Below is a description of the Supporting Beginning Music Teachers ASPA Projects. If you are interested in participating in one of our projects, please contact a Project Leader.
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Current SBMT Projects (as of September, 2019)
National Music Teacher Mentor Training Initiative: Project Leader: Erin Zaffini (ezaffini@keene.edu)
Financially supported by the NAfME NEB, 10 virtual & interactive sessions led by experts in our field on various topics related to music mentoring & developing music mentorship programs.
- Virtual, real-time series of sessions
- Target participants are state mentorship program chairpersons and mentors
- Funding provide by the NAfME National Executive Board
- Kick-off in Spring 2020
Facebook Group/Social Media Support: Project Leader: Brian Weidner (bweidner@butler.edu)
- New approach to posts of teaching tips, engagement surveys, & features of early career music educators
- Group is moderated by ASPA members
- Continue recruitment via various methods
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Past SBMT Projects
Symposium on Mentoring of the Beginning Music Teacher
Colleen Conway, Jessica Vaughan–Marra, Margaret Berg, Bryan Koerner, Christopher Baumgartner, & Christine Mueller
- Presented at the 2018 Biennial Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA
- Music Teacher Education SRIG Symposium Included findings from multiple studies on music teacher mentoring (i.e., retired teachers as mentors, virtual mentoring, state-MEA mentorship program) and discussion on the topic.
Digital Mentoring: Customized Content Support for Early Career New Music Teachers
Jessica Vaughan–Marra & Margaret Berg
- Presented at the 2017 Symposium on Music Teacher Education
Exemplary Music Educator Association Mentoring Programs: From the Inside Out
Jennifer Greene, Bryan Koerner, & Jill Wilson
- Presented at the 2017 Symposium on Music Teacher Education
- Compared current practices of four state MEA-sponsored mentoring programs
From left: Jennifer Green, Bryan Koerner, Jill Wilson
“Best Practices” for Designing Music Teacher Mentor and Induction Programs
- Project Leader: Bryan Koerner, bryan.koerner@colorado.edu
- Mentoring Best Practices Presentation – NAfME 2016
- Examine the current MEA mentor, induction, and PD program structures in place (24 states)
- Create a set of guidelines or “best practices” for others to reference when designing/revising programs
- Various levels of “involvement” based on individual state DOE requirements
- Structural/Organizational/Logistical considerations
- Financial/Capital considerations
- Disseminate information to organization chairs/presidents
- (follow-up to 2015 SMTE research presentation)
The Current Status of Beginning Teacher Mentoring and Induction Programs in the US
- Project Leader: Chris Baumgartner, cbaumgartner@ou.edu
- Presentation at 2015 Symposium
- Virtual Meeting Notes
From left: Jennifer Green, Sarah Stanley, Vanessa Bond, Morgan Soja, Melissa Baughman, Christopher Baumgartner, Bryan Koerner, & Betty Anne Gottlieb.
University-Alumni connections for professional development and mentoring
- Project Leader: Chris Baumgartner
- Link to webpage from NAfME 2014 presentation, Universities Supporting Young Alumni: Support Programs for Beginning Teachers beginningteacheraspa.wordpress.com
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