Coffee With Ray

Do You Know: *The single word change that will instantaneously turn intimidating challenges into invitations for success? *How to eliminate the one feeling that puts a screeching halt to achievement? *The 3 Most Effective Questions to ask your students that will immediately turn them into independent learners? Through the eyes of a simple piano teacher, learn the strategies to remove any self made learning obstacles so that you can achieve all you put your mind too. After ten years of teaching piano, Matt had become completely disillusioned with his career choice. Teaching was increasingly more frustrating, students were more difficult to motivate and coping with the stress had become much more challenging. He was on the verge of quitting until he decided to have a cup of coffee at a caf suggested by his GPS. That's where he met Ray and that's when everything started to change. An engaging, funny and thought provoking parable, written as creative non-fiction, Coffee With Ray will introduce readers to revolutionary ways of communicating that will help make students become more accountable and teachers more skilled at facilitating learning. Whether you're a teacher, student or parent, after reading Coffee With Ray, your understanding of and your approach to learning and success will never be the same.

A recognized music instructor, master mentor and life coach, Nick Ambrosino began his career in education in 1986 He has always found teaching music simple, but facilitating an individual through his or her own course of learning music a much more complex matter. For Nick, learning the language of music is a metaphor for learning about one’s self. ＂While students learn about music and self expression, they more importantly learn the creative problem solving skills that will allow them to achieve anything to which they put their efforts, regardless of whether that goal is musical or not. They learn to believe in themselves and in the achievement of their fullest potential.＂ Nick’s blog, which can be found at www.musicsimplymusic.com/blog, offers students and parents useful and motivational tips for attaining their musical and most importantly, their personal goals. Nick is the founder and director of Music Simply Music, Long Island’s leading, in-H.O.M.E. (Hands On Music Experience(TM)) music-education program.