2024 - 2025 Course Year

Our set of three course sessions are designed to support teachers in understanding the philosophy, context and application of Education Through Music song, play and philosophy (why we do, what we do in the way we do it). Each course is designed to be attended with full participation at all sessions in order for the studier to get the full understanding of Education Through Music materials and practice. A course year consists of 30 hours of study which includes three sessions broken up over the school year.

Courses include the philosophy and materials of Education Through Music in working with all ages of children. We focus on multiple areas of development which include but are not limited to the child’s social-emotional, musical, language, intellectual, and movement and auditory areas.

Contact Marie Butler at marie@richardsinsitute.org with any questions about course registration. University Credit Hours (3 units) is available for an additional fee from CSU-Bakersfield.

To find a list of dates and time of sessions, click on the location below and then on the “schedule” button to the right. The links for the online sessions will be emailed to you the week of the session.

Thursdays (online lecture)
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PT / 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. ET

Fridays (in-person)
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Saturdays (in-person)
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Observations
TBD

*Exceptions to these times are listed in their course schedule

Please complete your registration online no matter how you plan to pay. Payment options are as follows:

Pay Online

Credit Card (Visa/Mastercard; no Discover please)

Check

Select "pay by check" option and mail to: The Richards Institute, PO Box 3029, Napa, CA 94558

Purchase Order

Select "pay by purchase order" option and include the name of your school and email where the P.O. should be sent in the notes section when checking out.

Other payment options

Please contact Marie Butler at marie@richardsinstitute.org

We are please as a service to our participants to provide graduate credit for this course in the amount of 30 contact hours plus additional TBA instructor-led discussion through California State University-Bakersfield. University Credit is not a requirement to attend the course. Registration for credit will take place during the first course session and is an additional cost of $225. For more information about credit, email UniversityCredit@richardsinstitute.org. Forms and payment for credit will be mailed directly to California State University-Bakersfield.

Need your transcript? Click here to order transcripts from CSUB.

At each winter course site this coming year, each fully-registered participant may invite a "parent partner" who will attend the course under full scholarship from the Richards Institute of Education and Research.