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Review Council approved the next steps in establishing a Music Standards Writing Committee. The committee was formed in April 2017 and worked throughout the spring and summer to review survey feed- back, the Wisconsin’s Model Academic Standards for Music Education (1997), and other music standards examples, including the National Core Arts Stan- dards for Music (2014). Another part of the process includes the public release of the draft with an accompanying survey to gather feedback from the public, key stakeholders and educators. This feedback was collected this summer to inform the writing committee in their preparation of the draft for further review by the State Su- perintendent’s Standards Review Council. The state superintendent then determines adoption of the standards. The following links provide more information about this process.


• The standards review/revision process


• The State Superintendent’s Stan- dards Review Council


• The checklist used for review of existing/new academic standards to determine if revision or develop- ment is needed


The State Superintendent’s Standards Re- view Council will be reviewing the work of the music, science and informational technology content area writing teams in mid-September. Further information about the process is available online at Wisconsin Department of Public Instruc- tion Music Education.


As we start the 2017-18 school year, please consider sharing your arts educa- tion stories and news. Please share your event information, instructional ideas and celebrations for arts education within these resources:


• Kudos - Celebration news • From the Field – Instruction • Creative Classrooms


If you wish to network with other arts educators across the state, consider join- ing one of the WI DPI Fine Arts Google Communities.


Thank you for all you do to support arts education in Wisconsin.


Note: QR Codes and URLs for links men- tioned in this article are provided below for reader use.


Julie Palkowski is fine arts and creativity education consultant for Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.


Email: julie.palkowski@dpi.wi.gov


Wisconsin School Musician


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