In this courageous and deeply impactful episode of the Band Director Boot Camp Podcast, host Lesley Moffat is joined by music educator, memoirist, and advocate Megan Farison. Megan opens up about the personal story behind her memoir Dissonance and shares her mission to help educators establish safer, more supportive classroom cultures.

Together, Lesley and Megan tackle some of the hard conversations our profession needs to be having—including how to set and maintain healthy boundaries, why music educators are in uniquely vulnerable positions, and how to cultivate an emotionally safe environment for both students and teachers.

Megan outlines 5 actionable strategies for establishing a classroom culture of safety and wellness and offers examples from real-life experiences that every educator can learn from.

You’ll learn:

• Why boundary-setting is an act of protection—for both students and teachers
• What makes performing arts teachers more susceptible to boundary complications
• The role of transparency, structure, and observability in preventing harm
• Tips for safeguarding yourself and your students during one-on-one moments, school trips, and daily interactions
• How Megan turned her personal story into healing and advocacy—and how you can, too

🎧 Megan also offers a free sneak peek of her memoir Dissonance, available here.

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