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News,
Events and Deadlines
2008
October
21, 2008 - All-State
Chorus Info - IMPORTANT!!
Looking
for 2009 Elementary All-State results? Please log onto www.flmusiced.org;
click on the FMEA box; click on "Member Login";
enter your personal username and password. (Direct
link to log-in here.)The
list will be posted there no later than October 25, 2008.
This year there were 769 applicants for the 200 coveted
spots.
Congratulations to ALL teachers and children who walked
through the process.
Download
the All-State Online Packet here.
Sept.
26, 2008 - REMINDER! FREE MONEY from FEMEA!! Applications for
the FEMEA $1000 grants are due on October 30th.
Download
an application here.
Sept.
9, 2008 - The deadline for submitting All-State entry forms
has been extended due to hurricane hassles. You now have until Sept.
19th to postmark your entries.
Sept.
3, 2008 - GREAT
NEWS! Florida's Supreme Court removed amendments #5
,#7, #9 from the ballot, citing misleading language. The
justices indecated that they would not be open to rehearing
the arguments.
August
22, 2008 - A PowerPoint
presentation "Constitutional Amendments" by
James Perry, executive director of FMEA, is posted by request
of
FEMEA members who saw it at the Panama City and Lakeland FEMEA
summer sessions. It offers information about the consitutional
amendments which affect education that voters will vote on
in the November 2008 elections. Three amendments, #5 ,#7,
#9, are outlined; their effects on education in Florida are detailed. In
short - the amendments will be disastrous to public education
and education funding. Amendment #5 has been withdrawn
from the ballot by judicial order. An appeal is expected.
August 14, 2008 - All-State
Elementary Chorus Information Packet is posted.
August 8, 2008- Invitation
to apply for 2009 All-State Elementary Chorus is posted.
July
11, 2008: Want in-service
credit for
the Feierabend workshop in
Panama City? PAEC offers in-service
credit. Navigate to
www.paec.org; find the green
box; Enter "Florida Learns" as a returning member or as a visitor. If
you are a first-time user, you will need to register with the site
(free) and then you
will be able to register for in-service credit. Suggestion: search
for FEMEA to select the proper workshop. If you just
want to look around the site before you register, click the tiny
letters "FloridaLearns". This is only for
the workshop on Aug. 7 in Panama City.
June
26, 2008: District
newsletters for
spring posted.
June
25, 2008: The simplified URL for the FEMEA
website goes live. Formerly www.flmusiced.org/FEMEA_INDEX.html,
it is now www.flmusiced.org/FEMEA. Please
update your bookmarks. Thanks to Perry West, FMEA
webmaster, for his assistance.
May
25, 2008: Revised
application for the Janice Lancaster Professional Development
Scholarship is posted.
Download
here (pdf).
April
16, 2008: FEMEA announces two
wonderful events with John Feierabend in August, '08.
The
content of the two days will be different.
John
Feierabend, a world-class music educator and clinician, will
present a workshop in Panama
City (August 7).
He
will also lead the FEMEA Summer
Conference in Lakeland (August
9).
Please
download the appropriate form for more information
and/or to register.
Send it to
Anita Travaglino; her address is on the form.
Registration Forms are no longer online.
Fees
for either:
Pre-Registration
$30 (postmarked by 7/10/2008)
On Site $35
College Students $10
Optional Box Lunch $8.
April
8, 2008: Winners
of the first Janice Lancaster Professional Development Scholarships have
been announced.
Congratulations
to:
Amanda
Burke - attending Orff Level II certification
Lisa Butler - attending
Orff
Level
I certification
Eldean Hagans - attending Orff Level II
certification
Dr. David Katz - attending World Music
Drumming
Diane Whitney - attending World Music Drumming
Due May 1st: Call
for proposals for FEMEA Conference 09 - Have an idea for a
session at the 09 Clinic-Conference?
Due May 1st: Performance
Group Application for Conference 09 - Want to
have your students perform at the 09 Clinic-Conference?
Feb.
15, 2008: Deadline for the Janice Lancaster Profession
Development Scholarships - Feb. 15. FEMEA will award up to 4
$500 scholarships for professional development.
This
scholarship was named for former FEMEA president Janice
Lancaster who, for more than 20 years, has been a positive,
active driving force behind (and in front of) many successful
efforts to improve
and
support
Florida
music educators. Her impact has been incalculable. She
continues to serve FMEA by chairing the FMEA Technology Committee.
Thank you, Janice!
Jan.
