Please
see the calendar
page for information and application form for Iowa
String Teachers Association
Solo Competition
- October 9, 2010
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Newly
Elected Officers
President Elect: Erin Gaherty
Erin Gaherty is a native of Dubuque, Iowa and 2001 graduate of
Dubuque Senior High School. She has a degree in Music Education
from Iowa State University. As an orchestra teacher Erin is
finishing her fourth year at Waterloo West High School. For the
09-10 school year she is also the orchestra teacher at East High
School. While in Waterloo Erin has formed the Waterloo High
Schools Chamber Orchestra; this ensemble offers students from
the entire community an opportunity to collaborate musically and
to serve as ambassadors for the city’s string program. She is
also in the second year of building a summer program that offers
all students affordable lessons with a teacher on their primary
instrument and with scholarships available to students in need.
Erin is a member of the Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony cello
section.
New Member at Large East: Kendra Milder
Kendra
Milder teaches 5th grade and high school orchestra
for the Muscatine Community School District. Ms.
Milder holds a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the
University of Northern Iowa where she studied viola with Dr.
Julia Bullard. During college Ms. Milder was
a teaching assistant for the Northern Iowa Children’s Choir,
worked with the orchestra at Malcolm Price Laboratory School,
volunteered for the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Art Center in
education and community outreach, and worked at Interlochen Arts
Camp. In her spare time Ms. Milder
teaches private lessons and continues to perform on local
concert.
New
Secretary: Mary Bellone
Grey
Mary has been a string teacher in Cedar Falls since 1990.For 12 years
she worked with the UNI Suzuki School not only as a violin &
viola teacher but as interim director. She stopped private
teaching after the birth of her second child. While at the
Suzuki School she established & directed the Heartland
Suzuki Institute at the University of Northern Iowa, which was
in existence for 2 years.
She received
her bachelor’s in Violin performance from North Texas State
University and her Master’s of Music in Violin
performance/pedagogy from the University of Colorado, Boulder
under the tutelage of William Starr. In 1995 she completed an MA
in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Northern
Iowa. (She refers to this as her early mid-life crisis.)
She has played
with orchestras such as the Ft Worth Opera Orchestra, &
Hartford Symphony. Currently she is principle second violinist
of the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra. For the past 3
years she has been the orchestra director at Price Laboratory
School/Northern University High School. She lives in
Cedar Falls with her husband & two daughters.
Chairs for ISTA Conference
Orchestras:
Andrew Steffen will be the
chair of the Middle School Honors Orchestra for next year taking
over for Marty Clancey, and that Tabitha Rasmussen will
be the chair of the High School Honors group taking over as
chair from Ted Halberg.
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Welcome to the Iowa Arts Educators Mentor Program - Model of
Excellence
The purpose of this program is to continue to improve the
quality of arts education in Iowa through mentoring assistance of
first-year arts teachers. The program was first piloted in the
2005 -2006 school year.
The Iowa Arts Educators Mentor Program is designed to enhance,
not supplant the established local/district/AEA/State mentoring
programs. The mentoring program is discipline-specific. The
information that is made available to the first-year teacher
through this program ranges from survival to mastery skills needed
to be successful in the arts classroom. The information is
tailored specifically to the individual teacher and teaching
situation. This information can also be accessed immediately
(through emails/phone calls) or after observation and reflection
(mentor visits). It also provides for networking with other
first-year and veteran teachers throughout the state.
Due to the statewide scope of this project, the Iowa
Alliance for Arts Education continues to be uniquely
positioned to manage this project. All of the participating
arts organizations are members of the IAAE "umbrella."
The leadership of the six arts organizations (Arts
Educators of Iowa, Iowa
Bandmasters Association, Iowa
Communications Association, Iowa
Choral Directors Association, Iowa
Music Educators Association, and Iowa
String Teachers Association), as well as Music Mentors of
Iowa, participates in IAAE programs and have representatives on
the IAAE Advisory Board.
IAAE, collaborating with the Iowa Department of Education, has
been a leader in the development of statewide arts programs in the
areas of assessment, standards and benchmarks, integration,
advocacy, and leadership development.
The mentoring project is a natural outgrowth of the IAAE mission
statement, which is to "increase the support of policies,
practices, and partnerships that ensure quality arts education for
all Iowans."
Goals of the mentoring project are:
- To retain promising beginning arts teachers.
- To promote the personal and professional well-being of
beginning arts teachers.
- To improve arts teaching performance by supporting
continuous professional growth for both mentor and mentee.
If you have additional questions please contact:
Leon Kuehner or Liz
Fritz
IAAE Mentor Co-Chairs
Please submit the following information to be enrolled in the
mentor program and receive information about mentor contacts,
scholarships (up to $250) for professional organization membership
and attendance at conferences, and specific opportunities for
first year arts teachers.
About You
About Your
Work
Job Title
Classroom
Music Teacher
Instrumental
Music
Vocal
Music
Visual
Art Teacher
Speech/Drama
Teacher
Other, please specify:
Grade level(s) you teach:
School name
Location of school (city)
About
Mentoring Opportunities
Would you like to be connected with an active mentor? This is
someone who is an active teacher and can serve as a life-line for
everyday questions and needs.
Yes
Not at this time, but please contact me later
Other, please specify:
I am a member of:
Iowa Music Educators Association
Iowa Bandmasters Association
Iowa Choral Directors Association
Art Educators of Iowa
Iowa Communications Association
Iowa String Teachers Association
I am interested in scholarship information. Available for
conference attendance and membership dues.
Yes
No
I am interested in attending the Fall
Symposium. This is an event with specific topics of interest
for first year teachers held on Saturday October 31st at Iowa
State University in Ames.
Yes
No
I am interested in participating in the observation mentor
program. This allows retired or active teachers to visit with you
at your school (up to 4 visits). Each visit is tailored
specifically to the needs of the first year teacher.
Yes, I am interested, please sign me up.
Not at this time, but please contact me later.
If you have an observation mentor in mind, please specify:
Any other comments or questions?
Please feel free to ask them here.
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