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MSFQ Tips for January Music Achievement Council
JANUARY 2023
This month's MSFQ tips come from Dr. Angela Ammerman, author of The Music Teacher's Guide to Engaging English Language Learners, President of the Virginia String Teachers Association, and Adjunct Professor of Music Education…
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December MSFQ Tips
DECEMBER 2022
This month's MSFQ tips come from Dr. Charles T. Menghini, President Emeritus, VanderCook College of Music and Co-Author of Essential Elements Band Method.
RECRUITMENT TIPS…
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Happy, not satisfied
Dan Morrison
Ronald Reagan HS
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NOVEMBER 2022 “More to Start, Fewer to Quit,”
NOVEMBER 2022
This month's MSFQ tips come from Senior Director of Education at Yamaha and president of Music Education Consultants, Inc. Marcia Neel.
RECRUITMENT TIPS
Engage with the music educators…
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Leadership and the Imperative of Large Scale Improvement
Leadership and the Imperative of Large Scale Improvement
Part IV of IV of the Strategic Planning Series
By Richard J. Patterson, Ph.D. ASBDA National President
As referenced in this newsletter the Strategic Planning Committee work…
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CELEBRATE MUSIC EDUCATION IN YOUR COMMUNITY
CELEBRATE MUSIC EDUCATION IN YOUR COMMUNITY
School districts and individual schools can be recognized for their continued commitment to music education with a Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) award. Now in its 24th…
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Music Achievement Council October Tips
OCTOBER 2022
This month’s MSFQ tips come from Dr. Sarah Labovitz, the Associate Director of Bands and Coordinator of Music Education at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas.…
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NAMM resources
Resources to Support Music Advocacy
The NAMM Foundation resources support and empower advocacy efforts. The Why Learn to Play Music? brochure is one tool that will help strengthen support for music education. It features research and…
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Demoulin PINK
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Gear Up to Support the Cause.
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Best Communities for Music Education
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MSFQ Tips for April 2022
Standing for "More to Start, Fewer to Quit," MSFQ is an open-source, monthly newsletter brought to you by the Music Achievement Council. Each month, this free resource will feature a recruiting idea, retention idea, and tip for success for…
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Empower Your Newly Appointed Student Leaders
Empower Your Newly Appointed Student Leaders
Student leaders burgeon with guidance while support your program
Preparing for the end of this school year generally also means preparing for the start of the next school year by selecting…
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Music improves wellbeing and quality of life, research suggests
“Music,” wrote the late neurologist Oliver Sacks, “has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.”
A new analysis has empirically confirmed something that rings true…
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Understanding Implicit Bias in Music Education; Recognize and Appreciate All Voices
Black History Month started with the intent to educate children about the contributions and achievements of Black Americans. Historian Carter G. Woodson chose February because both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass had…
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Aerosol Study Educator Survey
Action Alert. Music educators are urged to participate in the Music Program - COVID Check In #2 to identify and track how music programs across the United States have been impacted during the COVID pandemic. Participation in this survey…
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