AMEA 2011 Keynote Speaker Scott Shuler,MENC President


Scott C. Shuler, MENC President for 2010-2012, is the Arts Education specialist in the Connecticut State Department of Education. He has served asAssistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction for the Simsbury Public Schools; taught 3-12 instrumental and general music and conducted church choirs inMichigan, Delaware, andWisconsin; taught music education courses at several universities, including theHartt School, Eastman School of Music, and New England Conservatory; and served as Associate Professor and Coordinator ofMusic Education at California State University, Long Beach. He earned his B.Mus. at the University ofMichigan, hisM.S. at the University of Illinois, and his Ph.D. at the Eastman School ofMusic.


Dr. Shuler has authored many publications, served on MENC’s UPDATE editorial board, and presented countless workshops on topics such as music program development and assessment, teacher preparation, advocacy, and the role of the arts inmiddle schools.Hewas a member of the task force that developedAmerica’s National Standards in music; helped design and interpret the 1999 federal arts education survey and 1997 NationalAssessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in theArts; co-chaired the Council of Chief State School


Officers’SCASSmulti-state arts assessment consortium; and served as president of theNational Council of State Supervisors ofMusic. He is currently president ofMENC: The NationalAssociation forMusic Education.


Shuler receivedArts Education Policy Review’s “YoungWriter’sAward” for excellence as an author; the Educational Press Association’s “DistinguishedAchievementAward” for editing theMEJ special issue focusing on “Music andAt-Risk Students;” “Distinguished Service” and “Outstanding Administrator” awards from Connecticut’s music, art, and theatre associations; California State University’s “Meritorious Performance Award,”Wisconsin’s “Legislative Citation for Excellence,” and the National Federation InterscholasticMusicAssociation’s regional “OutstandingMusic EducatorAward.”


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