Resources

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,…

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.

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.

NAfME’s ESSA Implementation Toolkit

ESSA Implementation and Music Education: Opportunities Abound Introduction In December 2015, the U.S. Congress authorized a new version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), titled the Every Student…

Title IV-A Toolkit

Title IV, Part A Toolkit  and Frequently Asked Questions Title IV, Part A Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant (SSAE) One of the many opportunities within the Every Student Succeeds…

Title II: How Funding Works

Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers, Principals, and Other School Leaders Title II, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act Title II, Part A of the “Every Student…

Title I: How Funding Works

Improving Basic Programs Operated by State & Local Educational Agencies Title I, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act Title I, Part A of the “Every Student Succeeds Act”…

Title I and Arts Education: Allowable Uses

Title I, Part A and Arts Education: Allowable Uses The purpose of the Title I, Part A (Title I) program under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is to provide…

Navigating the Research Journal Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, An Interview with Past Editor Brian A Silvey

In this webinar, we interview Dr. Brian A Silvey, previous editor of the NAfME research journal Update: Applications of Research in Music Education overseen by SRME. He helps us to understand…

Town Hall: NAfME Council for Guitar Education

Join the members of the NAfME Council for Guitar Education as we personally answer your pedagogical guitar questions.