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Reimagining Arts Standards through Centering Students

As a member of the National Coalition for Arts Standards (NCAS), NAfME is participating in “Reimagining Standards-Based Arts Education for Equity & Inclusion” a project of NCAS partially funded by…

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Closing the Gap: Catching Up to the Reality of a Musical World

Access this presentation by Omar Thomas, keynote speaker at the 2024 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education conference, held September 25-28, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia.…

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2024 Senior Researcher Award Acceptance Address: Gaining Perspective from the Passage of Time

 Access this presentation by the 2024 Senior Researcher, Chris Johnson. This presentation took place September 27, 5:10 – 6:10 pm, at the SRME Business Meeting and NAfME 2024 Senior…

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Music Teacher Profession Initiative Fact Sheet for Educators

The Music Teacher Profession Initiative (MTPI) was formed in 2021 by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) to identify barriers to equity in music teacher recruitment, education, and retention.…

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Music Teacher Profession Initiative Fact Sheet for Higher Education Leaders

The Music Teacher Profession Initiative (MTPI) was formed in 2021 by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) to identify barriers to equity in music teacher recruitment, education, and retention.…

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Music Teacher Profession Initiative Fact Sheet for Federal or State Leaders

The Music Teacher Profession Initiative (MTPI) was formed in 2021 by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) to identify barriers to equity in music teacher recruitment, education, and retention.…

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Music Teacher Profession Initiative Fact Sheet for Administrators

The Music Teacher Profession Initiative (MTPI) was formed in 2021 by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) to identify barriers to equity in music teacher recruitment, education, and retention.…

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NAfME Books

NAfME publishes books on all aspects of music education, including national standards, curriculum and assessment, special needs, multicultural music and curriculum, band, chorus, general music, jazz, early childhood, history, philosophy,…

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Workbook for Building and Evaluating Effective Music Education in Ensembles

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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NAfME Grassroots Advocacy Inventory

Use this set of questions and the checklist to take inventory of what your music program needs in order to be successful.

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