Supporting Music Education in Elementary Schools in a Low-Income Rural Area

Table 1

Questions for individual interviews and focus groups.

Individual interviews	Focus groups
On the district website shows you have sustained music education in your school program for over 10 years. Please, tell me as much as possible about this experience.	Considering music as part of elementary education programs, how do you explain the ways to establish links between music education and academic learning?
How might a reduction in funding affect your decisions regarding music education?	If facing a budgetary cut, how could you support the school principal in keeping music education in a program?
How do you reconcile with political conditions to include the practice of music in the curriculum to meet the needs of your school?	How would you describe the leadership practices of your school principal in dealing with possible disagreements regarding his/her educational vision?
What advice do you have for school principals in low-income rural areas to help them sustain music programs?

Note. Adapted from “Principals’ Leadership Practices for Sustaining Music in K-3 Education” by Clark, I. F. [34] (doctoral dissertation, Walden University, pp. 146–148).