A common mission
In 2011, at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a group of concerned music educators met to discuss troubling developments in the state of education, and music education in particular, at the time. This meeting of the minds lead to a gathering on the campus of the University of Michigan with invitations to some fellow concerned educators. These founding members began a discussion to influence the striking changes to education in Michigan and a way to lead the way for useful reforms in the music classroom.
The group left with a mission to develop models for music teacher evaluation. Rick Catherman contacted and met with the Governors Council on Educator Effectiveness and began a dialogue to create an effective music teacher evaluation model.
The Partnership for Music Education Policy Development plans to hold its first policy meetings at the 2013 Michigan Music Conference. Here we hope to gather useful and practical ideas and needs from fellow music educators with the goal of presenting them to the Governor's Council. A follow up summit is planned for June of 2014 for further development and implementation.
The group left with a mission to develop models for music teacher evaluation. Rick Catherman contacted and met with the Governors Council on Educator Effectiveness and began a dialogue to create an effective music teacher evaluation model.
The Partnership for Music Education Policy Development plans to hold its first policy meetings at the 2013 Michigan Music Conference. Here we hope to gather useful and practical ideas and needs from fellow music educators with the goal of presenting them to the Governor's Council. A follow up summit is planned for June of 2014 for further development and implementation.
founding members
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Rick Catherman - Chairman
Colleen Conway - Secretary Mark Kotchenruther - Treasurer Ken Moore - Historian |
Kelli Salisbury - Founder
Lindsey Micheel-Mays - Founder Steve Hinz - Founder Dan Scott - Webmaster |