Finding Future Music Educators: Back to the Future

1. Finding Future Music Educators:Back to the Future Music Teacher Education: Partnership and Process 1987

2. Four Primary Topics • Recruitment, Selection, and Retention: Choosing Music Educators for the Next Century • Teacher Certification Programs: The Process of Developing Music Educators • Professional Development Programs: Planning for Career Growth • Music Teacher Educators: Partners in Music Teacher Education Symposium on Music Teacher Education

3. 1987 Proposals • “This report calls for a renewed effort by the partnership in music teacher education to identify and recruit the best available candidates for careers in teaching music.It calls for closer scrutiny of the standards on which potential teachers are evaluatedand it places the search to attract music teachers for the next century as a high priority for the members of the partnership.” (p. 21) Symposium on Music Teacher Education

4. 1987 Proposals • Recruitment will need to be undertaken aggressively in • the nation’s secondary schools • college departments or schools of music Symposium on Music Teacher Education

5. 1987 Proposals • Each member of the partnership will need to be responsible for • identifying potential teachers • confirming their potential for success in teaching with other partnership members • encouraging these students to seek a career in music teaching Symposium on Music Teacher Education

6. 1987 Proposals • Profile of Teacher Attributes Personal Intellectual Musical Instructional Symposium on Music Teacher Education

7. 1987 Proposals • Selection process • Traditional process: audition, standardized tests scores, HS class rank, letters of recommendation, theory/history diagnostic test • Supplement with an interview with the music education faculty examining personal, intellectual, and instructional traits, etc. Symposium on Music Teacher Education

8. 1987 Proposals • Retention issues • “Standards for student progress in teacher certification should be determined.” (p. 25) • The standards movement of the 90s certainly addressed this objective • All of the suggestions emphasized tiered selection rather than ways to “remediate and retain” • Catch 22: higher standards v. the need for more teachers Symposium on Music Teacher Education

9. Where Are We Now? • Balance of supply and demand in late 90shttp://www.menc.org/information/advocate/supply.html The American Association for Employment in Education (AAEE) has issued its twenty-third annual study of teacher supply and demand (1999). While both the AAEE and the National Center for Education Statistics reported a "great demand" for all teachers across the country (according to 1998 data), the national averages for music teachers show that there appears to be a balanced supply and demand for them. This may not be the case on a regional level, however; differences in population demographics and regional economics skew the need for music teachers in different areas of the country. Symposium on Music Teacher Education

10. Where Are We Now? • Kimpton address at 2004 MENC Pre-Session (see Spring 2005 JMTE) • In 2000 we produced about 3,600 newly certified music education undergraduates, for about 9,000 vacancies (Hickey, 2002). • In 2001 we produced 3,897 new undergraduates in music education for about 11,000 vacancies (Lindemann, 2002). Symposium on Music Teacher Education

11. Where Are We Now? • “Recent figures from The American Association for Employment in Education (AAEE) report that only about 60 percent of those earning degrees in education actually take a teaching job—which means that 40% of new teachers never step foot in a classroom.” • “Furthermore, of those who do choose to teach, 30 to 50 percent will remain in teaching for less than five years, even less in urban schools (AAEE, 2001).” Symposium on Music Teacher Education

12. Where Are We Now? • Shortages began appearing in 2000 • Iowa http://www.iowacollegeaid.org/loans/teachershortagedocs/teacher_shortages_list.htm • Wisconsin • Supply rating of 2.05 on a 5 point scale (1 being severe shortage) • Average of 66 emergency licenses in music per year since 2000 • Strings • 24% of string positions went unfilled in 1999-2000 • 43% of school districts with string programs had string positions that were unfilled in 2000-2001 Symposium on Music Teacher Education

13. Where Are We Now? • At least 20 states report a shortage of music teachers • Retirements • Oklahoma • In 2005, 28% of MS art/music teachers and 27% of HS art/music teachers are eligible to retire • Will need to hire: 139 MS 402 HS www.okhighered.org/studies-reports/ teach-supply/conclusions-recommendations.pdf • ASTA • With looming retirements (20%), there may be 5000 string teacher openings in the next 3-4 yearshttp://www.pbs.org/teachersource/whats_new/arts/may02.shtm Symposium on Music Teacher Education

14. Where Are We Now? • March 2002 Letter from NASM Exec Board to Music Teacher Educators • “serious shortage of music teachers” • “critical matter facing the entire field of music” Symposium on Music Teacher Education

15. Solutions? • The Focus of this Symposium: re-examine and re-commit Symposium on Music Teacher Education

16. Friday AM Sessions • AN INVESTIGATION OF ATTRACTOR AND FACILITATOR VARIABLES’ INFLUENCE ON PRESERVICE TEACHER’S DECISIONS TO TEACH MUSIC Steven N. Kelly Center for Music ResearchFlorida State University Influence of specific variables on undergraduate music education majors’ decisions to pursue music education as an occupation. Symposium on Music Teacher Education

17. Friday AM Sessions • DEVELOPING FUTURE MUSIC EDUCATORS WITHIN THE SCHOOL OF MUSICColleen Conway  Robert Culver  Herbert Marshall  Betty Anne Younker  University of Michigan Addresses how potential music educators within a School of Music are identified, and the issue of appropriate musicianship and skill level on an instrument or voice for various degree programs. Symposium on Music Teacher Education

18. Friday AM Sessions • STUDENT CAREER PERCEPTION: 6th-11th GRADE MUSIC STUDENTS’ ASESSMENT OF SELF-EFFICACY, SOCIAL PERCEPTION, AND POTENTIAL ENJOYMENT FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AND OTHER POSSIBLE CAREERS Dr. Kimberly H. Councill Susquehanna University Assess and compare pre-college students’ self-efficacy, social perception, and potential enjoyment of possible careers across numerous disciplines, including four education-related careers. Symposium on Music Teacher Education

19. Friday AM Sessions • THINKING BEYOND TEACHER DEMAND AND ATTRITION:ARE WE RECRUITING THE “BEST AND BRIGHTEST” TO MUSIC EDUCATION?James R. AustinUniversity of Colorado at Boulder Focuses on the issue of recruiting and admitting quality music education applicants Symposium on Music Teacher Education

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