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Dear Jenn, Welcome to the new and improved Wisconsin Advocates for Music Education (WAME) newsletter. I hope you will find the information on advocacy both timely and useful for your role as an educator, administrator or supporter of music education and the arts in Wisconsin. Please continue reading to learn how you can help shape the future of the arts in Wisconsin and the nation. If I can be of service to you in your advocacy efforts, please contact me at anytime.
Rich Mannisto, Chairperson
The Wisconsin Advocates for Music Education exists to support Wisconsin's music educators, parents and students in music advocacy efforts. Through partnership our goal is to ensure that every child in Wisconsin receives a quality music education and is taught by a certified music educator.
Feature Article
Are you frustrated with the negative effects of NCLB
on your music program? There's light at the end of
the tunnel. NCLB will be revised in the
next two years. Already our national organization,
MENC has partnered with 88 other national
organizations to make positive, significant
adjustments to the law. Some of these proposed
adjustments include:
We have a long way to go before these changes are accepted by law makers, but we are on the right path. WAME is working closely with MENC on your behalf to ensure that NCLB will become an effective law for our schools and the arts. We also need your feedback about NCLB. Share your comments on NCLB and the impact the current law has on the arts. Click here to submit your comments to Congress before January 1, 2007.
The election season is now over and we can begin our work with newly elected state officials. One way to help build a strong case of support for the arts with our state government is to build a relationship with them. If you support the elected officials for your area, send them a congratulatory note regarding the recent election. Show your support and remind them that you support the arts and look forward to working with them to keep the arts strong in Wisconsin. Click on the link below to locate your state elected officials.
Remember you are not alone. Get to know your music parents, community officials and business leaders. Cultivate them for your support team. A united effort involving multiple community resources creates a strong and powerful force. For more ideas about how to form your community advocacy group and learn of other ways to advocate for music education, visit the WAME Support Center at www.wmea.com/support.
Refer a Fellow Advocate Do you know of a fellow music supporter (parents, friends, arts colleague, community member) who should be receiving this newsletter? If so, please forward this message to them and have them click on the link below to sign up for this FREE publication.
Reader Feedback Needed Do you have a music education success story to share? Do you have an idea for an article we could feature in this newsletter? If so, share your ideas with Rich Mannisto, WAME Chairperson (rmannisto@aol.com).
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