Professional Development
The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts Summer Institute
The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts (SCEA), located on the campus of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is holding a summer institute on the topic "The Role of Professional Development in Facilitating the Practice of Arts Integration" on May 1-3, 2008. This arts and education forum will explore and analyze current practices in arts integration to help refine its implementation by professional development providers. For more information, visit www.sceaonline.com.
Opening Minds Through the Arts Fine Arts Summer Institute
The Fine Arts Summer Institute is the cornerstone of the OMA Professional Development program. Held twice a year, this one-week, intensive, hands-on training in arts integration practice and strategies is for classroom teachers, arts teachers, teaching artists, arts integration specialists, and administrative staff. This year's dates are May 26-31 and July 28-August 1, 2008. For more information, visit www.omaproject.org.
Barnes & Noble Announces Sponsorships for Arts Programs
The national bookstore chain provides in-store fund-raising opportunities, sponsorships, and donations to local and regional nonprofit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts, or preK-12 education. Applicants must be located in communities with Barnes & Noble stores and should serve the greater good of the local community or region. A plan for promoting your program with Barnes & Noble should be included in the proposal. Applications may be submitted at any time. For more information, visit the "Our Company" and "Sponsorships and Charitable Donations" links at our homepage: www.barnesandnobleinc.com.
Teacher Enrichment Grant Program
The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Foundation Fund offers Teacher Enrichment Grants which may be used for private study, college-level course work, or special projects in performance, pedagogy, music theory, and composition. The grant is not intended to be used to pursue course work toward a degree, for travel funds, or for ongoing projects. The number of grants awarded in any year is determined by the number of qualified applicants and available funds. For more information, visit [link] www.mtnafoundation.org.
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Grant Opportunities
Grant opportunities are available year-round for K-12 and after-school music education programs through the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation. The Melody Program and the Special Projects Program each offer awards of $500-$8,000 worth of instruments. For more information, visit [link] http://www.mhopus.org/teachers.asp.
National Endowment for the Arts Education Leaders Institute
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) partners with the Illinois Arts Council to create the NEA Education Leaders Institute, a new program that will help increase the commitment of school leaders, state legislators, and policy makers to enhance the quality and quantity of arts education. The Institutes will commence with a pilot session in March 2008. For more information, visit www.state.il.us/agency/iac.
Music Technology Private Study
Enjoy private one-on-one instruction, year-round, at the new Mike Klinger Music Technology Retreat in the woods of Carson, Washington (50 miles east of Portland) with Mike Klinger. This two-day, open-ended course concentrates on solving individual needs and working with students' own equipment issues and hardware/software issues. Applications may consist of music sequencing, music composing/printing, music theory, software/hardware evaluations, digital audio recording, and scanning. For more information, visit www.midiworkshop.com/music.htm.