26: Districts
II and III will have a workshop with three great clinicians. Sheila
King will be presenting exciting Orff and recorder materials. Brothers
Nate and Allan Strawbridge will be offering great percussion
ideas. The workshop will be held at Gene Witt Elementary
School in Bradenton. RSVP by Jan. 18.
January
9-12, 2008: Florida Music Educators Conference in
January in Tampa, Florida.
Keep a lookout for early on-line
registration to save a little money. Get your hotels booked now.
PLAN to attend and start getting the finances together. Not a member? Need
to renew? Join or
renew now.
FEMEA CONFERENCE
08 - EVALUATION FORM - no longer active.
2007
Dec.
1: Deadline
for submitting ideas to this year's Idea Exchange. Teachers
who submit electronically 5 or more pages (.pdf as
well as original file type) will receive a free copy
of the Idea Exchange at conference. The Idea
Exchange will be available in print AND because the
idea was so well received last year, it will again
be available on CD-ROM. Send any materials electronically
to District II Chair Julie
Hebert. October
30: Deadline for submitting the Dorothy
Land Grant applications. FEMEA will award up
to two $1000 grants. The
grant chair is Suzy
Reiser. Download grant application .doc -
rooms for the closest hotels go fast!
Sept.
15: All-State Chorus applications, fees and
tapes submitted to your district chair must
be postmarked by Sept. 15. Submitting
teacher must be an up-to-date member of FEMEA by Sept.
15.
Sept.
20: Contact your district chair by if
you are willing to be a session facilitator at conference. This
small service takes no preparation, little time and
really helps keep the conference going smoothly. Volunteers
are also needed to participate in the Curriculum
Fair and the Resource
Room.
October
1: Online
registration for FMEA conference in January, 2008,
starts.
October 10: Dedication
of the FMEA building in Tallahassee to the memory of
June Hinckley.
Oct.
21: All-State
results will be published here on the website. No
hard copies will be sent out.
June
1: It's time to renew your MENC/FMEA/FEMEA dues. Membership
runs from June 1 - May 31. Renew
online here.
Merchandise
Early
heads-up:
FEMEA shirts, bags and other merchandise will
be available again at the conference. They were very
popular last year. The proceeds will be used for the FEMEA
Janice Lancaster Professional
Development Scholarship fund, a new project of FEMEA which
was introduced at the 2008 conference. Not pictured are new
items is the ladies knit shirt with a more feminine neckline.
Downloads
2009
All-State Chorus Info - IMPORTANT!!
Download
the All-State Online Packet here.
Looking for 2009 Elementary All State results?
Please log onto www.flmusiced.org.
Click on the FMEA box and then click on "Member Login". Enter your
personal username and password.
The list will be posted there no later than
October 25, 2008.
This year there were 769 applicants for the 200
coveted spots. Congratulations to ALL
teachers and children who walked through
the process.
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FEMEA Professional Development Video Collection
Application (.doc 34kb)
Download an application to check out a video.
Includes
a list of videos available, an application and directions.
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News
It's
time to renew your MENC/FMEA/FEMEA dues. Membership runs
from June 1 - May 31. Renew
online here.
Opportunities
Let
your district chair know that you would be willing to be a
session
facilitator at conference. This takes little of your
time and it's a huge assist in making the sessions go smoothly. Contact
your district chair by Sept. 30.
What
is The Curriculum Fair? Each year, the
FEMEA Board of Directors selects and invites accomplished
teachers to present innovative ideas in the annual Elementary
Curriculum Fair. To be selected or invited to participate in
the Curriculum Fair is indeed an honor, as well as a responsibility.
Each participant selects a lesson plan or curricular
idea of particular interest and prepares a corresponding presentation
board and handouts. The participant presents his/her ideas
with a smile and sharing attitude during the designated Curriculum
Fair time. Conference attendees visit the Curriculum Fair to
glean new ideas to use with their own students.
What
is the Resource Room? There is a special room set up
at conference that allows teachers to display resources that
they have found useful. You can find all kinds of resources
there including teacher created and/or purchased resources. Volunteers
offer their resources for other teachers to peruse. The
room, when open, is always staffed by one of our awesome district
chairpersons.
The
FEMEA Professional Development video collection, in the process
of
being converted to DVD, is available for members to check out. Download Video
Library Request Form here. Print
it and send it to Anita Travaligno (contact information is
in the download).
Use
your open house this fall to advocate for music in your school. See
the links page for assistance.
Start planning
how you will choose and rehearse with your All-State Chorus
applicants.
Plan
a field trip to a nearby Music Demonstration School. Car
pool with other music teachers and make the travel time fun!
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