Resources

Supporting Queer Students in Public Schools

This webinar offers practical strategies for supporting queer students in public schools, based on personal and professional testimonies, SEL standards, anti-discrimination policies and laws, and educational theory and practice.

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Music Teachers Are Literacy Teachers: Teaching Extramusical Concepts through a Performance-Based Classroom

Music educators need the tools to advocate to their administrators so that they understand what we do in the performance-based classroom directly connects with literacy goals of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, all of which occur in a music classroom.

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The Music Education Advocate Podcast: The Mindset of an Advocate

Music educators witness the needs of our students firsthand; yet often, we don’t feel fully equipped to advocate for our students effectively. Join music educator turned advocate, Jazzmone, and other…

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Basics of Copyright for Music Educators

An overview of copyright issues and music education presented by the NAfME Advocacy and Public Policy Staff. The materials and information provided by this session are for informational purposes and…

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Copyright Permissions for Performance

A Resource from National Association for Music Education and National Federation of High Schools The primary permissions provider for a musical work is the copyright holder(s). In most circumstances, the…

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United States Copyright Law: A Guide for Music Educators

Introduction Current U.S. Copyright Law represents an attempt by Congress to balance the rights of creators and copyright proprietors with the rights of copyright users. That is, Congress wanted both…

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Handbook of the Society for Research in Music Education

Founded in 1960, the Society for Research in Music Education (SRME) is formally authorized to function in Bylaw VII of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). The Society is…

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Standing in the Gap: A Survey of Middle Level Music Education in the United States and Its Territories (2020-2021)

For at least the past century, music educators have advocated for the right of all students to receive music learning at school. Recent discourse has transformed this mission into a…

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ESSER Funding Toolkit 2023–COVID Relief Funding in the Music Classroom

Elementary and Secondary Education Relief Funding (ESSER)  On March 12, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Act into law. This legislation includes a substantial round of Elementary and Secondary…

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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…

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