is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2012 guitars in the classroom type 501 c 3 industry music education founded 1998 headquarters san diego california key people jessica anne baron executive director services music education musical instrument provision website www.guitarsintheclassroom.org guitars in the classroom gitc get see is a non profit organization which seeks to train and equip classroom teachers in order to integrate singing and playing guitar into the daily school experience of schoolchildren . founded in 1998 gitc produces programs over 30 states and several foreign countries . to date the organization has positively impacted the lives of more than 100 000 students . the company s headquarters is located in san diego california . gitc is supported in part by namm the international music products association national endowment for the arts johnson ohana charitable foundation founded by musician jack johnson the d addario music foundation the bill graham memorial foundation the wishlist foundation as well as individual donors . contents 1 history 2 mission 3 programs 4 artist outreach 5 references 6 external links history edit jessica anne baron started the gitc program largely in response to requests for musical training from classroom teachers in the schools where she served as a music specialist . she still directs the organization which has expanded from its original base in the santa cruz area to spawning programs all across north america . under the guidance of four regional directors over 50 program coordinators and instructors usually music specialists or local guitar instructors train thousands of classroom teachers each year . 1 mission edit gitc s mission is to train classroom teachers and specialists to transform their pre k through junior high classrooms with creatively engaging musically infused lessons that inspire full student participation and promote successful learning . gitc programs seek to help educators with no prior musical experience to discover and develop their own musicality while learning to integrate music making across the academic curriculum through song based instruction . the goal is to provide students of all ages with every learning style with positive participatory educational musical access at school every day . 2 programs edit gitc offers essential musical training that includes singing basic acoustic guitar and song leading for adults who are either non musicians or want to be better musicians in service to children and learning . gitc tailors the basic framework to the pace and curriculum to fit the participants in each group . available programs include strum & sing covering fundamental development amigo program for english learners early childhood education for those working with young children and the mirse pronounced mercy for those working with special needs individuals . gitc has also begun the integration of ukulele training into many programs . growth is organic and programs in new locations often begin with an individual seeking to either teach or be taught . artist outreach edit gitc s artists registry program has attracted many notable artists who have donated their time to teach in the classroom . some of the artists involved include muriel anderson suzy bogguss vicki genfan tony velociraptor jack johnson laurence juber the quarrymen chris velan moi navarro nik west george winston references edit guitar strumming teachers lead to engaged kids . striking a chord teachers with little or no background in music are using guitars to reach their students . external links edit guitars in the classroom website namm the international music products association johnson ohana charitable foundation the d addario music foundation the bill graham memorial foundation the wishlist foundation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title guitars in the classroom & oldid 702360885 categories music education organizationscompanies based in san diego county californiacompanies established in 1998organizations established in 1998children s arts organizationshidden categories orphaned articles from august 2012all orphaned articlesarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 january 2016 at 02 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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