Our new Guitar Teach program is modeled after Art Teach’s incredible success! In this program, high school guitar players engage in an intensive teacher training and then travel to elementary and middle schools and teach guitar to students after-school This opportunity provides high school youth not only the pride and excitement of a paid job, but also a window into the experience of teaching as a career. Elementary and middle  school students are delighted to have high school role models and to have the opportunity to learn how to play the guitar. Because of the generous donation of Sound Tribe Sector 9, all participating students are able to earn their own guitar through this program. When the students commit to practicing three times a week and participating in the performances at the end of each semester, they will earn a guitar of their own. High school students receive minimum wage pay for their internship, earn five elective credits, and provide service to elementary and middle school sites that are sorely lacking in music programs. For the first six weeks of the program, the high school students engage in teacher training and curriculum development. For the remaining twelve weeks of the program, students  travel to the elementary school sites and teach rhythm games, music theory, and guitar.