Professional Organisations

Go to resource: The AMEB is the most widely-used examinations system in Australia for music, speech and drama.

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Seeking a new generation of Innovators to represent the interests of the Music Education Community in NSW …

AMEB calls for Nominations for 4 Private Teacher Representatives to

sit on the AMEB (NSW) Committee from 2012

*Nominations CLOSE SOON : Friday 21st OCTOBER 2011

Note: Self Nominations are acceptable.

Do you want to have a hand in shaping Australia’s music education future into the 21st Century? Well this could be your opportunity … it’s a little known fact that there is a significant level of professional music and speech teacher representation on the AMEB (NSW) Committee with no fewer than three Private Music Teacher Representatives and one Private Speech Teacher Representative representing the interests of our profession. Every two years elections are held for these honorary positions and it’s once again time to take a vote.

The election is particularly exciting this year with the AMEB recently foreshadowing what many see as a greater willingness to establish a more collaborative relationship with the Music and Speech Teaching communities in NSW. In the latest AMEB Newsletter, the Board stressed that the role of private teacher representatives on the NSW Committee is key to providing wider opportunities for the music, speech and drama communities to participate in the development of policies and practices for the AMEB (NSW). A welcome development indeed !

To be eligible to nominate or to be nominated for election, and to vote, a private teacher must have enrolled a candidate other than themselves in AMEB (NSW) examinations, in either of the two years immediately preceding the year of the election. These honorarium positions are for a period of two years and require attendance at four compulsory meetings in the course of each year. Elected nominees are appointed to the Board at the discretion of the Minister for Education.

So if you consider yourself to be a leader in your chosen profession your colleagues need you !

Nominations forms can be obtained from the AMEB State Manager – email: office@ameb.nsw.edu.au

Ballot papers will be distributed (along with a biography of each of the candidates) to eligible voters in November with 2012 AMEB Teachers Handbook.

Remember NOMINATIONS CLOSE : 21st OCTOBER 2011

The Arts Centre (Vic) Digital Learning Hub – The Arts Centre (Melbourne) Music Education programs

https://sites.google.com/site/asmensw/announcements

NSW division of ASME presents a one day conference for classroom and studio Music teachers on 14th May, 2011 in Hornsby.

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Available for purchase is this 1999 research paper by ASME.

Go to resource: The Association of Music Educators (aMuse Vic) is the organisation for music educators in Victoria, including school teachers and studio instrumental teachers. Read more…

There is an opportunity to be involved in a Programme being undertaken by  AITSL.   The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) has responsibility for establishing professional learning flagship programs that support national education priority areas. The Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change will aim to enhance teachers knowledge, skills and confidence to plan for, support and lead curriculum change, including school level implementation of the Australian Curriculum. Classroom teachers with curriculum change leadership responsibility in a school are the primary audience for this flagship program.

AITSL have a number of resources available on their dedicated Leading Curriculum Change web page   www.aitsl.edu.au/lcc

Please also note that this website is the place that all interested individuals go to register an expression of interest in The Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change.

Should you have an interest in leading such curriculum change, follow the link above and consider applying to be partof the programme.

www.austa.asn.au

This website is a hub of information for Australian performers, teachers, instrument makers, students and enthusiasts of bowed string instruments (violins, violas, cellos and double basses).

Go to resource: ATRA, established in 2008, is the association for the various school teacher registration authorities in Australia and New Zealand.  Read more…

Go to resource: ANZARME was established in 2007 out of previous music education research organisations.

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Go to resource: The Australian Band and Orchestra Directors’ Association (ABODA) NSW supports music education through the implementation of bands and orchestras across NSW. Read more…

Go to resource: The Australian Music Association is the peak body for music products in Australia. Read more…

Go to resource: The Australian Music Centre (AMC), located at the Rocks in Sydney, is a comprehensive resource for Australian music. Read more…

Go to resource: ANATS is the professional association for singing teachers in Australia. Read more…

Go to resource: The Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) is an association for professional music educators including teachers, researchers, and academics.

