Advocacy

Be an Unapologetic Advocate! As a director of a music program, it can often feel like you show up each...

You know how when you watch an incredible show, you can’t resist watching the next episode, and the next one,...

We can all agree it is essential to learn to play a single note, fingered correctly with focus and clarity....

RECRUITMENT TIPS Check in with your guidance counselors to ensure all the students you recruited last spring are indeed in...

Welcome to the new school year! If you are like other teachers around the country, you are disappointed summer break...

As soon as school is out for the summer, use this 10-step approach to having your best recruitment year yet....

In 1977, educational theorist Jacob Kounin published Discipline and Group Management in Classrooms. According to his observations, there was not...

Repertoire selection is among the most important respon- Thou shalt program pop music sparingly. Of course, sibilities for all band,...

Collective Impact Collective Impact can help communities accomplish big things in arts education. The term “collective impact” has been associated...

The term “strategic communications” describes a messaging plan linked to overarching goals. It sits at the heart of advocacy success...

Perspective is broadly defined as having a particular point of view. What do we see from where we are standing?...

Individuals stand at the heart of advocacy strategy. We advocate every day, formally and informally. We advance causes for ourselves...