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An Influencer’s Toolkit: Practical Steps to Build Your Legacy

This influencer’s toolkit will provide practical steps to share powerful teaching experiences with potential future music teachers.

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You Are Not Alone! Tips for New Teachers in Small Schools

This article shares insights from a variety of experienced small-school teachers; these tips are specifically focused on supporting teachers during their first few years teaching in small schools.

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The Art of Strategic Arts Planning – October 26, 2023 Music Program Leaders Colloquium

See the below recording and presentation slides from the October 26 colloquium on “The Art of Strategic Arts Planning: Facilitation to the Finish Line” presented by Michael Stone, Lance Nielsen,…

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Music Model Cornerstone Assessments

The Model Cornerstone Assessments (MCAs) provide an instructional and assessment framework into which teachers integrate their curriculum to help measure student learning. Each school program has a unique population and circumstances…

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Guitar Best Practices: Years 1, 2, 3 and 4

The NAfME Council for Guitar Education collaborated and compiled lists of Guitar Best Practices for each year of study. They comprise a set of technical skills, music experiences, and music theory knowledge that guitar students should know through their scholastic career.

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Workbook for Building and Evaluating Effective Music Education in General Music

The Workbooks continue to include materials to help music educators evaluate the quality of their program, as well as tools to help music educators discuss teacher evaluation within the context of their music classroom with school administrators. Added are materials to help assess student growth and to help identify specific music classroom practices that exemplify appropriate music teaching strategies.

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Celebrating and Elevating the Small-School Experience

Educators in small schools share their perspectives and their joys about teaching music. We asked more than a dozen experienced small school music educators to define “small school.”

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Copyright Guidance for Distance Learning for Music Educators

A Resource from National Association for Music Education and National Federation of High Schools The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act provides certain protections for music education while distance…

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Music Teacher Profession Initiative (MTPI) Town Hall Recording

Watch the recording of the Music Teacher Profession Initiative (MTPI) Town Hall on June 16, 2023 to learn about the MTPI task force’s process, outcomes, and recommendations to identify and…

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Teacher To Teacher: Tips for Getting the School Year Off to a Great Start

This article first appeared in the August 2023 issue of Teaching Music. Teaching Music asked music educators from around the country to provide their top recommendations for preparing for a new…

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