Music Program Leaders & the Blueprint for Strengthening the Music Teacher Profession: An Overview

As a preview to the NAfME Council of Music Program Leaders Forum in April, we present this colloquium, which will utilize the Blueprint for Strengthening the Music Teacher Profession to share ways in which music program leaders can support pre-service and early career music educators in their teaching journey. The recent work of the NAfME Music Teacher Profession Advisory Committee (MTPAC) will be shared and discussed, as well as the newly released Fact Sheet for Arts Administrators. Join us for a lively and engaging discussion with other music program leaders, and help set the stage for the important work we will be doing at the forum in April.

Presenters
Cecil Adderley, Amanda Karhuse, Annamarie Bollino

NAfME President-Elect Cecil Adderley is Chair of Berklee’s Music Education Department and has more than 38 years of teaching experience at the junior/senior high school (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools), and college levels. He has performed professionally in the Charlotte Community Band (NC) as a clarinetist, and the Asheville Symphony Orchestra (NC) as a violinist. He has served as a US Congressional Intern on Capital Hill, Chair of the Northborough School Committee, member of the Northborough Cultural Council, New Jersey Music Educators Association as the Higher Education Representative, as an adjudicator for Drum Corps International (DCI), and Past-President of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association.

Amanda Karhuse is the Assistant Executive Director For Advocacy And Public Policy at NAfME where she works with policymakers and key stakeholders to promote music as an integral and core component of a well-rounded education. She has served as Director of Policy & Advocacy for the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and worked for four years on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant for former Congresswoman Karen L. Thurman of Florida and for the Women’s Congressional Policy Institute before embarking on her career in education policy.

NAfME Southern Division President-Elect Annamarie Bolino is the Supervisor of the Arts for Prince William County Schools after a 20-year tenure with Stafford County Public Schools as a music educator, building administrator, and fine arts coordinator. She has served as Chair of NAfME’s Music Program Leaders Council and Vice-President of the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA). Annamarie has served on state arts standards writing committees and as a grant panelist for several agencies. As a member of the Virginia Coalition for Fine Arts Education, Annamarie is leading the Commonwealth’s efforts to bring arts education data to stakeholders through the Arts Education Data Project. Annamarie is a proud graduate of West Virginia University, George Mason University, and Virginia Commonwealth 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.

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