Wisconsin School Music Association

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School Year Professional Development Opportunities

WSMA is proud to present professional learning workshops in collaboration with WMEA at Wisconsin Center for Music Education.

While most workshops are held at the Wisconsin Center for Music Education, locations may vary; be sure to check each workshop for details. If you have questions about the professional development opportunities available please contact Darin Menk at 800-589-9762

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Schedule of School Year 2019-2020 Workshops

Music Theater Workshop – October 2, 2019 - Offered in collaboration with the Wausau Conservatory of Music This two hour music theater workshop for students and teachers will include a review of event rules, analysis of the WSMA music theater rubric and small group sessions to learn more about acting and blocking. Date and Time: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 – 9 a.m. – […]
General Music Hacks: Setting Yourself up for Sanity and Success – October 5, 2019 - Your first few years as a music teacher can be overwhelming.  Katie and Sarah will be sharing practical tips for everything teaches do including: classroom and time management, organization, using instruments without setting fires, lesson planning, and establishing classroom processes. Refining these skills takes years.  Rather than reinventing the wheel for yourself, join in and […]
iListenWI Conference Session 2.0: Let’s Write a Lesson! – November 2, 2019 - Whether or not you were able to attend the iListenWI session at conference, please join us in writing listening lessons for your students. Come armed with your laptop or iPad, your creativity, and a composition you’d like to study further.  This workshop will focus on women composers, multicultural music, or any piece that you feel […]
WMEA Standards Workshop – Winter Edition – January 24 and 25, 2020 - We will look at how the Wisconsin state standards are organized and compare them to the National Standards and the 1997 Wisconsin Music Standards.  We will examine the new areas of Secondary General, Connecting, Technology and use with CMP, as well as ways these standards are already being implemented.  Then using a piece of music […]
Comprehensive Musicianship Through Performance – Winter Edition – January 31 and February 1, 2020 - This hands-on workshop presents the Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP) model of music teaching and performance.  Participants will explore the five points of the model (selection, analysis, strategies, outcomes, and assessment) and will prepare projects and teaching plans to use in their classrooms. Date and Time: Friday, January 31, 2020 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. […]
Marching Band for Beginners – February 8, 2020 - Sponsored by the Michael Leckrone Endowment Fund This workshop will provide a “crash course” (comprehensive overview) for pre-service or in-service teachers who have little or no experience teaching marching band. Topics covered will include: resources for music and drill, staff needs, logistical considerations and the various ins and outs of running a successful marching band […]
Integrating Social Emotional Learning and Music Education – February 15, 2020 - Join us for this hands on workshop integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL), self-efficacy and arts/academic skills through classroom culture, relationship and student-derived data assessment. Participants will be taken through creating SEL/arts integration routines and curricula and then building tools to assess self-efficacy development in those areas, quantitatively and qualitatively, over time. Date & Time: February […]

 

WSMA thanks The Les Paul Foundation for its ongoing support of music education initiatives!

New Edition Available Now!

September 2019
“Music: Educating the Whole Person”

Developing the whole person – mind, body and spirit – is at the heart of lifelong learning with music. This edition, also dedicated to the Wisconsin State Music Conference, explores what it means to educate the whole person through the power of music.

Click here for full September 2019 online edition…

 

YOUNG PERFORMERS INITIATIVE – WSMA & WPT Partnership

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Waunakee, WI 53597
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800.589.9762

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