Graduate Courses and Workshops

Fall 2020 VMEA Conference Extend the Learning: From Conference to Implementation

1 Graduate Credits or 15 PD/Workshop Hours

Vermont Music Educators Association and Music-COMP

October 2, 2020 VMEA conference

Online Follow-Up Period October 5 – November 20, 2020

Participants will attend the Fall Professional Development Conference sponsored by the Vermont Music Educators Association on Friday, October 2, 2020 at Castleton University. Course participants who sign up for one graduate credit must attend the full day of events and complete additional hours of online coursework to total 15 hours of active learning. Participation at the conference requires that course enrollees attend one workshop in each session slot, the keynote address and a 30-minute informational meeting about our course. All online coursework must be completed by Friday, November 20th. This course is sponsored by Vermont Music Educators Association (VMEA) in collaboration with Music-COMP as part of its fall professional development conference for 2020.

Learning Objectives – Participants will:

• Describe in detail one of the workshops sessions attended each day.

• Discuss personal reflections about music education inspired by the conference.

• Dialogue with other music educators on the topics generated by the conference sessions.

• Plan for implementation of one idea – theme, process, technique or tool – from sessions at the conference for use in his or her own music education classes.