from the desk of the executive director


• Webpage overhauled for a modern new look, ease of navigation and within a responsive design platform to accommodate a wide variety of user devices


• Festival registration and schedul- ing processes more streamlined and seamless in an effort to increase efficiency and minimize the amount of time music educators and festival managers must spend on these pro- cesses


• Online membership enrollment and music staff directory data forms


• Online registration to participate in WSMA programs and services


New WSMA Strategic Plan


• Examine potential alternative WSMA membership structures


• Research the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s students to tailor WSMA programs and services to meet those needs


• Perpetuate the successes of students and teachers participating in WSMA programs and services to school and community decision-makers


• Ensure continuous operational stabil- ity of WSMA


New Opportunities: The current WSMA Strategic Plan best summarizes the op- portunities that lie ahead for WSMA. It looks at researching and developing ways that WSMA can be of greater service to students and teachers at WSMA mem- ber schools, ways that WSMA can help schools and school districts perpetuate the value of school music programs and participation in WSMA programs and services, and ways that WSMA can con- tinue to keep a watchful eye on its ability to provide quality programs and services without tapping further into the precious resources of member schools.


WMEA Successes WMEA Programs & Services


• Webpage overhauled for a modern new look, for ease of navigation and within a responsive design platform


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to accommodate a wide variety of user devices


• Advocacy for Music & Music Education


° Developed position statements for both Music Education for All Students and Music Teacher Licensure


° Attendance to the National Leadership Assembly of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) to include participation in the “NAfME Hill Day” – the bipartisan passing of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in large part was a result of WMEA’s participation


° Implementation of annual Advocacy Drive-in Days to present “Asks” to the Wisconsin Legislature in support of music and the arts in Wisconsin schools


• Comprehensive Musicianship Through Performance (CMP)


° Attendance to annual week-long summer workshops and weekend workshops continues to remain strong


° Celebrated the 40th anniversary of CMP in 2017


° Continues to be a leader in Wisconsin and the nation in assisting teachers with the development of performance with understanding in school music classrooms


° CMP aligns with the Danielson model, Educator Effectiveness initiatives and the development of Student Learning Objectives


• WMEA Wisconsin Music Standards Released in 2017


° Developed through the


collaborative work of master music educators in Wisconsin over the last two years


° Include both depth and breadth, speak to the forward-thinking nature of music education in our


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state, connect to the National Music Standards, and provide practical implementation ideas


• Emerging Leadership Workshop


° Workshops held every two years now instead of three


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