Teacher Recruitment
The purpose of the Teacher Recruitment ASPA is to encourage the recruiting of high quality music educators through research, advocacy, and other actions designed to promote music teaching as a career.
Facilitator: David Rickels
Teacher Recruitment ASPA Collaborator List and Contact Information
Click here to join the email list for the Teacher Recruitment ASPA (via Google Groups)
Goals
The Teacher Recruitment ASPA is currently working on the following action items:
- Build on the successful presentation at the St. Louis conference by creating a publication highlighting music teacher recruitment partnership efforts between universities, state MEAs, and high school students. (Project leader: Kim Councill)
- Conduct a continuation of prior surveys on career influences of pre-collegiate students, now focusing on comparing perspectives of music education career selectors and non-selectors. (Project leader: David Rickels)
- Gather data on K-12 music teachers’ perceptions of their role and practices in music teacher recruitment, including influences from media messages and the current political/policy environment. (Project leader: Ann Porter)
- Based on the completed projects of the ASPA to date, compile a web-based annotated bibliography on music teacher recruitment. (Project leader: Wes Brewer)
Resources
Rickels, D. A., Councill, K. H., Fredrickson, W. E., Hairston, M., Porter, A. M., & Schmidt, M. (2010). Influences on career choice among music education audition candidates: A pilot study. Journal of Research in Music Education, 57(4), 292-307. DOI: 10.1177/0022429409350779
“Is the Next Generation of Music Teachers in Your Classroom?” by Ann Porter, Kim Councill, Michelle Hairston, and Marg Schmidt, has been published in:
- The Florida Music Director, 61(11), 12‐14 (Oct. 2008)
- The North Carolina Music Educator, 59(3), 56‐57, in 2009
- The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association News, Volume 73(1), Winter 2008, 76‐79
Current Projects
Click here for minutes from the 2011 ASPA meeting in Greensboro.
