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RESTON, VA April 4, 2004-â€â€Å"New music teachers can find expert help and advice on successfully navigating those crucial first years in the classroom in the new book Spotlight on Transition to Teaching Music. This latest book in the Spotlight series published by MENC: The National Association for Music Education offers insight into the challenges facing new and aspiring teachers in a collection of articles written by veteran music educators in more than 30 state music education association journals across the nation. The format is chronological, moving from preservice education and student teaching through job searches and managing that first classroom.
Reports indicate that in many states, music positions are unfilled because no qualified applicants are available, or they are filled by teachers who do not have a degree in music education. “Recruitment and retention are some of music education’s biggest issues now,� said MENC President Willie L. Hill, Jr. “New school music teachers need to have a scaffolding to support them through the first few years of transition from student to teacher. That structure includes top-notch teacher education, mentoring, and ways to prevent burn-out. Here’s a great collection of articles that looks at how our colleagues all across the nation are working for successful transitions into the music education profession.�
Spotlight on Transition to Teaching Music is available from MENC for $26.00. Members receive the discounted price of $19.50. To order, call 1-800-828-0229.
For more information, call 1-800-336-3768, or visit www.menc.org.
MENC: The National Association for Music Education, the world’s largest arts education organization, is the only association that addresses all aspects of music education. More than 100,000 members represent all levels of teaching from preschool to graduate school. Since 1907, MENC has worked to ensure that every student has access to a well-balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality program of music instruction taught by qualified teachers. MENC’s activities and resources have been largely responsible for the establishment of music education as a profession, for the promotion and guidance of music study as an integral part of the school curriculum, and for the development of the National Standards for Arts Education.
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