early career teachers

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Vital Tips for First-Year Music Educators

Vital Tips for First-Year Music Educators  Four Music Teachers Share Their Thoughts This blog is sponsored by NAfME Corporate Member Yamaha Corporation of America. In 2020, we launched the “40…

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NAfME Music Program Leaders Colloquium

Music Program Leaders Colloquium—Support, Sustain, Survive: The Potential Impact of Music Program Leaders on Early Career Music Teachers

At the April 2025 NAfME Music Program Leaders Forum, teams of music program leaders worked to identify actionable steps that could be taken by music program leaders to put ideas…

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Reflective Music Teaching

Reflective Music Teaching: Ideas for Early-Career Teachers By NAfME Members Erik Piazza and John Mills The start of a music teacher’s career—including the transition from college to the classroom—is perhaps…

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