NAfME will kick off the 2022–2023 school year with virtual Hill events the week of September 19. NAfME leadership, state MEAs, collegiates, and all members who want to engage in our advocacy activities are welcome to attend. Visits with elected officials and their staff will help you establish relationships throughout the year. Participants will receive a virtual training on September 12 at 7PM ET. Members will have the opportunity to participate in the event if they are unable to participate in Hill meetings. Register by September 9.
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NAfME honored Kelsey Zetzl of Butler University and Hannah Combs of Oakland University as the recipients of the 2022 Shannon Kelly Kane Scholarship. Kelsey and Hannah were presented the scholarships during the June 2022 virtual awards ceremony during the NAfME National Assembly.
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In June, NAfME honored Ron Meers, Past President of the Tennessee Music Education Association, and John Stroube, Executive Director of the Kentucky Music Educators Association, as Lowell Mason Fellows. This distinction is one of music education’s most important honors.
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Prior to the bill’s introduction in Congress, NAfME signed onto a statement from the Title IV-A Coalition “demanding action to ensure students are safe from gun violence.” We remain committed to ensuring that students have a safe, healthy, and engaging environment in which to learn and will continue to update members on future developments.
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CALIFORNIANS FOR THE ARTS
NAfME has endorsed the Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act (H.R. 7627), introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13). Learn more about this important legislation, and encourage your U.S. Representative to cosponsor and vote for H.R. 7627.
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PENNSYLVANIA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
Recently, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) Director of Public and Government Affairs Mark Despotakis interviewed NAfME President Scott R. Sheehan, who took office this June, on PMEA’s “Take Note” podcast. “For me, the goal is really pretty simple: It’s bringing people together,” shared Sheehan. “It’s working to lift up the work that our states are doing in so many great ways.”
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NAfME SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION
The NAfME Society for Research in Music Education seeks applications for three vacancies on the Society’s Executive Committee. The term for service is six years, beginning January 1, 2023. Deadline to apply: September 1, 2022.
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The NAfME Eastern Division Conference will take place in Rochester, New York, April 13-16. All research sessions will take place April 13. Learn about the submission process for research.
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NAfME COLLEGIATE
NAfME Collegiate Chapter Advisors and music education professors, join NAfME Collegiate Advisory Council members and Council Chair Susan Smith for “Back to School: Starting Off on the Right Foot!”, a webinar specifically for current and future chapter advisors on August 16 at 8:00 PM EDT. Topics include: getting started; accessing resources; communication tactics; and recruiting and engaging future music educators.
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Take a quick survey to share your tips and strategies for success with fellow music educators, including: a strategy that works for you to maintain your well-being, reduce stress, and/or stay healthy in mind, body, and spirit; and one thing your are excited about implementing in your class/program this year.
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Since you last reviewed your membership record, have you changed positions or schools? Changed or added teaching areas? Summer is a great time to take a few minutes to check your NAfME membership record and make sure all your information is current so you receive the information you need.
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TRI-M® MUSIC HONOR SOCIETY
Tri-M® is the only national honor society for student musicians in the United States. Provide leadership, learning, and service opportunities for your students, as well as national recognition opportunities.
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NAfME COLLEGIATE
This week is focused on recruiting and team building activities implemented and shared by each NAfME Collegiate chapter. Kickoff Week offers members the opportunity to highlight their local programs and membership; participate in service and volunteer events; and benefit from national virtual programming.
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NAfME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEBINARS
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NAfME’s Professional Learning and Partnerships Committee (formerly, the Professional Development Committee) is conducting a call for proposals. Key topic areas: support for new teachers; guidance and tangible examples of establishing a wide variety of music education opportunities and experiences; and other pathways and practices/processes in all areas of music education for transforming both curricula and pedagogy to ensure that all students receive a high-quality music education, including emerging ensembles (i.e., world and popular music) and digital media.
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Through NAfME’s Professional Learning and Partnerships Committee, societies, councils, and other programs/outreach efforts (for advocacy, etc.), and the active participation of members submitting presentation proposals, NAfME provides a variety of webinars for members throughout the year. Selected programming is available for members and nonmembers, with some recordings available on-demand.
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DR. MACKIE V. SPRADLEY
“In the January 2022 issue of Teaching Music, a story about Historically Black Colleges and Universities featured several excellent teachers who are helping the next generation of music teachers gain the expertise they need to become great teachers themselves,” writes Mackie Spradley. “In my career as a teacher and as a NAfME President, I’ve had the opportunity to see a number of superb teachers in action at local, state, regional, and national levels. Here are some of the most outstanding attributes of these educators.”
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MARK MURTAGH, SPONSORED BY FORTE
Despite the growing popularity of online music lessons, there is no one-size-fits-all model. Teaching setups vary depending on the instrument and level of technology, among other things. So how do you figure out how to optimize your online lessons? Here are four tips.
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MUSIC EDUCATORS JOURNAL, JUNE 2022
Author Jake Cassman relates Jacque Derrida’s principle of hospitality to our pedagogy and explores how this principle could allow music educators to reexamine the way we teach music, from the names of the voice sections in our choirs, to the very names of musical genres, to the structure of lesson plans. (Member login required.)
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JOURNAL OF GENERAL MUSIC EDUCATION, APRIL 2022
The purpose of this column by Edward Varner is to promote the use of group drumming as an important access point to improved self and community relationships that naturally develops the competencies of student self-awareness and social awareness in the general music classroom. (Member login required.)
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UPDATE: APPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION, JUNE 2022
In the age of accountability, teachers are more stressed due to increased workload, a sense of tension within a school building atmosphere, uncertainty, and the emphasis on large group performance assessments. John Rine A. Zabanal uses a self-care framework created for social workers and adapts it to music educators with the intention of aiding music teachers in practicing and maintaining their own self-care. (Member login required.)
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JOURNAL OF MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATION, JUNE 2022
Robert L. Bryant III analyzed and coded data to generate three themes: (a) stressful demands of the music education major, (b) immersion in school settings develops confidence, and (c) critical faculty mentoring and peer support. The experiences of preservice music teachers at MSIs are shared along with implications and recommendations for future research. (Member login required.)
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In this webinar presenters suggest ways that creative musicking has the potential to transform music learning across music subjects and grade levels when it is at the forefront of curricular planning. Focusing on the development of students’ creative musicianship provides them with increased musical agency and the ability to improvise, compose, expressively perform the music of others, and listen to music, independently and in groups, with greater efficacy and personal meaning. Strategies for K–12 classes and ensembles are included. Presenters from the University of Florida: William I. Bauer, Marshall Haning, Barry Hartz, Megan M. Sheridan, Peter R. Webster.
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Download 15 free discussion guides about the film “Respect” for middle and high school students in your music programs on topics including recording a song; your voice is an instrument; the history of funk; engineering artistry; education and exploration; and more.
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ROBBY BURNS
There are innumerable tech tools that can help you meet professional and instructional goals, whether it includes brainstorming your big ideas, reflecting on your progress, managing your time, or breaking big ideas into smaller and more actionable tasks.
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DR. LORI SCHWARTZ REICHL
If implemented purposefully, routines can enhance organization, eliminate chaos, ensure safety, focus students’ attention, and save precious rehearsal time. If implemented passionately, routines can also unite students to perform more musically as a cohesive unit.
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MARISSA GUARRIELLO
The key to a successful first year, in my experience, is learning everything you can about the community. The more I learned about the students I was teaching, the parents they go home to, and the values of the larger population, the better off I was as a teacher.
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