MTTC Music Education (099) case studies
MTTC Music Education (099) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Music Education (099) is one of the subject tests in the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) program, delivered as a computer-based test by appointment year-round, Monday through Saturday, excluding some holidays, at test sites in Michigan and nationwide. It carries endorsement code JQ. The MTTC Music Education (099) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,524 words.
1The Overloaded Clarinet Section
Your middle school band has 52 students: 16 clarinets, 4 flutes, 2 alto saxophones, 1 tenor saxophone, 3 trumpets, 1 horn, 2 trombones, 1 euphonium, 2 tubas, and 4 percussionists. You rehearse 45 minutes three times a week; the winter concert is in five weeks and includes six pieces.
646 words, about 3 min2The Tenor Shortage
Your high school SATB choir has 36 singers: 14 sopranos, 12 altos, 4 tenors, and 6 basses. Two tenors are in the middle of voice change and can reliably sing only a narrow range; one tenor misses one rehearsal each week for an athletic commitment.
551 words, about 3 min3Eight Instruments, Twenty-Six Students
You teach elementary general music to a second-grade class of 26 students once a week for 30 minutes. The room has eight barred Orff instruments: three soprano xylophones, three alto xylophones, two bass xylophones, a tubano, and a set of rhythm sticks.
457 words, about 2 min4The Part-Writing Diagnostic
You teach a high school Music Theory I class of 22 students. On a recent quiz, 18 students correctly labeled authentic and half cadences, 9 correctly identified parallel fifths in a four-part example, and only 4 correctly resolved tendency tones.
466 words, about 2 min5Reframing the Jazz Unit
You teach a 10th-grade general music course with 30 students in a culturally diverse suburban high school. The nine-week jazz unit begins next week.
404 words, about 2 min