Featured Resources
Fact sheets, guides, webinars, talking points, reports and more to equip music educators with the tools you need to succeed in the classroom and to help advance the profession.
NAfME offers an extensive resource library to help educators teach music and advocate for music programs.
Local Advocacy Action Plan
This resource is intended to aid music educators and music education supporters as they seek to improve the overall condition of a music program. It includes a local advocacy plan for…
AI in PreK-12 Classrooms: Research to Practice Connections
In this Society for Research in Music Education recording, Drs. Sangmi Kang and Hyesoo Yoo focus on AI research to practice connections for PreK-12 educators and university faculty. Presenters discuss…
Strengthening the Profession, Inspiring the Next Generation of Music Teachers, and Transforming the Future of Music Education
Teaching Music, October 2025 This four-part special edition of Teaching Music Magazine focuses on “Strengthening the Profession, Inspiring the Next Generation of Music Teachers, and Transforming the Future of Music…
Resources for Music Teachers in Small Schools
Teaching music at small schools affords unique opportunities and benefits, while also presenting specific challenges. NAfME’s Small Schools Initiative (2023-2024) identified key issues and effective strategies for networking, community building, professional…
Early Career Teacher Mini-Series
NAfME Council of Music Program Leaders Early Career Teacher Mini-Series The NAfME Council of Music Program Leaders is excited to announce a series of videos designed for early-career music teachers…
K12ArtChat—The Podcast: Meet the Arts Education Alliance
In a world that prioritizes productivity and measurable outcomes, making the case for art can feel like an uphill battle. Having strong partner organizations to lean on when advocating, especially…
Amplifying Our Voices: Advocacy Strategies for Title I Teachers
Music education classes are known sources of student engagement, community connection and academic success within schools. However, these classes often face unique challenges, including student access, funding for materials and…
Arts Education: Supporting Student Success in School and the Workforce
Research on how the arts keep students succeeding in school, build workplace success skills, are a successful career pathway, and why they must be provided to all students.
