Year after year, music teachers face the same challenges of running an effective school music program: to motivate students to grow as musicians and simply to keep them in the program!Pathways is an unforgettable, insightful, and practical book that addresses such challenges. Musician and teacher Joseph Alsobrook explains how to meet the indispensable needs of music students while simultaneously enjoying a rewarding and meaningful career as a music educator.Combining the wisdom of multiple great minds, this book is divided into five major sections, each full of hands-on suggestions and each targeting an “essential gift” that all students need to receive. These gifts are the pathways that lead to musical and personal enrichment for students and teachers alike.