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As part of the Australian Copyright Council’s national seminar program for 2011, they are holding a Copyright for Music Teachers (Ed Inst & Private Tuition) seminar.

The seminar will be an essential overview of key copyright issues associated with music teaching, including a comparison of the different provisions that apply when teaching within educational institutions and teaching privately.

Topics include:

*      How copyright applies to music
*      Identifying the circumstances where relevant exceptions apply
*      Copyright obligations and trouble-shooting
*      Using resources from the Internet

For dates, times, venue and how to book, please visit www.copyright.org.au/seminars

Go to resource: Dalcroze Australia is the official Dalcroze association in Australia and offers courses for teachers. Read more…

Go to resource: Early Childhood Music Education (ECME) is under the International Society for Music Education (ISME) umbrella. Read more…

Go to resource: The Geelong Music Teachers’ Association is the professional body for private instrumental music teachers in the Geelong region. Read more…

New Music Education blog:

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It’s a place to put up posts of interest for music educators … a place to build a community of music teachers … a place where you can post pictures, videos, recordings of any school music event you’d like to tell others about.

Go to resource: The Kodaly Music Institute of Australia is a professional not-for-profit association that espouses the pedagogical philosophies of the composer Zoltan Kodaly. Read more…

Go to resource: The Music Council of Australia (MCA) is a 50-member Australian music peak body. Its purpose is to bring together all members of the music community to provide a diverse and active musical life in Australia (including music education). Read more…

Go to resource: The Music Teachers Association of NSW (MTA NSW) is the professional body for private instrumental music teachers in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Read more…

Go to resource: The Music Teachers’ Association of Queensland (MTAQ) is the professional body for private instrumental music teachers in Queensland. Read more…

Go to resource: The Music Teachers’ Association of South Australia (MTASA) is the professional body in South Australia for private instrumental music teachers. Read more…

Soon to be launched is a wiki for advice and information regarding careers in the music industry – a portal and source of information to help music people, especially artists, develop their careers.

musiccareer.com.au

Go to resource: The National Awards for Excellence in School Music Education are run by the Australian Society for Music Education.

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Go to resource: Regional Arts Australia represents artists in regional, rural, and remote Australia. Read more…

Go to resource: The Society for Music Teacher Education (USA) is part of the National Association for Music Education (MENC), and is particularly aimed at music teachers. Read more…

Go to resource: Soundhouse provides support for contemporary music-making in schools, including the implementation of music technology. Read more…

Go to resource: The Tasmanian Music Teachers’ Association is the Tasmanian professional body for private instrumental music teachers. Read more…

Go to resource: Teacher Training Australia offers professional training for teachers in specific subject areas and units, including music.

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Go to resource: The Music Education Network is run by Arts NSW, and provides professional links between regional conservatoriums in NSW, music educators, touring performers, and organisations.

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Go to resource: The Song Room offers music programs to school students, particularly those who have no access to music teachers, and disadvantaged students. Their aim is to create self-sustaining music programs in schools. Read more…

Go to resource: The Victorian Music Teachers’ Association (VMTA) is the professional body for private instrumental music teachers in Victoria. Read more…

Go to resource: The Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association is a non-profit organisation that supports teachers in music education, and is the Victorian branch of the national association for Schulwerk methodology. Read more…

VMTA’s Piano Day is on SundayMarch 20.  Here are the details:

SUNDAY MARCH 20 – 9.45 – 3.45
Piano Day
Melbourne High School
Forrest Hill, South Yarra

Julie Haskell and Peter Hurley will present on the new Piano for Leisure
series, and Glenn Riddle will present on Certificate of Performance and
bridging the gap between 8th grade and AMusA.

Tickets: VMTA members $30 per session/$70 all day.  Non-members: $40 per
session $95 all day.  Full-time student all-day special $50.

Bookings: contact the VMTA office on 9415 1314 or email vmta@vmta.org.au.
Forms can also be downloaded from our website
www.victorianmusicteachersassociation.org.au.

Go to resource: The West Australian Music Teachers’ Association (WAMTA) is the professional body for private instrumental music teachers in Western Australia. Read more…