Call for Manuscripts
Arts Education Policy Review is accepting manuscripts for a special issue addressing teacher evaluation and arts education. Articles should address or relate to any of the following topics: State-level teacher…
Category: Interest Areas
JazzTimes co-organizes NYC conference
On Jan 10-11, 2013, JazzTimes and the Jazz Forward Coalition, supported by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), will host The Jazz Connect conference at the Hilton New York…
Music Program Leaders: Moving Forward & Making A Difference
Rejuvenating Ourselves As the school year begins, it seems the life of a Music Program Leader gets a bit more complicated. Music Program Leaders haven’t had much of a break.…
Women's Bands Paved the Way for Today's Musicians
In the September 2008 Music Educators Journal is an article by Jill M. Sullivan, “A Century of Women’s Bands in America.” Covering the period from the 1870s through the 1970s, the article contains…
Navigating the Voice Change, Voicing
“Range is everything,” say NAfME members Janice N. Killian and John B. Wayman. Even a school year can make a huge difference. Killian and Wayman share some techniques that work…
Are You a Workaholic?
“Music teachers may be prone to workaholism simply because of the nature of their jobs,” says NAfME member Vincent Kantorski. “There’s so much to do, and so little time to…
NAfME Recommendations for Music Teacher Evaluation
Increasing numbers of states, as well as local school districts, are developing teacher evaluation systems. Find out what you can do in NAfME’s Recommendations for Music Teacher Evaluation.
Sleep Enhances Memory (but Don't Overload the Brain)
Here’s an example of recent music education research that sheds additional light on an aspect of human memory: In their study described in the Summer 2006 Journal of Research in…
A Model Program for Preparation of Mentors of Preservice Music Educators (Summary)
The following is a brief summary of the study “A Model Program for Preparation of Mentors of Preservice Music Educators” © 2012, National Association for Music Education. Study Authors: …
What Makes a Great Teacher?
“Good teachers are like expert acrobats,” says Wendy Sims, professor and director of music education at the University of Missouri–Columbia. “They are creative, quick-thinking and flexible, well-balanced, able to keep…
