1. Scaling Agile Within the Musical Scale: Embracing an Agile Mindset in Music Education
Laura E. Di Puma, M.M Director of Choral Music and Theater Daniels Magnet Middle School for Global Studies
Wake County Public Schools Raleigh, North Carolina

2. I received my Master’s in Music Education from Boston University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts and have been teaching K-12 Music for 13 years. “You want to be a what? Scrum… Master?” I am actively seeking a position as a Scrum Master in the Informational Technology Field. I will be sitting for my Certified Scrum Master Certification within the next month and am enthusiastically looking to make this career transition as soon as possible. Facts: I re-invent all wheels, I am bold and take risks and I believe that creativity and innovation go hand and hand. My creativity is not limited to the Arts!
About the Presenter

3. 2001 The 17 Pioneers that shaped my career I want to be a CHANGE MAKER!

4. Why is the Agile mindset the PERFECT fit for Music Education?
Program buy in from the team and stakeholders= enthusiasm, retention and growth
Change doesn’t have to be fast! Slow down the process and reap BIG results!
We are seeing faster results, thought the front end of process was slow

5. Why does being a “creative” imply that I only have to focus on artistic things?
Creativity:
Thinking outside of the box to innovate and bring about change. Cultural change.

6. The Agile Mindset can be applied to any organization; to any work.

7. The Backstory: Music Industry lesson on Spotify
2013- Hackensack Middle School
Hackensack, New Jersey

8. Implementing Agile Practices in the Music Classroom
Goal: Self-Managed and Self-Organized Teams

9. Product Owner: Department Chair of Fine Arts
Scrum Master: Music Director (Me)
Dev. Team: Students

10. The Four Ceremonies We Employ in the Daniels M.S Chorus Program:

11. 1.) What did we accomplish yesterday?
Daily Stand Up:
1.) What did we accomplish yesterday?
2.) What will we accomplish today?
3.) What are our impediments?

12. Sprint Planning: We run 2 week iterations

13. Sprint Review: We record ourselves performing our work and address any quality issues.

14. Sprint Retrospective Meeting: What does everyone think about our performance? (Start with a positive) After the Sprint Review, (X) issue came about. What are some ideas on how to fix said issue? (hear from the Stakeholders)
Stakeholders= Choral leadership and section leaders

15. Activity Time! Demonstration of team sorting User Stories
User Story= Pieces of Music to be learned for deliverable
Deliverable=Concert

16. Backlog and User Stories: We use a dry erase board and sticky notes
Backlog and User Stories: We use a dry erase board and sticky notes. In a perfect world we would use JIRA or Rally (CA Agile Central).
Tasks
In Process
Done
Define our “Definition of Done” as a team

17. “Being Agile is Our Favorite Thing”
Closing Activity Time!
“Being Agile is Our Favorite Thing”
(7 Volunteers Please)

18. Student: “Ms. Di Puma, my dad is in IT
Student: “Ms. Di Puma, my dad is in IT. He said that he does Daily Stand Ups and this Agile thing at his job. Everything you have us do is REAL! Like… they do it in the real world. I guess you DIDN’T just make this up!”
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Welcome to my world 

19. Questions?

20. Interested in Agile Opportunities: Laura Di Puma
Resume available on table
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