| Though I'm no where near the qualifications of Mr. Laureano, I'd like to take a stab at this question. I've worked in this situation myself before, and I noticed that at least in the Jr. High level of a low-income school, there's a lot of times where you'll have to start over with fundamentals. Keep Clarke, Arban, and the Getchell First Book of Practical Studies handy, I've noticed that book overall has done the most damage. As far as the high school level goes, I always like to keep handy what I consider to be the ABCs of trumpet teaching at a high school level, Arban, Brandt, and Clarke. Always work on keeping the student motivated by transfering fundamental work into actual music making, that's one of the reasons I like the Getchell so much. Another book to have handy for the more advanced Jr. High student is the Bordogni Vocalise Studies, beautiful etudes to really build the musicianship and fundamental strenghts in a trumpet player. Hope this helps and best of luck! I'm sure Mr. Laureano will have some greatly insightful things to say abou this himself.
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