NAfME North Central Division Update A Message From NAfME North Central
Division President Leyla Sanyer, Wisconsin
June 2016 – June 2017
There is no doubt that this has been a very exciting year for music educators and their students. In December 2015, the updated Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) known as Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) passed both houses of Con- gress and was signed into law by President Obama. We are all indebted to our NAfME leaders and friends in Reston, Virginia – Mike Blakeslee, Chris Woodside, Lynn Tuttle and Ronny Lau for keeping the focus on music and its central connection to learning. NAfME President Denese Odegaard is leading the charge for state standards adoption.
Many of our North Central members have participated in advocacy at the state and national level. Now it is up to us in the divisions and states to join with NAfME leadership to assure that music education is maintained and funded as a key part of a well-rounded education for every American child. It also means the end of No Child Left Behind and the beginning of a new era for standards, less testing, focus on the whole child and, hopefully, more autonomy in the classroom for music educators.
As my predecessor Lance Nielsen (Ne- braska) has stated, “The North Central NAfME Division Board consists of the presidents of the 10 states within our divi-
sion along with input from executive state leaders, president-elects and immediate past presidents. This board is essentially an advisory board in which topics of con- cern, innovative ideas and partnerships are shared. We are also able to bring back to the national leadership the ideas that are working in the states and division to influ- ence direction for music education across the country.”
The North Central Division will continue to discuss ideas about inclusion and diver- sity, teacher shortages, standards adoption, advocacy and member communication. As president of the North Central Division, I look forward to visiting your state confer- ences to speak, clinic and learn from you! This year I will be in Indiana, Iowa, Min- nesota, North Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin speaking at conferences.
Brava and Bravo to all of you for your work in the classroom and community. Here are some of the initiatives going on now in the ten member states:
Iowa Music at St. Norbert
Located beside the Fox River in De Pere, Wis., St. Norbert is a top-10 Catholic liberal arts college, honored by the Carnegie Foundation for community engagement. Students learn from a dynamic faculty of exceptional teachers and performing artists.
• Degrees in music performance and music education; B.A. concentrations in composition and liturgical music.
• Performing opportunities in more than a dozen ensembles.
• Music scholarships open to all students.
• Scholarship audition dates: Jan. 28 and Feb. 18, 2017.
IMEA (
iamea.org) is continuing to work on getting state standards in music educa- tion through the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education. The leadership is also work- ing on pairing new teachers with retired teachers as a mentoring goal. Along with the Alliance, IMEA is promoting a men- toring grant from the government. They are also working to increase area grants for education workshops. The state music conference was November 17-19, 2016 in Ames on the UI campus.
snc.edu/music •
music@snc.edu • 920-403-3112 46 January 2017
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