All experience levels of teachers are welcome. This clinic is primarily for new teachers who are completing their first or second year of teaching and are looking for ways to streamline their preparation for next year, or for teachers who are balancing teaching at more than one school site. The clinician will discuss strategies for flexible classroom set ups, establishing classroom jobs in the music room, working and communicating with school site teams: Prepare, Execute and Connect.
Target Audience
Elementary Music Teachers
Additional Notes
Clinician Info
Emily Humphreys
Clovis Unified School District
Emily Humphreys is an elementary music teacher in Clovis Unified School District where she has taught elementary orchestra and classroom music for 10 years. Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance, emphasis on Double Bass, and a Master of Arts in Music Education from Fresno State University. She is a mentor for new teachers in the Induction Program. Each year Emily volunteers to coordinate the Clovis High Area All-Star Ensembles for elementary students. Emily currently teaches at four elementary schools in the Clovis High area. Outside of the classroom, she has volunteered as an ensemble manager, orchestra representative and was elected secretary for the Fresno-Madera County Music Educators Association and maintains a private lesson studio. In 2025, Emily was selected for the CMEA Elementary Music Specialist Award. She lives in Fresno with her elementary music teacher and bass player husband Kyle, and their two cats.