Dear Fellow Music Teachers, Christina Hornbach
This is my last President’s Message and I thought I would take the opportunity to high- light the current demographics of our MMEA board and the growth of our organization and professional development offerings over the past few years. In particular, I wanted to high- light for you some data about your colleagues who serve on the MMEA Board, as it is these people who have tirelessly and passionately ad- vocated for and developed the current MMEA offerings for Michigan music teachers.
Many, many good things are happening for music in Michigan. To me, this is due to the continued and unwavering devotion of YOU, our music teachers who are out in the schools teaching music every day and also those both teaching and serving on the MMEA Board. We, as your representatives, are inspired to organize events and professional activities to continue to engage, educate and motivate music teachers and students to do their best every day in the classroom.
In order to give you a bit of context, per our Constitution and By-Laws, the purpose of the Michigan Music Education Association is the advancement of music education, and specifically: 1. To encourage and improve the quality of scholarship and research within music education 2. To develop and promote improvement in the quality of teaching and research in music at all levels 3. To assist in the establishment of com- prehensive music programs in all schools as an integral part of general education 4. To foster the utilization of the most ef- fective techniques and resources in music instruction 5. To facilitate the involvement and inter- est of persons of all ages in music and all related activities for the benefit of the gen- eral welfare of all persons.
Anecdotally, I know our current and past board members and where they teach; however, I was interested in finding out specifically what grade levels and content areas that our MMEA board members currently teach as well as what grade level and content areas our members have previ-
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ous experience teaching. So, I sent out an infor- mal survey to our 37 current board members, of which 33 responded. Please note that this was again an informal survey and also that percent- ages will not equal 100% total, as members were encouraged to check all areas that apply to him/her. And, as you can see, our board has teaching experience and expertise in a variety of content and grade level areas. Here is how they responded. This is who is serving you on the MMEA Board. •MMEA Board members currently teach Pre-K (20%), Elementary School (57%), Junior/Middle School (17%), Senior High School (7%), College/University (30%), and also serve in Administrative capacities (13%).
•MMEA Board members have previ- ously taught at the Pre-K (63%), Elemen- tary School (84%), Junior/Middle School (63%), Senior High School (53%), Col- lege/University (19%), and have served in Administrative capacities (13%).
•MMEA Board members currently work in the following content areas: Band (16%), Chorus (23%), Collegiate (19%), Gen- eral Music (68%), Jazz (3%), Orchestra (3%), Research (13%), Supervisors (3%), Teacher Education (39%), and Technology (16%).
•MMEA Board members have previously worked in the following content areas: Band (42%), Chorus (58%), Collegiate (3%), General Music (81%), Jazz (6%), Orchestra (3%), Research (3%), Supervi- sors (6%), Teacher Education (13%), and Technology (10%).
I am proud of the diverse nature of our board, but also think we must continue to actively pur- sue representation of all grade level and content areas on our board. In the past few years, these educators have helped grow our current profes- sional development offerings. This is not a com- prehensive list, but I want to highlight a few of these professional development happenings for you.
New!
•1st Annual Fall MMEA Elementary General Music Workshop: We held our first full day el-
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