Professional Development
Posted by P. Conrad on December 29, 2007
Organizations or schools in the NYC area which offer professional development: clinics, workshops, or certification training of relevance to elementary-level music teachers.
Office of Arts and Special Projects (NYC-DOE) sometimes plans day-long clinics during the school year, focusing on the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts.
Music Educators Association of New York City (MEANYC) has short (2-hour) clinics on Saturdays at locations all over NYC.
UFT Music Teachers Committee was dormant for several years, but recently resumed offering a program of full-day Saturday clinics for music teachers, during the year.
Orff and Kodály chapters in NYC sponsor day-long Saturday events in Manhattan, with L.I. Orff workshops at Hofstra University.
Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, has a full program of music education courses on Saturdays.
New Jersey City University has Orff certification classes in July.
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has a certification for early and middle childhood music teachers. NBPTS certification is a rigorous process through which accomplished teachers earn a distinction after completing a course of assessments and portfolio submission. Information about the Music Educators certification and the NBPTS standards for early and middle childhood music can be downloaded as a PDF file.
January 22, 2007 at 12:34 am
I have an initial license, and am looking for a Master’s program in order to make it permanent.
I’d be interested to hear from those currently in or recently graduated from such programs - which are particularly effective, which aren’t.
In particular, I’m interested in those programs that offer Kodaly, Orff, or other method training; that can be done during vacations, and (most of all) those that are cost-effective (you know, that cost less).
Does anyone want to discuss?