Join us at TMEA for the Research/Best Practice Sessions all day on Thursday, April 12th. See the Tennessee Musician for list of posters and detailed session descriptions.  

April 12, 2018

Location for all sessions:  Presidential Boardroom B

 Noon - 12:50  Research/Best Practice Poster Session (Taco Bar provided.  Have lunch with us!)

1:00 - 1:50 Music Supervisors Bulletin, Music Supervisors Journal, and Music Educators Journal:  A Historical Study of Music and Special Needs from 1914 - 1975
Sarah Emmons, UTK,  Presenter

2:00 - 2:50 P.R.A.C.T.I.C.E. An Acronym for Doing Things Better
Brendan Townsend, Texas A & M International University, Presenter

3:00 - 3:50 Improving Improvisation:  Leadership Training that Enhances Jazz Improvisation
Benjamin Posey, Brock's Gap Intermediate School

4:00 - 4:50 Music Teacher Perceptions of Assessment:  A Phenomenological Study of the Tennessee Fine Arts Portfolio
David Potter, Michigan State University

The Tennessee Music Education Association will sponsor a research and best practice poster session at its professional development conference at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN, April 11 - 14, 2018. In-service teachers, graduate students, and university faculty are encouraged to submit for consideration for the poster session or possible presentation.

Research – Research may be quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods. Research should be completed and related to music teaching and learning. In-service teachers conducting action research in their classrooms are encouraged to submit these projects for consideration.

Best Practice – Best Practice submissions should describe programs or practices that are effectively meeting important goals in music education. Proposals should include a specific justification and/or rationale for the program or practice, and a description of the context in which it has been implemented.

All submissions must meet the Code of Ethics published in the Journal of Research in Music Education. Submissions will only be accepted through the following form:

Procedure for requests of TMEA membership participation in research studies.  Please read carefully if you wish to approach TMEA regarding research.

1.  A request for approval from TMEA must be submitted to the TMEA Research chair for evaluation.  If this is an initial request fro a letter to submit for IRB approval, then the researcher/student researcher must provide the title, type of research, purpose statement, description of the study and why they wish to include the TMEA membership (i.e. survey).  this with with the understanding that this is not approval for the study, but acknowledgement that the request will be considered again if IRB approval is granted.  The researcher/student researcher must understand that IRB approval is necessary to ensure that materials will be treated in an ethical manner concerning confidentiality and consent to participate.

2.  Once IRB approval has been obtained, the researcher/student researcher may contact the TMEA Research Chair with the IRB approval number, cover letter, and survey questions.  At this time, the TMEA Research Chair will examine the cover letter and survey questions.  If approved, they will be forwarded to the TMEA Executive Director for examination and any discussion that may be needed with the TMEA officers.

3.  If final approval is granted, then the Executive Director will send the cover letter and survey to the TMEA membership.  At no time will a researcher/student researcher receive the email addresses of the TMEA membership.  The researcher/student researcher may also place a link to the suvey on the TMEA Facebook Page if they are a member of the organization.  

Please join us at TMEA for the Research/Best Practice poster session and presentations on April 6th in Belmont C.   We have a full day of research and best practices to share!   Also, do not forget about the SMTE Luncheon on April 7th in Magnolia A.  I look forward to seeing you there!  

The first TN SMTE Symposium will be held on September 17th, 2016 in the Wright Music Building on the campus of MTSU.  If you are a music teacher educator, graduate student in music education either master or doctoral level, a music education supervisor, or in-service music educator wanting to learn more and contribute to the are of music teacher education, please join us!  There is no fee for the symposium, but registration is needed for an accurate headcount for lunch.  Lunch cost will be forthcoming.  

TNSMTE Symposium

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.  Welcome & Keynote Address

     Welcome:  Dr. Jamila L. McWhirter, MTSU
                         TMEA SMTE/Research Chair
     Keynote:    Dr. Linda Thompson, Lee University
                         SMTE Past Chair

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.  Coffee Chat

10:00 - 10:45 a.m.  Music Makes Us Initiative

     Presenter:  Dr. Laurie Schell
                          Music Makes Us Director
                          Metro Nashville Schools

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.  Coffee Chat

11:00 - 11:45 a.m.  Music Makes Us Working Session

Noon - 1:30 p.m.  Lunch at The Boulevard

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.  New Tennessee State Music Standards

     Presenter:  Dr. Eric Branscome, APSU
                          Tennessee Music Standards Revision Committee

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.  Coffee Chat

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.  What Works

     Facilitator:  Dr. Jamila L. McWhirter, MTSU
                           Formal time of sharing from members of ideas, strategies, assessments, 
                           techniques, and innovations which are effectively being used in their music
                           teacher education courses.  

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.  Wrap-Up/ Closing Remarks