11 Millennium - Twentieth Edition ACADEMIA, EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES and digital media, to stay relevant in the field. Additionally, she believes that kindness is crucial to her teaching approach. Ms. Tedesco always considers her students’ diverse abilities and disabilities, ensuring they can progress and feel proud of their achievements. In the coming years, Ms. Tedesco strives to underscore the importance of arts subjects and encourage greater participation and appreciation for the arts within her community. She believes that music, art and science are interconnected and should be given more emphasis. Through her work at the Putnam Music Center, she hopes to accomplish this goal while enriching the lives of young individuals. For more information about Ms. Tedesco and her business, please visit https://www.putnammusiccenter.com. how much music can enrich their lives. For her work at Songcatchers, she was named the Music Teacher of the Year in 2011 and received the Outstanding Volunteerism Award in 2013. Ms. Tedesco believes that music education enriches all aspects of life, and she is proud to have earned a Master of Music while balancing her responsibilities to her three children and working full-time. Though the process was difficult, she overcame the challenges of the experience and regards it as the most rewarding achievement in her adult life. Reflecting on her career, Ms. Tedesco attributes her success to remaining current with the everevolving world of digital music and computer software. She understands the importance of adapting to new technologies, such as recording
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