Music Education Profession

Professional Learning Communities

Professional Learning Communities To attend or not to attend, that is the question. By LaSaundra Booth, NAfME Professional Development Content Manager; Chair-Elect for NAfME Council for Orchestral Education This article…

Building a Path: Music Entrepreneurs and Advertisement Opportunities

Building a Path: Music Entrepreneurs and Advertisement Opportunities By NAfME Members Derris Lee and José Valentino Ruiz, Ph.D. Abstract: This article explores the opportunities for graduate-level music majors to venture…

Finding Spaces for Collaborative Pedagogy in Music Education

Finding Spaces for Collaborative Pedagogy in Music Education By Drew X Coles  This blog is sponsored by NAfME Corporate Member Teachers College, Columbia University Master of Arts in Music and…

The Changing of the Guard

The Changing of the Guard By NAfME Member Joseph Rutkowski Ella Wilcox’s article “Building a Legacy” in the August 2022 Teaching Music magazine begins with the current worry of the teacher shortage…

Expand Your Circle

Expand Your Circle Inspiring Pathways to Potential  By NAfME Members Dr. Amy M. Knopps and Dr. Lori Schwartz Reichl “Finding inspiration in the success of others is a common way…

CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence: Achieving Excellence Together

CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence Achieving Excellence Together By NAfME Member Jared L. Cassedy, sponsored by CMA Foundation “It’s not just music, it’s through music!” These were the words…

An Evolution in Education

An Evolution in Education Supporting Our Administrators May Be the Key Change Needed By NAfME Member Dr. Lori Schwartz Reichl “Everyone needs help from everyone.” — Beroitt Brecht In April…

Top 10 Most-Read Music Education Blogs of 2022

Top 10 #MusicEd Blogs of 2022 In 2022 music educators were reading about new ideas for their music programs, inclusivity in their classrooms, and notably—teacher recruitment and retention, as education…

Music Finds a Way

Music Finds a Way By Scott R. Sheehan, NAfME President An edited version of this column appeared in the September 2022 Investing in Arts Education issue of Education and Career…

Mission Possible: It Is Never Too Late to Refresh the Vision

Mission Possible It Is Never Too Late to Refresh the Vision By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl “Vision is what you want to do, Mission is what you have to…