Press Release - Evaluating Teachers of Music Performance Groups
Evaluating Teachers of Music Performance Groups Gives Guidance to Music Educators and Supervisors
RESTON, VA (October 10, 2006) -- MENC: The National Association for Music Education and Rowman and Littlefield Education have published Evaluating Teachers of Music Performance Groups, Revised Edition, a publication that provides a practical approach to evaluating teachers of music performance groups that can be used by supervisors, educators, and students. The materials presented may also serve as a resource for college subjects such as administration and supervision of school music and for courses in which undergraduates visit public school music classrooms to observe and analyze instruction.
An effective evaluation system must define the teaching task and provide supervisors with the knowledge and skills to use the system, said author David P. Doerksen. Part One of the book presents the basic documents for defining the teaching task. These include an evaluation calendar, an effective teacher profile, and five sample job descriptions. Part Two provides a review of the evaluation process with an emphasis on analyzing and evaluating music instruction. Included are sample forms for the different steps of the process, and a discussion of topics such as clinical supervision, setting goals and objectives, recording information during observations, the diagnostic/prescriptive process, and plans for assistance.
Doerksen is a retired chair of music education at the University of Oregon School of Music. He has taught instrumental and vocal music from elementary through the university levels, and was supervisor of music for the Salem, Oregon school district for nine years.
We™re pleased to offer this updated edition of one of our many valuable teacher resources, said Lynn M. Brinckmeyer, president of MENC. MENC strives to provide materials that help music educators do their jobs more effectively. Evaluating Teachers of Music Performance Groups contains the kind of information teachers need so that they can provide the high-quality music education all students deserve.
Originally published in 1990, this expanded and updated edition includes up-to-date Teacher Effectiveness Research and references the National Music Education Standards established by MENC in 1994. An extensive list of materials for teaching musical understanding through performance has been added.
Available for purchase from Rowman and Littlefield Education (www.rowmaneducation.com; 800-462-6420). ISBN 1-57886-441-0. 104 pages. List Price: $24.95. MENC members receive a 25% discount.
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 130,000 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.
Rowman & Littlefield Education, launched in 1999 by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, publishes books on educational issues, theories, and successful practices for educators at all levels of education as well as for parents, school board members, and people interested in education.
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