{"id":2006,"date":"2020-10-23T13:55:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T17:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musictogether.com\/blog\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2023-03-03T12:21:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:21:27","slug":"nafme-pandemic-teaching-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musictogether.com\/blog\/nafme-pandemic-teaching-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Together\u2019s Dr. Lili Levinowitz Key Contributor to NAfME Teaching Guidelines for Early Childhood Music Education during Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As the largest organization for music educators in the US, the National Association for the Music Education (NAfME) has created numerous resources to support music teachers as they teach through the pandemic, in-person, virtually, or a hybrid. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Lili Levinowitz, Music Together\u00ae coauthor and Director\nof Research, has been actively involved in the development of professional\ndevelopment tools for early childhood music educators. Her webinars and\narticles cover topics including music and family engagement, STEAM learning for\nthe K-2 music classroom, and how music supports social and emotional learning\u2014all\ncritical topics for teachers and families, particularly right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recently, Lili was an integral part of a committee formed by NAfME, in collaboration with the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association (ECMMA), tasked with developing guidance for safely and effectively teaching early childhood music during the pandemic. As part of the Policy sub-committee, Lili was a lead contributor to the guidelines and implementation guidance issued last month and posted to the NAfME website for teachers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to Lili, the group first outlined what the\nguidelines should address, including parent\/child classes, itinerant music teachers in\nperson, and then classroom teachers-in person, and recommendations for online classes.\nThen, came the big job of creating a comprehensive spreadsheet of all the\nactivities that could be used in music class in online and in-person settings.\nSince Lili had the most experience teaching online classes, and adapting music\nactivities for the online platform, she took the lead on this critical piece of\nthe project. The resulting spreadsheet is an impressive, comprehensive resource\nfor all music teachers working with children in early childhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When\nasked about the research that informed the policy, Lili said, \u201cOur policy is\nbased on extrapolating the research on singing\/movement from adults and older\nchildren. No research has been done for preschool and below, so we took a\nconservative approach: basically no singing in person without being outside and\nsocially distanced (at least 10\u201312 feet) because of the aerosols that singing\nemits. This is especially important for outdoor parent\/child classes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank\nyou, Lili, for your contributions in supporting early childhood music teachers so\nthey can continue to bring music into the lives of young children. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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