EVALUATION OF MUSIC TEACHERS

90th Annual State Conference Michigan Associaton of Elementary and Middle School Principals

Friday, December 4, 2015 10:00am – 11:15am Kalamazoo Radisson, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Colleen Conway, University of Michigan, conwaycm@umich.edu

Phillip Hash, Calvin College, pmh3@calvin.edu

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Colleen Conway is professor of music education at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in horn performance and music education from the Eastman School of Music and a doctorate in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Conway's scholarly interests include instrumental music education, preservice music teacher education, qualitative research, professional development for the inservice music teacher, and the mentoring and induction of beginning music teachers. She has presented at national and international conferences (including NAfME, The Midwest Clinic, AERA, and ISME) and has published more than 80 articles on these topics in all of the major music education journals. Conway is currently editor-in-chief of Arts Education Policy Review. Books in print include: Great Beginning for Music Teachers: A Guide to Mentoring and Induction (2003, Rowman & Littlefield); Handbook for the Beginning Music Teacher (2006, GIA); Teaching Music in Higher Education (2009, Oxford); Handbook for the Music Mentor (2010, GIA); and Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education (2014, Oxford). Her newest book, Curriculum and Assessment in Music Education, will be released by GIA in 2015. Dr. Conway lives in Tecumseh, Michigan with her husband, Dr. Thomas Hodgman and their children Sarah (age 16) and Tommy (age 12). Phillip Hash is Associate Professor of Music Education at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He holds an Ed.D. in music education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a M.M in wind conducting from Northwestern University, and a B.M. in music education from Millikin University. Dr. Hash taught instrumental music in the Chicago area for 14 years and has received the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association on two occasions as well as the Outstanding Chicagoland Music Educator Award. He has published research and practitioner articles in a number of periodicals—most recently in the Journal of Research in Music Education and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. Conference presentations include research topics, as well as sessions on instrumental music education, mentoring student teachers, assessment, and music teacher evaluation. His arrangements for bands, string orchestras, and small ensembles through Grand Mesa Music, Daehn Publications, and BRS Music. Dr. Hash currently serves on the editorial committees of the Journal of Research in Music Education and the Journal of Music Therapy. He also serves as an adjudicator and clinician, sits on the board of the Michigan Music Education Association as the state research advisor, and works in various capacities with the Historical Special Research Interest Group of the National Association for Music Education.