MISSOURI MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION: Welcome to the web site of the Missouri Music Educators Association. If you are not a member of MMEA, you will learn about the very dedicated, talented, and committed membership of the association, and the high standards and quality music educational activities afforded the young people of Missouri through MMEA
 



LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

March 17, 2008


Welcome to our Missouri Music Educators Association’s newly revised website! Karen Stafford, MMEA Website Coordinator, has done a masterful job in making our website more user friendly and providing useful information for our members.


Some our website’s features include a “News & Events” section that deals with state and national news pertinent to music education. The “Advocacy” section contains news from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, contact information for members of the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives, information about Music In Our Schools Month, links to ideas and resources related to advocacy, and other useful information. A link to the MENC website gives our members immediate access to the tremendous amount of information provided by our national organization.


Articles written by Board of Directors members for the Missouri School Music Magazine will be archived on the website. This should make referencing past articles much easier for our members.


The handouts from many of the workshops at our recent conference are a valuable addition found in the “Convention” section. Often, sufficient numbers of handouts were not available at the time of the workshop, so making them available on our website will help everyone have access to the information.


Under “Curriculum Information” you will find information about Grade Level Expectations [GLE’s], the Show-Me Standards, and the National Standards for music. Having access to this information all in one place should prove very helpful when writing curriculum or making presentations about our music programs.


The “Leadership Information” section has contact information for Board of Directors, Advisory Council, and our District Presidents. Links to our eleven districts are contained under the “District Information” section, and the “Forms” section has our Application for Performance, Video Order Forms, the MMEA Hall of Fame Nomination Form, and many others. You will also find links to MSHSAA and our affiliate organizations.


The “Convention” section will contain information pertinent to our annual conference/clinic, and will provide online registration information. Eventually, we hope you will be able to pay your MENC/MMEA dues via our website!


Finally, a “Discussion Forum” will allow members to interact with questions, ideas, concert dates, and other information that should prove very helpful and interesting.


Our goal for some time has been to provide our members with a website that is easy to navigate, provides information that is useful, makes the registration process more efficient, and represents MMEA in a positive manner. Although we still have a few things to work out, I think you’ll agree this new website goes a long way toward meeting those goals!


Paul Copenhaver
President