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Music In Our Schools Month 2026
The year's biggest celebration of school music happens in March! Learn how music teachers, students, and advocates can participate.
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Teaching and Exploring Hip Hop
This session focuses on using Hip Hop Culture and its impact as a teaching tool in the classroom. During the session, participants will explore and discuss various ways of using Hip Hop in the classroom, models and approaches to integrating Hip Hop into the curriculum, interdisciplinary approaches to lesson creation, and tactics for research gathering…
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United Through Music: Shaping Policy to Impact Futures
NAfME, NAMM, and the CMA Foundation are coming together to host a congressional briefing marking more than 40 years of Music In Our Schools Month® (MIOSM®)—a nationwide celebration that shines a spotlight on the transformative power and enduring importance of music education in our schools. This convening will take place on Thursday, March 5, 2026,…
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Programs That Work: Idaho MEA’s Mentoring Initiative
Join Rob Lyda, Co-Chair of NAfME's Supporting New Teachers Working Group, along with Idaho Music Educators Association (MEA) mentoring program leaders Rebecca Martin, Vanessa Perala, and Megan Olswanger, as they share insights from their successful mentoring initiative that unites the policy efforts of the Idaho Department of Education and the Idaho MEA. The session will…
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Sensory Safety for Students: Predictable Routines in Instrumental Music
NYSSMA Academy 2.0 NYSSMA Academy Series: Virtual Sessions Presented through the NYSSMA Neurodiversity and Accessibility Committee Sensory Safety for Students: Predictable Routines in Instrumental Music, presented by Krysta Mirsik DePuy Following the success of the pilot of NYSSMA’s first Academy Series during the 2024 - 2025 school year, NYSSMA will further enhance and support New…
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From Can’t to Can: Positive Classroom Management in the Music Classroom
The music classroom is unlike any other space in the school; it's dynamic, expressive, energetic, and full of movement and sound. But with that excitement comes unique classroom management challenges: transitions between activities, sharing instruments, managing large groups, and keeping students focused in a highly stimulating environment. Too often, we hear what students can't do:…
