10:00 -11:30 a.m., the Elementary Division of NJSMA is hosting a free Zoom "SOS!" Saturday Online Sharing Session. Join us for a ca- sual morning of Sharing Our Successes/Struggles; Swapping Online Strategies, Socializing On Screen, and more. At our January workshop, Bob Morrison, from Arts Ed NJ,
shared guidance and information from the University of Colorado Aerosol Study. Other presentations included successful activities for virtual, hybrid and in-person Music Class. February’s theme was "Movement and Dance during a Pandemic!" (for virtual or socially distanced, in-person classes) We shared adapted folk dances, creative movement activities, scarf, ribbon, tennis ball routines and more! Future monthly workshop topics are TBD at the time of this pub- lication. Please check our website or the NJMEA facebook page for reg-
istration links and workshop details.
voices in choral music education from around the country to a panel discussion about remote choral teaching. Yale Snyder, our Percussion Chair, organized a discussion by Nathan Daughtry. I had the distinct pleasure of moderating a conversation on creating an Anti-Racist music classroom featuring Dr. Jocyce McCall of the University of Illinois and Dr. T. Andre Feagin (Central Washington University). We are continuing to organize a few more sessions, so please stay tuned! All of these sessions were designed to give you the fuel you need to get you through these crazy covid times! We hope they give you the tools you need to transform your teaching. We are now accepting applications to run for CJMEA board
members. The positions that are open for nominations are Presi- dent-Elect, Treasurer, and Secretary. If you are interested in running for one of these positions or would like further information, please email Yale Snyder (
YalePerc@aol.com). Don’t forget, CJMEA will once again offer grants to teachers/
music programs: • Grant awards will typically not exceed $750. • Grant awards may be used to partially fund a project in conjunction with your school if we cannot fully support your proposed professional development.
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All checks will be written to a school account. We cannot write checks directly to teachers, presenters, companies, music booster clubs, or other individuals/companies.
• Grants cannot be requested to purchase equipment or sup- plies unless it directly relates to the PD session being pro- posed.
The grant proposal form and other important information is These free workshops are provided courtesy of the North Jersey
School Music Association; Region One of NJMEA/NAfME. We will navigate these 'rough waters' together to support and share with others in the 'same boat!’ Lisa Wichman and Karen Andruska, Elementary General Music Division Co-Chairs,
elementary@njsma.com
Central Jersey Music Educators Association
www.cjmea.org
CJMEA
I hope this finds all of you doing well. It is hard to believe that the world was turned on its ear a year ago by the COVID-19 Pan- demic. Since then, we’ve all had to adjust to this new normal of online/hybrid teaching. Whichever form you find yourself working in, we want you to know that CJMEA is here to support you in any way possible.
I want to congratulate all of our CJMEA Division Chairs on the
hard work they have done in organizing informative and enlighten- ing online PD Sessions. We started in December with a PD Session featuring Richard and Cheryl Floyd. This instrumental session was sponsored in part by Yahama and organized by Intermediate Chair Sandy Olson. Heather Mount organized a PD session for elementary choral teachers by Amy Burns. As we entered 2021, Arielle Seigal brought some of the brightest
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available on our website.
www.cjmea.org We will continue to ap- prove grant requests until the funds allocated for this school year have been spent.
South Jersey Band and Orchestra Directors Association
www.sjboda.org
SJBODA Applications for the SJBODA Cheryl Rothkopf Memorial
Scholarships were accepted in January. Cheryl Rothkopf was a mu- sic teacher at the Hainesport School who passed away in October. SJBODA received over $5,500 in donations in memory of Cheryl. These funds will support our students by providing scholarships for the next three years. The orchestra scholarship virtual interview took place on Febru-
ary13th and the band virtual interview took place on February 20th. Lori Ludewig (Collingswood & Oaklyn schools) was our scholarship chair. The names of the scholarship committee members and the scholarship recipients will appear in the May Tempo. The SJBODA Spring Breakfast meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, May 27th at 9:00 AM at Seven Star Diner but this could be replaced by a virtual meeting that would take place during that week. Please contact Ken Rafter at 609-457-0590 or sjbodapresi-
dent@gmail.com if you plan to attend. Please continue to check the Web site, maintained by Derek Rohaly (Mainland Regional HS), for the latest SJBODA updates.
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