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  • AERA 2011 Call for Proposals

    May 24th, 2010

    The Music Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association is seeking proposals for the 2011 AERA Conference, April 8-12, New Orleans, LA. Click on the following link for additional details: AERA 2011 Call for Proposals

  • Collaborative Action for Change

    January 25th, 2010

    Collaborative Action for Change: Selected Proceedings from the 2007 Symposium on Music Teacher Education is now available. The book is based on effective presentations from the 2007 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, which focused on examples of successful partnerships and collaborations between music teacher educators, classroom teachers, school and district administrators, and other individuals and organizations. Edited by Margaret Schmidt, associate professor of music education, Arizona State University. For more information, and to order, read the press release. Published by MENC and Rowman & Littlefield Education (RLE). MENC members receive a 25% discount on purchases.

  • JMTE Board Members

    January 6th, 2010

    The Journal of Music Teacher Education, a publication of MENC: The National Association for Music Education, is seeking nominations for editorial board members. Duties will begin on August 1, 2010, and continue through July 31, 2016. See the Request for Applicants for additional details.

  • JMTE Editor

    November 19th, 2009

    The Journal of Music Teacher Education, a publication of MENC: The National Association for Music Education, is seeking nominations for the position of Editor. Duties will begin on July 1, 2010, and continue through June 30, 2016. See the Request for Applicants for additional details.

  • 2010 Call for Proposals

    October 7th, 2009

    The Society for Music Teacher Education invites proposals for the 1st MENC Biennial National Conference on Research in Music Education and Music
    Teacher Education to be held in Anaheim, California, March 25-27, 2010. Deadline for submission is November 6, 2009. See the Call for Proposals for details.

What is SMTE?

The Society for Music Teacher Education was founded in 1982 and is open to those members of MENC: The National Association for Music Education with a particular interest in music teacher education.

[Checking the "teacher education" interest area on the MENC membership form establishes membership in the Society for Music Teacher Education.]

Purposes of the Society

  1. Improve the quality of teaching and research in music teacher education.
  2. Provide leadership in the establishment of standards for certification of music teachers.
  3. Serve as an arm of MENC in influencing developments in music teacher education and in the certification of music teachers.

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JMTE Board Members

January 6th, 2010

The Journal of Music Teacher Education, a publication of MENC: The National Association for Music Education, is seeking nominations for editorial board members. Duties will begin on August 1, 2010, and continue through July 31, 2016. See the Request for Applicants for additional details.

JMTE Editor

November 19th, 2009

The Journal of Music Teacher Education, a publication of MENC: The National Association for Music Education, is seeking nominations for the position of Editor. Duties will begin on July 1, 2010, and continue through June 30, 2016. See the Request for Applicants for additional details.

2010 Call for Proposals

October 7th, 2009

The Society for Music Teacher Education invites proposals for the 1st MENC Biennial National Conference on Research in Music Education and Music
Teacher Education to be held in Anaheim, California, March 25-27, 2010. Deadline for submission is November 6, 2009. See the Call for Proposals for details.

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