Music educators are constantly helping others, but to keep on giving, you need to refuel yourself and expand your skills. The National Association for Music Education has numerous offerings to help you be a better teacher in challenging times. Visit nafme.org and the following links to learn more about these programs and offerings:
Attend the NAfME National In-Service Conference in Dallas, Texas, November 12–15, 2017, to network with other teachers and learn about the latest methods, techniques, and thinking in the profession. Come and be inspired! For more information, check out the conference website at nationalconference.nafme.org. Help convince your administrators of the value of attending this conference by using the Justification Toolkit found at bit.ly/JustificationToolkit17.
Free online resources from advocacy to lesson plans: Check out all that NAfME has to offer by perusing offerings available to you 24/7 as a NAfME member. And you can get professional development recognition for reading certain articles in Music Educators Journal. (See the note at the bottom of the first page of featured articles.)
NAfME Academy offers a wide range of webinars. These 60+ hours of professional development are designed to deliver timely, relevant, and directly applicable content directly to you whether you view them at work, home, on the go, or with your Professional Learning Community. A full list of webinars can be found at bit.ly/NAfMEAcademy.
Content for webinars is provided by NAfME members from all over. To continue this valuable resource, we need new content monthly. Do you have a great idea you’d like to share with the entire membership of NAfME? Present a webinar. Proposals can be sent by following this link: bit.ly/NAfME-PD-Webinars.
The NAfME Store is always open for business at bit.ly/NAfMEstore—you might find just what you need! Useful publications, music education book titles, and descriptions can be accessed at bit.ly/RowmanNAfME.
What you do this summer will make a difference this fall and beyond.
—JJ NormanProfessional development managerNational Association for Music Education
