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Scott Edgar is associate professor of music, music education chair, and director of bands at Lake Forest College. He received degrees from the University of Michigan, the University of Dayton, and Bowling Green State University. Prior to his work in higher education, he taught music to students from kindergarten through twelfth grade in Ohio and Michigan. Edgar is the author of Music Education and Social Emotional Learning: The Heart of Teaching Music and is an internationally sought-after clinician on the topic. Additionally, he serves as director of practice and research for The Center for Arts Education and Social Emotional Learning. In addition to clinics, he also teaches graduate courses on musical social emotional learning at VanderCook College of Music. Edgar is a Music for All educational consultant, a Conn-Selmer educational clinician, and VH1 Save the Music Foundation educational consultant.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has been saturating the education narrative in response to the mental health crisis faced by students and arts educators across our country. In this session, the presenter will explore ways that the arts can be fertile ground for artistic SEL instruction and describe ways to intentionally and organically integrate the approach into artistic processes.
In this session, Scott Edgar will explore how arts education is fertile ground for social and emotional learning (SEL) instruction. He will also describe some ways to intentionally and organically integrate the approach into the artistic process.
In this session, Scott Edgar will explore how arts education is fertile ground for social and emotional learning (SEL) instruction. He will also describe some ways to intentionally and organically integrate the approach into the artistic process.
In this session, Scott Edgar will explore how arts education is fertile ground for social and emotional learning (SEL) instruction. He will also describe some ways to intentionally and organically integrate the approach into the artistic process.
