MUSIC EDUCATION IN

PHOENIX
Advocacy Where it is Needed Most!
Welcome parents, faculty, and community members!
 AGENDA
• Music education today
• S.M.A.R.T. Goal
• Physical, Cognitive, Social/Emotional benefits
• What can we do now?
• State representatives to contact
 WHAT MUSIC EDUCATION LOOKS
LIKE NOW

• Budget cuts in low income areas

• Complete eradication of music programs
• Less valued compared to sports involvement

Americans for the Arts (n.d.) Retrieved from

https://www.americansforthearts.org/advocate
 S.M.A.R.T. GOAL
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timed

• School districts / community members in low income areas adopt a new

perspective of the significance of music education

• Grant application, foundational sponsorship, organization collaboration

• Increased music education awareness and significance

• Steady and consistent funds

 PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF MUSIC
EDUCATION
• Coordination skills
• Spatial awareness
• Control of diaphragm
 COGNITIVE BENEFITS OF MUSIC
EDUCATION
• Critical thinking
• Collaboration skills
• Problem solving skills
• Decision making
• Creativity
• Recall and retention
• Advances mathematical skills
• Boosts reading and ELA development
 SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
BENEFITS OF MUSIC EDUCATION

• Communication proficiency
• Confidence
• Healthy risk taking
• Sense of community
THE POWER OF MUSIC

Music for all (n.d) Retrieved from

http://www.musicforall.org/who-we-are/advocacy
 WHAT CAN I DO RIGHT NOW?
Congrats, you’ve taken the first steps in being aware of the issue and
informed of the importance of music education.

Now you can:

• Write to your schoolboard
• Attend PTA meetings
• Become familiar with laws for or against music education
• Sign petitions
• Spread the word!
 GET INVOLVED TODAY!
Contact your state and local representatives:

• County School Superintendent: Thomas Tyree

• Superintendent of Public Instruction: John Huppenthal

• High School District Superintendent: Roger Jacks

• Charter School Administer: Greg Miller

Arizona State Board of Education (n.d) Retrieved from

https://azsbe.az.gov/board-committees-staff
 REFERENCES
Americans for the Arts (n.d.) Retrieved from
https://www.americansforthearts.org/advocate

Arizona State Board of Education (n.d) Retrieved from

https://azsbe.az.gov/board-committees-staff

Music for all (n.d) Retrieved from

http://www.musicforall.org/who-we-are/advocacy