB medley of a Broadway show, for which the school purchased octavos, and a pop arrangement he downloaded from a website that labels its files 'free sheet music.' The principal has approved livestreaming the concert on a channel the district set up for the middle school last fall, and Mr.

1,082 words, about 5 min 5

Which Version Is 'the Original'? Variants, Authenticity, and a Parent Objection

Rivera is in her second year teaching middle school general music. Her sixth-grade unit on work songs ends with students comparing three versions of one song: a nineteenth-century printed broadside text, a 1950s field recording made by a collector in the region where the song was sung, and a recent pop cover.

1,031 words, about 5 min