Arts Advocacy

KMEA maintains an active arts advocacy program. Some of the activities KMEA members participate in are outlined below. To learn more about KMEA arts advocacy programs, please contact the Advocacy chairperson.

The MENC National Standards
The MENC National Standards make up the Kansas State Music Education Curriculum Standards. To assist music educators in Kansas, the clinics and performances at the KMEA In-Service Workshop are listed with the MENC National Standards. The following is a list of the 9 MENC Content Standards. Teachers are encouraged to order the National Standards for Arts Education from MENC.

1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

Music In Our Schools Month
Every March, MENC sponsors MIOSM, a public outreach program designed to support school music programs and raise awareness of the importance of music education. The highlight of MIOSM is the WORLD'S LARGEST CONCERT (WLC), an annual PBS presentation involving the participation of more than eight million schoolchildren. For more information on MIOSM, please contact:

State-Wide Festival Groups Scholarships
KMEA awards a scholarship to one student from each of the State-Wide Festival Groups. To learn more, visit the Awards Section.

Fund for the Advancement of Music Education (FAME)
An MENC-administered program which seeks to improve and expand music education for all by effecting changes in the general public's perception. The program's goals are to increase public awareness of the importance of music education and to promote public support for music education at the local, state, and federal levels. FAME funded programs enable the music education community to reach out beyond the parameters of the teaching profession to the world in which Americans learn about and make music.

Kansas Alliance for Arts Education
KAAE unites individuals and organizations to advance education in art, music, dance, and drama for Kansans of all ages. For more information, please contact:

Connie Burket
Executive Director
P.O. Box 2482
Salina KS 67402
Phone: 785-823-3570
Fax: 785-827-1568
ksartsed@aol.com
www.artseducationkansas.org

No Subject Left Behind
A guide to Arts Education Opportunities in the 2001 NCLB act, including an overview of the impact of the law on arts activities.
aep-arts.org/PDF%20Files/NoSubjectLeftBehind.pdf