Episode 6: Advocacy in Orchestra Education with Leyla Sanyer
Show Notes
This list of vocabulary is extremely helpful in helping you shift your language - I'd be lost without it!
Check out WMEA's Advocacy page, where you can you can find advocacy resources such as guidelines, talking points, and more. There is even a place you can request help from an advocacy assistance team member if you teach in Wisconsin.
Leyla drafted this letter as a way to reach stakeholders who claim to "know nothing about music." It clarifies how the music classroom, like other classrooms, is a valuable place for growth and learning.
Watch Leyla's narrated presentation that she created for ASTA: Talking the Walk: Changing the Language Around Music Education to Speak With Decision Makers.
Leyla is quoted in this helpful article by Carla Kalogeridis, Are You and Your Principal on the Same Team? from the NAfME journal, Teaching Music.