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Projects of the Supporting Beginning Music Teachers ASPA

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)

NAfME Music Mentorship Program Facilitator and Mentor Support Project: 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. The program kicks off in January 2020:

  • Virtual, real-time series of sessions
  • Target participants are state mentorship program chairpersons and mentors
  •  Funding provide by the NAfME National Executive Board

Click here to learn more.

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
    • SMTE Mentor Handout 2015
    • Status of Teacher Mentoring 2015 SMTE Presentation
  • Virtual Meeting Notes

ASPA 2015 SMTE Pic

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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2019 Symposium Update – July 7, 2019

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