Mapping the Route: Strategic Frameworks for Arts Pathway Validation

This Music Program Leaders colloquium explores the development and implementation of local and state arts pathway recognition systems designed to elevate the visibility and value of arts education. The session highlights strategies for aligning district initiatives with state-level recognition frameworks to ensure arts students receive meaningful college and career pathway acknowledgment. Participants will gain insight into practical implementation steps, cross-agency collaboration, and approaches to validating artistic achievement alongside traditional academic pathways.

Kimberly Hirschmann is the Supervisor of PK-12 Visual & Performing Arts for Frederick County Public Schools in Frederick, Maryland, where she oversees curricular and co-curricular programming in music, visual art, media art, theatre, and dance. She also directs the Frederick Community College Wind Ensemble and serves as a Director of the Elizabethtown College Music Camp in Pennsylvania. She has taught elementary general music and high school instrumental music, including marching band, concert band, jazz band, guitar, and piano. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Elizabethtown College, a Master of Music in Wind Conducting from Messiah University, and a Doctorate in Music Education from Liberty University, graduating with High Distinction. She is active as a clinician, guest conductor, and presenter.

Christopher Moseley is the Education Specialist for Performing Arts at Henrico County Public Schools in Henrico County, Virginia, and the Director of the Pep Band at Randolph-Macon College. In 2015 he was appointed as a conductor for the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra program and conducted the Concert Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Additionally, he has served as conductor for the Richmond Police Athletic League Band and Music Director for the Richmond Nativity Pageant. He has served as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator for various school divisions, the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association, and the Florida Bandmasters Association. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, and holds a Master of Music Education from Virginia Commonwealth University and an Education Specialist degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from The George Washington University.

NAfME presents this live virtual event at no charge to all as a service to the music education profession. To register, you must enter your NAfME member information or create a nonmember account. After registering, check your email for instructions. A recording of this program will be available to all registrants for one week following the live event. Members can also view archived NAfME webinars in the NAfME Academy.

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