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NAfME webinar

Music Teachers, Music Therapists, and Professors, Working Together for Children

Your school music therapist can be your valued collaborator when you need help with music strategies for your students with IEPs. This webinar will offer approaches from a general music…

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NAfME webinar

Cultivating Classroom Community

We will explore two principles of classroom community by developing norms for a feedback activity using a ‘heart/don’t heart’ T-chart. This method can be adapted for any activity. We’ll share…

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Collegiate Chat: Developing Teaching Habits toward Health and Well-Being

Music education programs and teaching can be stressful. Besides general life stress, music education students also have performance expectations, challenges with scheduling rehearsals and observations, and 0- or 1-unit coursework…

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Crayola Creativity Week

Crayola Creativity Week

A free program for schools, libraries, and homes. Get access to 7 days of downloadable resources, celebrity activity videos, and giveaways! Celebrate students’ “Imagination in Action” January 27th-February 2nd, 2025!…

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Creating Positive Childhood Experiences with Music

Creating Positive Childhood Experiences with Music By NAfME Member Edward Varner This article was first published in the January 2024 issue of Journal of General Music Education. Abstract The purpose…

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Moving beyond Surface-Level SEL in the Orchestra Classroom

Engaging in Meaningful Social Emotional Learning By NAfME Members and NAfME Council for Orchestral Education Members LaSaundra Booth, Krissi Davis, Elizabeth Fortune, Sarah Gulish, Nathan Rødahl, Tonya N. Suggs, and…

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Trauma-Informed Practices in the Music Classroom

Trauma-Informed Practices in the Music Classroom By NAfME Member Abigail Van Klompenberg Presenting Supporting Trauma-Informed Practices through Music and the Arts at the “NAfME is ME!” 2022 NAfME National Conference in National Harbor,…

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The Student Voice: Are We Listening and Adapting?

The Student Voice Are We Listening and Adapting? By NAfME Member Dr. Lori Schwartz Reichl “If you want to serve, you must begin by listening, not assuming.” ― Jacqueline Novogratz,…

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Believe in the Power of Great Teachers

Believe in the Power of Great Teachers By NAfME Past President Mackie V. Spradley This article was first published in the March 2022 issue of Music Educators Journal. In the…

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Music Empowering Voice: A Student-Teacher Take

Music Empowering Voice A Student-Teacher Take Sponsored by NAfME Corporate Member Hawaii Youth Symphony   What would life be like without the opportunity to hold an instrument? What impact would…

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