Prepare for Next School Year
Prepare for Next Year Reflection, Excitement, and Initiation Must Start Now By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the May 2017 teacher edition…
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Putting It All Together: Standards and Assessment at the District Level
Putting It All Together Standards and Assessment at the District Level By NAfME President Denese Odegaard Don’t know where to begin to implement the standards in your own district or…
Workbooks for Building and Evaluating Effective Music Education
Workbooks for Building and Evaluating Effective Music Education By Lynn M. Tuttle, NAfME Director of Public Policy, Research & Professional Development Purchase your Workbooks today. In 2016, NAfME updated…
Did You Bring the P.I.E.?
Did You Bring the P.I.E.? By NAfME member Jenny L. Neff, Ed.D. This article first appeared on Zeswitz Music’s Blog. Many educators have started the school year feeling refreshed and…
Teacher Evaluation: Keep Calm and Improve Your Craft
Teacher Evaluation: Keep Calm and Improve Your Craft By NAfME member Jenny L. Neff, Ed.D. (Modified from original J.W. Pepper blog post, Feb. 18, 2016) Over the past few…
NAfME Supports Congressional Action to Overturn Teacher Preparation Rules
NAfME Supports Congressional Action to Overturn Teacher Preparation Rules NAfME, in partnership with the Association’s two higher education societies, the Society for Research in Music Education and the Society for…
Universal Techniques for Top-Notch Observations
ORFF-ervations: Universal Techniques for Top-Notch Observations By NAfME member David Potter Teacher: In music, if f means forte, what does ff mean? Student: Eighty. Observer: (sigh) In an era…
What Teachers Are Saying about Leading in Music Class Assessments
What Teachers Are Saying about Pilot-Testing Model Cornerstone Assessments for Music Classes November 2016 update: Pilot-Testing Is Now Closed As the process continues, teachers in the music field are being…
NAfME Invites Teachers to Pilot-Test Assessments
For Immediate Release Contact: Catherina Hurlburt at NAfME catherinah@nafme.org or (703) 860-4000 NAfME Invites Teachers to Pilot-Test Assessments RESTON, VA (August 11, 2015)—This past summer representatives of all…
Broad Music Education Coalition Stands up for Teachers in Congress
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RESTON, VA (January 16, 2015)—Earlier this week, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a “discussion draft” of his…
