THE NEW JERSEY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION a federated state association of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for MUSIC EDUCATION News From Our Division Chairs
Administration Ronald P. Dolce
732-574-0846
rdolce561@aol.com
By the time that you read this article spring will be just around the corner and the weather will be getting warmer.
Most of our districts will be preparing for their spring concerts and travel plans to various festivals and competitions. The members of the New Jersey Music Administrators Association’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors continue to prepare for the upcoming workshops for its members. We have had three workshops so far with varied subjects including arts and the common core, recruitment and retention and interviewing techniques. Our most recent was held on February 5, 2016. The workshop, “Building a Dream Team: Interviewing Tech-
niques”, was presented by Peter Griffin, Supervisor of Music for the Hopewell Valley School District. The workshop presented a positive practice for selecting the best candidate for your posted position. This workshop also gave our members an opportunity to share with others how they interview candidates for positons in their school district. In February, several members of the NJMAA presented at the annual NJMEA Conference at the Hilton Hotel on
East Brunswick. The workshops were designed to help the administrator, new teachers and music education students from our colleges. Joe Akinskas, adjunct professor from Cumberland County College and Rowan University presented a workshop entitled, “Teacher Preparation- The Collaboration” and also facilitated the NJMAA Collegiate Academy Wrap Roundtable. Peter Griffin, Music Supervisor from the Hopewell Valley School District presented, “Nail Down that Job! Strategies for Interview Success”. Robert Pispecky, Supervisor of Music from the Edison Public Schools pre- sented, “Transitioning from Music Student to Music Teacher”. Dennis Argul, Supervisor of Music from the Elizabeth Public Schools with Marissa Silverman from Montclair State University, presented, “ Building, Creating and Sustain- ing Community for Urban Music Education”. Our presentations have always been well received and we are happy to continue to contribute to the Collegiate Academy at the conference. On Friday, February 19th at 8:30 a.m., The NJMAA held their Annual Welcome Breakfast hosted by our Presi-
dent, Robert Pispecky from the Edison Public Schools and President- Elect, Thomas Weber Supervisor of Music from the Egg Harbor School District. This is an informal breakfast that allows the members to meet and greet. This year, our guess speaker was Jim Frankel from Music First. A brief presentation was made as a prelude to our June meeting. Our next general membership meeting will be on Friday, April 8th at the Rutgers Club on the campus of Rutgers
University in New Brunswick. The meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. with hospitality at 8:30 a.m. The topic of the meeting is “College Connection.” The facilitator is Joe Akinskas. The NJMAA continues to reach out to music supervisors, program directors and administrators that are respon- sible for the music education of the students in their district. Pass along to them our website,
njmaa.org so that they can become familiar with us and perhaps become a member of the association.
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