Hayley Wedding Nominated for 2024 ARIA Music Teacher Award
Hayley Wedding, a BMUS (Education and Pedagogy) and University of Adelaide Master of Teaching Graduate, is one of four national finalists nominated for the 2024 ARIA Music Teacher Award!
Seaview High School, Seacombe Heights, Kaurna Country, SA
In Hayley's teaching practice, she makes it her daily mission to create a supportive environment and empower students to thrive and reach their full potential by embracing new challenges and persevering through difficulties. Her belief is that every student has the capacity to excel when given the opportunity, regardless of barriers they may face.
The Seaview High School Music program started with the goal to provide all students access to music with the Scholarship Immersion Program, which utilises school resources to waive the financial pressures for students to commit to musical learning. A simultaneous redesign of classroom music courses provided a safe space for students to shape their identity and nurture resilience while building emotional maturity and self-expression.
One of Hayley's proudest achievements has been re-designing student learning based on student input which has seen the program flourish over the past four years, jumping from just six per cent of students participating in the music program in 2021 to 43% of students in 2024.
Now in its eighth year, the ARIA Music Teacher Award in partnership with The Song Room highlights the vital role that music teachers play in fostering a love of music among students across Australia, shining a light on the importance of music education to improve students' wellbeing, learning and community connection.
Every year, the public helps determine the winner of the ARIA Music Teacher Award, with the winner announced at the ARIA Awards on Wednesday 20 November, broadcast on Channel Nine and Stan.
Voting for the ARIA Music Teacher Award is now open. Voting closes at 11.59pm AEST Wednesday 13 November – you can vote once a day up until then!
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