%0 Journal Article %T It Takes a Village to Raise an Early Childhood Music Teacher %A Lisa Huisman Koops %J General Music Today %@ 1931-3756 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1048371318809970 %X In this column, I consider the important supporting players for an early childhood music educator: classroom teachers, administrators, support staff, parents and caregivers, and children. I argue that it is vital for early childhood music educators to view these individuals as part of their ˇ°villageˇ± and reach out to make connections with other early childhood music educators as well %K early childhood %K early childhood music settings %K music education %K teacher support %K teacher development %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1048371318809970