Keep Students Involved, Inspired and Learning Music
The Student Retention Toolkit is your ready-to-use resource designed to help music educators strengthen student engagement and reduce attrition. Whether you’re noticing a dip in enthusiasm, looking to re-engage learners mid-year, or simply building a more supportive classroom culture, this toolkit provides you with a fresh collection of creative, research-informed tools to help keep students learning and growing through music.
What’s Included:
1 x BBB Game
A fun, student-friendly way to highlight progress, set learning goals and spark classroom discussion around musical growth.
2 x “This is not just…” Posters
Designed to reframe how students, staff and visitors see music learning, these posters communicate the deeper benefits of learning an instrument or voice.
2 x BBB Teaching Tools
Practical resources to strengthen classroom conversations and help students connect their learning with long-term personal growth.
1 x Staff Development Activity
A ready-to-use professional learning resource to help your whole team reflect on the role of music in student wellbeing and retention.
9 x Shareable Research Bites for Staff
Clear, bite-sized insights you can use in emails, on noticeboards, or at team meetings to build wider staff understanding of the power of music education.
2 x Thought-Provoking Readings
Carefully selected readings that deepen your own professional insight into student motivation and why students disengage—plus what you can do about it.
1 x Music Teacher Appreciation Poster
Because the work you do matters. Celebrate your own team and remind the school community just how vital music educators are.
How to Use It:
Use this toolkit throughout the year to boost student motivation and increase visibility of your program’s impact. Display posters in your rehearsal spaces, share research with colleagues in staff meetings or newsletters, run the development activity with your team, or use the game to spark student goal-setting at key moments. It’s also a powerful resource to use at the start of the year or during key transition points when dropout risks are highest.
Why It Works:
Students often disengage not because they’ve lost interest, but because they don’t see where their music learning is going or how it’s valued. This toolkit helps students, staff and families see the bigger picture—one where music education is central to personal growth, confidence and connection.
Equip your program with the Student Retention Toolkit and keep your students inspired, supported and showing up for music.
Love this toolkit? Get one every month with BBB+
If you found this resource valuable, imagine having one like it delivered to you every month. BBB+ members receive a brand-new digital advocacy toolkit monthly—plus full access to over 500 expert-designed, evidence-based resources for teaching and advocacy.
For less than the cost of two standalone toolkits, you can unlock an entire year of content and support for your music program.
Click here to learn more about BBB+ and start your membership today.
Keep Students Involved, Inspired and Learning Music
The Student Retention Toolkit is your ready-to-use resource designed to help music educators strengthen student engagement and reduce attrition. Whether you’re noticing a dip in enthusiasm, looking to re-engage learners mid-year, or simply building a more supportive classroom culture, this toolkit provides you with a fresh collection of creative, research-informed tools to help keep students learning and growing through music.
What’s Included:
1 x BBB Game
A fun, student-friendly way to highlight progress, set learning goals and spark classroom discussion around musical growth.
2 x “This is not just…” Posters
Designed to reframe how students, staff and visitors see music learning, these posters communicate the deeper benefits of learning an instrument or voice.
2 x BBB Teaching Tools
Practical resources to strengthen classroom conversations and help students connect their learning with long-term personal growth.
1 x Staff Development Activity
A ready-to-use professional learning resource to help your whole team reflect on the role of music in student wellbeing and retention.
9 x Shareable Research Bites for Staff
Clear, bite-sized insights you can use in emails, on noticeboards, or at team meetings to build wider staff understanding of the power of music education.
2 x Thought-Provoking Readings
Carefully selected readings that deepen your own professional insight into student motivation and why students disengage—plus what you can do about it.
1 x Music Teacher Appreciation Poster
Because the work you do matters. Celebrate your own team and remind the school community just how vital music educators are.
How to Use It:
Use this toolkit throughout the year to boost student motivation and increase visibility of your program’s impact. Display posters in your rehearsal spaces, share research with colleagues in staff meetings or newsletters, run the development activity with your team, or use the game to spark student goal-setting at key moments. It’s also a powerful resource to use at the start of the year or during key transition points when dropout risks are highest.
Why It Works:
Students often disengage not because they’ve lost interest, but because they don’t see where their music learning is going or how it’s valued. This toolkit helps students, staff and families see the bigger picture—one where music education is central to personal growth, confidence and connection.
Equip your program with the Student Retention Toolkit and keep your students inspired, supported and showing up for music.
Love this toolkit? Get one every month with BBB+
If you found this resource valuable, imagine having one like it delivered to you every month. BBB+ members receive a brand-new digital advocacy toolkit monthly—plus full access to over 500 expert-designed, evidence-based resources for teaching and advocacy.
For less than the cost of two standalone toolkits, you can unlock an entire year of content and support for your music program.
Click here to learn more about BBB+ and start your membership today.
