Advocacy Committee

The committee met on July 16th at 2pm.  

ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MISSION STATEMENT:

We advocate that music education is the core to a student’s physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth.

• Provides advocacy  resources for district membership

• Partnering with Iowa Alliance for Arts Education and Iowa High School Music Association with mentorship and Advocacy Day with state legislatures

• Schedule and prepare 3 meetings: one during the May IBA Conference, one during the July IBA Workshop, one during the year when needed.

Advocacy Committee Meeting

July 15, 2022

David Law will maintain the committee website.

Ideas for involvement

• Regular publishing of advocacy materials for directors

  • Monthly eNews

  • IBA Magazine

    • Recent articles from Journal for Music Education

  • District Newsletter

  • Proactive conversations with administrators BEFORE there are issues.

• Advocating for the profession 

  • Why aren’t students going into music education?

  • How can we advocate for students to pursue jobs in the field?

  • Can it tie in the College Affairs committee survey on attrition rates into college bands?

• Adding Articles to committee website

  • Grouping articles

    • Band Lessons, Staffing, etc

    • Including bullet points to summarize articles for quick research

• Advocacy Clinics at Conference

  • Training directors how to effectively advocate to administrators, board members

  • How to navigate the politics of schools

Equity - IAAE Arts Summer Institute Workshop.  Selection process? 

• District presidents nominate 2-3 potential future leaders to submit to the President-Elect or past president. 

  • People should be able to self-nominate. 

• Needs to be some kind of nomination form that discusses that person’s traits or qualifications. “What makes them stand out as a future leader?”

• Reviewed by the Executive Board. 

How can Advocacy work with PR & Social Media to promote what we’re doing with schools and in our communities?

• Directors submit pictures with captions for publishing on social media

• Directors submit pictures and small articles for IBA Magazine/e-News features

• Highlight Major Landers candidates (recognize high school, director, and superintendent)

How can membership help/get involved more?

Operations Manual 

ADVOCACY COMMITTEE

Committee Structure

The IBA Advocacy Committee consists of a representative from each of the six districts of IBA (NCIBA, NEIBA, NWIBA, SCIBA, SEIBA, SWIBA) to serve a three-year term, with a second successive term at the discretion of the district membership.

The IBA Advocacy Committee Chair shall be appointed by the President of IBA, and shall be selected from the members of the IBA Advocacy Committee. The duties of the Chair shall include:

• Schedule and prepare an agenda for at least two (2) meetings of the IBA Advocacy Committee to be held in conjunction with the Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference in May and the summer IBA meeting and Work Session. Additional meetings will be held as required. 

• Attend all IBA business meetings and submit a report detailing the work of the IBA Advocacy Committee.

• Maintain accurate records and files with regard to the work of the IBA Advocacy Committee, and share these materials with the members of the IBA Advocacy Committee, the President of IBA, and the IBA Executive Board, as necessary/appropriate.

• Serve as a liaison between the IBA Advocacy Committee and the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education, the IBA Mentorship Committee

Scope of Work of the IBA Concert Band Affairs Committee

We advocate that music education is the core to a student’s physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth.

• Provides advocacy  resources for district membership

• Partnering with Iowa Alliance for Arts Education and Iowa High School Music Association with mentorship and Advocacy Day with state legislatures