{"product_id":"advocate-for-music-p-paperback","title":"Advocate for Music P - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynn M. Brinckmeyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the US, school budgets are tightening and music programs, often the first asked to compromise in the name of a balanced budget, face a seemingly grim future. Monetary restrictions combined with an increasing focus on test scores have led to heavy cuts in school music programs. In many cases, communities and teachers untrained in advocacy are helpless in the face of the school board, with no one willing and comfortable to speak up on their behalf. In \u003cem\u003eAdvocate for Music!: A Guide to User-Friendly Strategies\u003c\/em\u003e, Lynn M. Brinckmeyer, respected educator and past president for the National Association for Music Education, provides a manual for music teachers motivated to advocate but lacking the experience, resources, or time to acquire the skills to do so effectively. It will serve as a toolkit for advocating, and also for sharing resources, strategies and ideas useful for educating everyone - from community members to political representatives - about the immediate and long-term benefits of music education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAdvocate for Music!\u003c\/em\u003e, Brinckmeyer draws on a lifetime of arts advocacy to provide answers to the questions so many teachers have but are afraid - or simply too busy - to ask. A simple, hands-on guidebook for becoming an effective advocate for the arts, \u003cem\u003eAdvocate for Music!\u003c\/em\u003e is structured around six key questions: what is advocacy? Why focus on it? Who should do it? How does one do it? Where should we advocate? And when should we advocate? Readers will have access to step-by-step guidelines and strategies on how to engage others, and themselves, in a variety of levels of advocacy activities. In addition to granting access to compelling research projects, the book will provide models of letters, webinars, research findings, printed documents, websites and contact information useful for communicating with local, state and national decision makers. Working in an informal, hands-on manner, Brinckmeyer lays out advice on who to work with and what to do: providing concrete examples of advocacy tactics from ideas on how to cooperate with the gym teacher to a sample speech for the holiday concert. As she walks the reader through the a myriad of real-life examples and practical answers to her central questions, Brinckmeyer shows that every educator, parent, family member, and administrator can and should be engaged in advocating to maintain, and support, the right for today's children and adolescents to have access to high quality music education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdvocate for Music! \u003c\/em\u003eis an important book not only for all pre-service and inservice music teachers, but aso for state MEA leaders and staff, administrators, parents, community members, and all those involved with arts or education associations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePast NAfME President \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Lynn Brinckmeyer\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Director of Choral Music Education at Texas State University and she directs two choral ensembles. She has conducted all state choirs and honor choirs, lectured, presented master classes and performed in forty-nine states in the United States and fourteen different countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773645488416,"sku":"9780190219154","price":63.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4637dec59239e4ed4a158f81fed3bd8a_499ec8c6-8a78-4869-9a5a-a5852808c3c8.webp?v=1780429745","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/advocate-for-music-p-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}