Get Involved!
I view the call for accountability as a very complex, multi-faceted issue. This campaign has far-reaching effects on curriculum, instruction, assessment, teacher evaluation, professional development, policy and the preparation of future music teachers. With that in mind, the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE) is engaged with research, discussions, analysis, and a variety of projects that not only address the concerns related to teacher evaluation, but also those of preparing music educators to work in this educational climate. I encourage you to visit SMTE’s website (
http://smte.us), where you will find links to our teacher evaluation portal as well as updates on the tremendous work being done by our Areas of Strategic Planning and Action (ASPAs). You will find that we are directly addressing many of the issues facing our profession. Please feel free to contact any of SMTE’s state or national leaders if you have thoughts or ideas about what you find there—your input and your comments are always welcome!
I am hopeful that each of you will take the time to share your experiences and thoughts with one another. We all know that the call to accountability in education is here to stay. With that in mind, I suggest that we each become more proactive in this movement and bring our best ideas together to share with the profession. Not only will it ensure that music teacher evaluation will be fair, it will demonstrate our profession’s dedication to improving our work.
Notes 1. Scott C. Schuler, “Music Education for Life: Music Assessment, Part 2— Instructional Improvement and Teacher Evaluation,” Music Educators Journal 98, no. 3 (March 2012): 7–10.
2. Doug Orzolek, “Creating a Voluntary Accountability Report,” Teaching Music 12, no. 3 (November 2004), 34–38.
A Note from the Alabama Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society Greetings Alabama Music Education Association,
I hope this finds you all doing well and enjoying a relaxing summer. As you prepare for the upcoming school year, I want to take an opportunity to share with you all the exciting things that are happening locally and nationally with the Percussive Arts Society (PAS).
The Percussive Arts Society is the largest international organization serving the music education community in the area of percussion. Professional educators, performers, percussion students, and school libraries take full advantage of what PAS has to offer. Member services include the PAS website at
www.pas.org, which contains percussion news of people and products, reviews, publication archives, and a member forum to connect with others about virtually any topic in percussion.
The Alabama Chapter of PAS is among the strongest and most active chapters in the United States. We annually sponsor the Alabama Day of Percussion, which is usually held in early March and features percussion ensembles from around the state and internationally recognized clinicians.
In an effort to better communicate with Alabama’s music educators, we will be providing educational articles, as well as information about events within our state. We are looking forward to partnering with AMEA to spread quality percussion education throughout Alabama. If I can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Doug Orzolek is chair of the Society for Music Teacher Education of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and an associate professor of music education at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He can be reached at
dcorzolek@stthomas.edu. This article, © 2012, is printed with permission of the author.
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Sincerely, Sean Womack President, Alabama Chapter of PAS
sean@doublestoppercussion.com (205) 317-5011
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