Collegiate Chat: Your First Year: A Panel of First-Year Teachers

Join first-year music educators from around the country for a special virtual panel as they offer thoughts and advice for YOUR first year! Join the panel as they address questions in the following areas:

• Job searching and best practices
• Tips for preparing for your first year
• Reflections on the first year and important things to remember including relationship-building; finding a mentor; appreciating the successes; and finding time for yourself

Have a question for the panel? Submit it here by April 30, 2025, for a chance to have it asked during the Collegiate Chat! Questions will also be taken during the event.

 

Kati Cox, Moderator, Co-Chair of the NAfME Collegiate Advisory Council, Assistant Professor of Music Education, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska

 

Panelists:

 

Daniel Crispino, Red Bluff High School, Red Bluff, California

 

 

Marin Kelly, Westbrooke Elementary School, Ocoee, Florida

 

 

Jennifer Prigge, Wayzata West Middle School, Wayzata, Minnesota

 

Katie Wasko, Douglass Middle and High School, Seal Elementary School, Douglass, Kansas

 

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The views expressed are those of the presenter; they do not necessarily reflect the views of NAfME.