Resources

Jazz Appreciation Month

Curated Resources from the NAfME Council for Jazz Education To commemorate Jazz Appreciation Month, NAfME’s Council for Jazz Education presents a compendium of recent jazz education-related resources available through NAfME.…

Submit a Response to Teaching Music Magazine’s Jam Session Question

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Arts Education Funding: A Two-Year National Snapshot

Arts education programs nationwide rely on a variety of funding sources to sustain and strengthen high-quality opportunities for students to participate in dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts.…

Inspiration, Tips, and Ideas from the NAfME Councils

Collegiate Advisory Council What United Through Music means to Council Western Division Representative Michael Ruybalid Council for General Music Education Bob Wicks, Idaho Music Educators Association President and music educator…

MIOSM 2026: Orchestra Composition Unit

Thank you to the NAfME Council for Orchestral Education and Brett Noser for providing this composition unit of lesson plans for high school orchestra programs.

2025 MIOSM® Lesson Plans from the NAfME Councils

INSPIRE Music Curriculum: Creative Music and Composition Projects for K-12 Teachers and Students Kindergarten Curriculum Design: Using the Same Repertoire for Many Purposes First Grade Curriculum Design: Using the Same…

MIOSM® Ideas and Tips from the NAfME Council for General Music Education

Town Halls General Music Council Town Hall 2026: “Music In Our Schools Month for General Music Teachers” General Music Council Town Hall 2025: “General Music Curriculum Design: Using the Same…

Strengthening Arts Education at the State Level: MAESTRO Act Resources

Arts education plays a crucial role in students’ well-being, boosting academic performance, life skills, and opening doors to both personal and professional opportunities. Yet nearly 4 million students in the…

Teacher Professional Development: Whose Responsibility Is It?

In this Society for Research in Music Education interview, Dr. Justin J. West, Associate Professor of Music and Human Learning at the University of Texas at Austin talks alongside SRME Executive Committee…

NAfME Collegiate Advisory Council: Health & Well-Being for the Pre-Service Music Teacher

Presented by Michelle McConkey, Western Division Representative on the NAfME Collegiate Advisory Council and Associate Professor of Music Education at California State University Chico, this three-part miniseries addresses information and questions related to teacher…