State Music EDUCATORS Association Information

The Alabama Music Educators Association


The Alaska Music Educators Association


The Arizona Music Educators Association


The Arkansas Music Educators Association


CMEA: The California Association for Music Education


The Colorado Music Educators Association


The Connecticut Music Educators Association


The Delaware Music Educators Association


The District of Columbia Music Educators Association


The European Music Educators Association


The Florida Music Educators Association


The Georgia Music Educators Association


The Hawaii Music Educators Association


The Idaho Music Educators Association


The Illinois Music Educators Association


The Indiana Music Educators Association


The Iowa Music Educators Association

  • John A. Aboud NBCT, President of the Iowa Music Educators Association IMEA ,
    Director of Bands Algona High School
    600 S Hale St Algona IA 50511 515-295-7207
    (W) 515-295-9273 (Fax)
  • State manager is Joanne Tubbs
  • State Journal: THE IOWA MUSIC EDUCATOR
  • State Editor: Lance Lehmberg; lehmberg@morningside.edu


The Kansas Music Educators Association


The Kentucky Music Educators Association


The Louisiana Music Educators Association

  • Association President: Carolyn Herrington; dhsband@beau.k12.la.us
  • State Manager: Bruce Lambert, PO Box 12046, Lake Charles, LA 70606
  • State Journal: THE LOUISIANA MUSICIAN
  • State Editor: Patrick Deaville, PO Box 6294, Lake Charles, LA 70612-2046; patrick.deaville@cpsb.org


The Maine Music Educators Association


The Maryland Music Educators Association


The Massachusetts Music Educators Association


The Michigan Music Educators Association


The Minnesota Music Educators Association

  • Association President: Douglas Orzolek; dcorzolek@stthomas.edu
  • State Manager: Mary Schaefle, 6680 Shingle Creek Parkway Suite 103, Brooklyn Park, MN 55430; info@mmea.org
  • State Journal: THE GOPHER MUSIC NOTES


The Mississippi Music Educators Association


The Missouri Music Educators Association


The Montana Music Educators Association


The Nebraska Music Educators Association


The Nevada Music Educators Association


The New Hampshire Music Educators Association


The New Jersey Music Educators Association


The New Mexico Music Educators Association


The New York State School Music Association


The North Carolina Music Educators Association

  • Association President: Maribeth Yoder-White; yoderwhitemg@appstate.edu
  • Executive Director: Julie Southwick, NCMEA, 4024 Barrett Dr, Suite 203, Raleigh, NC 27609; jsouthwick@ncmea.net
  • State Journal: THE NC MUSIC EDUCATOR
  • State Editor: Robert Gaskins


The North Dakota Music Educators Association


The Ohio Music Education Association


The Oklahoma Music Educators Association


The Oregon Music Educators Association


The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association


The Rhode Island Music Educators Association


The South Carolina Music Educators Association


The South Dakota Music Educators Association


The Tennessee Music Educators Association


The Texas Music Educators Conference


The Utah Music Educators Association


The Vermont Music Educators Association


The Virginia Music Educators Association


The Washington Music Educators Association


The West Virginia Music Educators Association


The Wisconsin Music Educators Association


The Wyoming Music Educators Association

K-16 Music Educators National Certification Standards


In September of 1998 a committee of K-16 music educators from around the country, in conjunction with representatives from MENC and under the direction of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS, with offices in Southfield, Michigan and Arlington, Virginia), began drafting certification standards for national certification in music education. These standards have been designed to define and describe accomplished music teaching, and achievement of these standards will lead to National Board certification in music education. In light of recent list activity on this topic, these standards are of concern to all of us in the music education profession.

After 7 drafts, the Music Standards Committee forwarded the developing standards to the National Board's Standards & Professional Development Working Group at their recent meeting in Seattle, Washington. The Working Group approved the standards for the next stage of development, the public comment period. Approval by this group is rarely achieved for any set of standards on the first hearing, so I am pleased that this process is moving forward at the present pace.

I am sending this message to you because you may have an interest in receiving these standards for commentary. There are two ways to request a copy of these, as follows: (a) you may call NBPTS directly at 1-800-22-TEACH; or (b) you may contact the NBPTS website at www.nbpts.org. The standards will be sent to you free of charge in about three weeks, when they are printed and ready for distribution.

Please give this information to other music education colleagues at your university or school, and share this with colleagues at other universities, schools, and school districts who may have an interest in this project. Your input is very valuable and will be taken very seriously in the final revisions of this major document. The committee now plans to reconvene in mid-July to revise the document in consideration of the comments made during this period.

Sincerely,
Tim Brophy < tbrophy1@midsouth.rr.com >
Memphis, Tennessee
Member, Music Standards Committee

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National Board for music educators http://www.nbpts.org/pilot_flyer.doc

The Canadian Music Educators' Association has a downloadable draft of their "Standards for Canadian Music Education" which has benchmarks for grades k-8. click on Special Projects, then "Musical Understanding - concepts and skills. It is in MSWord format.