Guidelines for Submitting Articles
could each share our personal positions on teacher evaluation via a blog on a state MEA website or discussion board. We could ask our collegiate colleagues to help find and implement models that might be applicable in our settings. We should also monitor the work of NAfME to stay on top of national initiatives that might be useful in our settings.
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.
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. n
Writing for the Michigan Music Educator The following guidelines should be of help to both prospective and established authors:
1. The Editor encourages the submission of manuscripts on all phases of music education at every instructional level. Please note the contributor’s deadlines listed below (step 12).
2. Manuscripts should be concise, to-the-point, and well-structured. An average length for a feature article is from 3 to 4 double spaced, typewritten pages, with a maximum of 2,500 words. An average length for a column article is from 1 to 2 double spaced, typewritten pages, with a maximum of 1,200 words.
3. Avoid generalities and complex constructions. The article will generally be more interesting, have more impact, and be more persuasive if you try to write in a straightforward & clear manner.
4. You may use any writing style as long as it is appropriate to the type of article you are submitting. Be sure to use the correct form in the References section. If you have questions pertaining to style, please do not hesitate to contact the Editor.
5. Michigan Music Educator is always pleased to receive photographs with a manuscript especially when those photographs enhance the information in the text. Digital photos are preferred in pdf, jpg or tiff formats. Please insure all subjects in photographs have provided permission to be included in a publication. Please contact the Editor for a sample media release form.
6. Music examples, diagrams, and footnotes should appear on separate pages at the end the manuscript.
7. Include biographical information on each author with the submitted manuscript.
8. Manuscripts should be submitted via email attachment, saved in a MS Word for Windows or Mac format. If this is not possible, please contact the Editor for alternatives.
9. In accordance with the “Code of Ethics,” submitting a manuscript indicates that it has not been published previously and is not currently submitted for publication elsewhere, either in its entirety or in part. Distribution on the Internet may be considered prior publication and may compromise the originality of the paper as a submission to the MME. Authors should describe in what form and how a manuscript has been previously disseminated. Authors are expected to comply with APA ethical standards and institutional and federal regulations in the treatment of human subjects (www.
apa.org/ethics/code2002.html).
10. The Michigan Music Educator assumes copyright of all published articles.
11. Submissions should be sent to: Joe Shively (Editor) at:
shively@oakland.edu
Regular mail correspondence may be sent to: Joe Shively Oakland University 308 Varner Hall Department of Music, Theater & Dance Rochester, MI 48309-4401
12. Contributor’s deadlines: Spring Issue: January 15 Fall Issue: May 15 Winter Issue: September 15
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