Back-to-School Resources

Teaching Resources

Using Stimulus Funds to Build String Programs in Schools—Learn how educational stimulus funding, the largest investment in public education by Congress in our lifetime, can support your string program. Download the Overview and FAQs and view the webinar recording.
Recruiting Tips and Tricks—Recruiting is more important than ever this year. Get ideas for thinking outside the box.
Fall 2021 Suggested Mitigation Strategies in the Strings Classroom and Studio—For the convenience of our members, ASTA has attempted to summarize in one place some of the current research available to assist teachers’ planning efforts to reduce risk in the classroom and studio.
Instruction During COVID-19: Classroom and Studio – These planning guides offer easy-to-follow suggestions for navigating in-person and online instructional situations.
ASTA eLearning—Webinars on string pedagogy and more. Recordings of previous webinars available to ASTA members.
Repertoire lists for violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp (ASTACAP Handbook, member login required)
ASTA books on teaching and playing stringed instruments
Search American String Teacher journal articles by keyword (member login required)
Search String Research Journal articles by keyword (member login required)

ASTA String Curriculum—comprehensive K-12 string program curriculum with more than 200 specific learning tasks
ASTA String Assessment Guide—provides a variety of assessments to measure student growth and learning
ASTACAP Handbook—extensive, flexible curriculum of scales, etudes, and repertoire for foundation – level 10 (member login required)