YAHOO! You'll be glad you're doing this.

Lisa:

I don't think they'll count the counterpoint or F/A as history -- those courses are music theory (although you naturally learn some history with it as you go).

Good luck!

(and don't you mean Pianoc, not Ruthc? Or did I miss something somewhere?)

I think you'd find things quite different in Wichita, only 3 hours away!

I would think the choral methods think might count. The independent study thing should as well. And I remember typewriters, too! MB had a manual when I started college and eventually graduated to an electric (on which he kept jamming the keys ). I about fell over when he got a computer.

I know that you have 2 years to complete everything, from the date that you sign the application.

The pedagogy proficiancy exam is EASY. It took me about 20 minutes (And that's including the time I checked over my answers and wondering if I really was done) It asked questions like, "When is the best time to teach the proper technique of the hand? A. When the student is a beginner, B. When the student enters intermediate repertoire, C. They can learn that by themself

There you have it

I've taken the History exam too, and it wasn't as easy, but not hard at all. I just got confused with some composers that I'd never heard of before. I just assumed that those composers were 20th century composers.

I only had to take those two proficiency exams. I had lots of theory too, so didn't need to take it. I was able to take both profeciency tests at the same time.

For the Step II final certification exam, I think that they just want to make sure that you are a competent teacher. You have to be specific. There are 4 (I think) sections to this final exam. First is philosophy. Say the question is, "How would you teach this specific Mozart sonata to a 12 year old boy" You have to be specific in you methods. What would you do first? How would you teach the rhythm? etc etc. Another example might be "How old do you believe an average student should be before beginning lessons" If you LOVE to teach out of the new MFPA books (which I know you do, like I do) then talk about the average 5-6 year old and you love to teach out of this method-technique, great songs, sheer funness of the music, CD....anything and everything that is great with MFPA.

Other sections of the test include how you run your studio, how you communicate with parents, how you can contribute to your local chapter, and how you can contribute to your community.

There's some help for you! Good luck filling out all your paperwork, and figuring out what you need to do. I bet that's the hardest part.