The Balance and the Life

how do we balance the requirement of the job with our own lives?

in order to truly come to understand and clear up the question of a balanced life of a band director, then we have first have to take a look at several questions.

what is the responsibility of the band director? what is their purpose from a curricular stand point? what is their roll within the school? community? what roll do they play in their students' lives as many of these 'directors' teach and guide their students for 4 years? what are their professional goals? what are their musical goals? what are their educational goals? how well do they communicate with those that are suppose to help and support them? what do their students want from them? what do they want to learn?

as we explore all these questions, i believe we can then begin to look into how to balance the life of the band director. based on the answers of all these questions (and many more) we may be able to find out what the band director should be offering, or maybe more importantly, what they are able to offer with the time time, support, and facilities that are provided for him/her.

the next step will then be a look at the personal life of the band director (in this case), himself and the many aspects of life. i.e. - finances, relationships, religion, hobbies, health & fitness, personal space and time, personal goals, travel, family, education and whatever else we will come across in our exploration.

will we come to a conclusion? will we determine one thing over another? will we be able to help balance the life of a band director?

...we'll see.