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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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

The Music Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association is seeking proposals for the 2010 AERA Conference, April 30-May 4, Denver, Colorado. Click here for additional details: AERA 2010 Call for Proposals

Publication opportunity: Arts Education Policy Review is encouraging article submissions. Contributors should make sure that any submission is a policy article, complete with policy recommendations about arts education from prekindergarten through twelfth grade. Articles about college education should focus on teacher preparation for these grades or teacher retention in arts education. Submission guidelines and further information can be found at:
http://www.heldref.org/aeprmanu.php

The SMTE website has added a new service: announcements of music teacher education positions. Go to the Resources page and click on “View Position Listings”. Special thanks to Ed Asmus, University of Miami, for his assistance in developing this service as a coordinated effort with the position database he manages (http://www.music.miami.edu/musicResearch).

The Music Teacher Socialization ASPA has posted a new narrative literature review focusing on the transition from music student to music teacher. This is one example of the valuable productivity that is resulting from the work of the ASPAs.

The 2007 Symposium on Music Teacher Education will be September 13-15 at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Find out more information on the Symposia page.