2025 NAfME Music Program Leaders Forum

The 2025 NAfME Music Program Leaders Forum will take place at the NAfME Eastern Division Conference.

Staying in Tune with the Music Teaching Profession: Supporting and Sustaining Pre-Service and Early Career Music Teachers

This forum will provide a space for music program leaders to network and discuss how we as music program leaders can help to support the work of the NAfME Music Teacher Profession Advisory Committee (MTPAC) and A Blueprint for Strengthening the Music Teacher Profession. Music program leaders will leave with an actionable and attainable plan to support the development of future music teachers, both in high school and in college, and to support teachers in their first five years in the profession.

The NAfME Music Program Leaders Forum will:

• Provide outstanding professional development sessions related to the theme of Supporting and Sustaining Pre-Service and Early Career Music Teachers.
• Provide an opportunity for lively discussion, networking, and the sharing of ideas amongst music program leaders from around the country.
• Provide music program leaders with a plan of action they can take to use in their district and community.

Schedule Overview :

April 23, 2025

• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Check-in
• 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Keynote and other Sessions, Discussion Time

April 24, 2025 

• 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM – Coffee and Breakfast items Available
• 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Sessions
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Lunch Break (Provided)
• 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Discussion and Work Groups

Registration Rates:

• Members: Early Bird (through February 28) $150
• Members: Regular (starting March 1) $200
• Nonmembers: Early Bird (through February 28) $200
• Nonmembers: Regular (starting March 1) $250

Special Offer: Forum registrants can register for the full NAfME Eastern Division Conference at a 15% discount. A discount code will be sent in your Forum registration confirmation email.