Advocacy Resource Center

To help you plan your teaching and support your music education advocacy efforts, NAfME offers the following resources.

• Music and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). Research tells us that music educators are well-suited to help students develop socially and emotionally.
  • How can public policy support music education and Social Emotional Learning? (brochure)
  • Music Education and SEL: An Advocacy Tool for Music Educators (brochure)
  • Virtual Congressional Briefing: Music, Arts, and Social-Emotional Learning: Working Together for Positive Student Outcomes
• Local Advocacy Action Plan. This resource is intended to aid music educators and music education supporters as they seek to improve the overall condition of a music program.
• Webinars
  • Amplifying Your Voice: Advocacy Strategies for Music Educators
  • Empowering Teachers to Advocate for Federal and State Arts Education Policy
  • Arts Ed Alliance: Department of Education Arts Guidance Webinar