MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH Sarah Bush Randolph, Chairperson
World’s Largest Concert music (print copies), rehearsal and performance tracks are available on line (Tanks to Hal Leon- ard and the composers and publishers for providing this FREE service to be used only for the World’s Largest Concert.)
We need EVERYONE to participate in Music In Our Schools Month this year! With the changes in our society and the emergence of Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) it is imperative that we bring awareness of the importance of music education to our students, parents, school, and community. We know the benefits of music will “LAST A LIFETIME” for people of all ages. MENC has some great MIOSM ideas for advocacy on the web page - especially “Lights, Camera, Advocacy! Make News in Your Community.”
Music In Our Schools Month is cel- ebrated in the United States as well as in communities in other countries. Go to the MENC web site for current MIOSM information and details of the World’s Largest concert.
http://www.menc.org/ events/view/miosm-what-is-miosm
Te World’s Largest Concert is Tursday, March 10, 2011 at 12 noon CST (length of program is about 30 minutes and is closed captioned for the hearing impaired). Te WLC theme coincides with the MIOSM theme “Music Lasts A Lifetime.” Tere are no contests this year for MIOSM or Te World’s Largest Concert. Te WLC can only be seen by purchasing a DVD of the concert. Order your copy today. We are asking ALL music teachers to contact their local public access television or cable stations and ask them to air the WLC on March 10. Te MENC website has a script to use if emailing or phoning your public access station asking them to air the program. MENC will provide FREE DVDs of the program for public access stations upon request.
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www.ilmea.org Music for the WLC:
El Quelite Make a Song for My Heart to Sing Music and ME Soldiers’ Joy Te Star Spangled Banner Tue, Tue We the People When Music Plays
P21
Tanks to IMEA and MENC for continuing to keep us informed about the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). As a 33 year music education pro- fessional, I’ve seen a multitude of move- ments and plans come and go. Each time we teachers had to re-work, re-write, re-train, and re-group to stay up to date with the newest requirements, methods, technology, etc. Each time IMEA was there helping train and inform us– making sure music was included as part of the ISBE plan and not cut. IMEA is recognized by the state as being a Major voice for Music Education.
Te Illinois State Board of Education is committed to P21 but states a need to remove “non-essential skills” from the curriculum.
http://www.p21.org/ route21/
index.php?option=com_conte nt&view=article&id=197&Itemid=273
A Commitment to 21st Century Standards
Collectively, the Illinois Learning Standards define what Illinois citi-
zens believe all students should know and be able to do as a result of their public schooling. Trough broad stakeholder support, revisions of the standards took place in 1985 and again in 1997. Te current revision of the standards prioritizes defining what students need to know and be able to do upon graduation from high school to ensure they are college-and career-ready. Furthermore the core content teams are charged with revising the current Illinois high school learning standards to:
• Clearly articulate the essential knowledge students need by em- phasizing rigor, coherence, focus, specificity, clarity, and measurability;
• Ensure that the Illinois Learning Standards embody the fusion of the three Rs and the four Cs (criti- cal thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration and creativity and innovation); and
• Identify non-essential knowl- edge and skills that can be removed from the current standards.
Does your teaching reflect music as an essential skill? Te more I read about P21, the more I realize we need to “get on the P21 band wagon” and “join the parade” or the parade will pass us by. Music IS a 21st century skill and we need to work within the P21 framework to educate our communities, school boards and politicians.
I suggest you take a look at the winners and the entries of the P21 video contest especially the animated one called the “21st Century Learner.” https:// thepartnershipfor21stcenturyskills238.
eduvision.tv/Default.aspx?q=trkxL8LvX kkzm0iL11CzBA%253d%253d
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