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We're excited to announce our next workshop of the 2022-2023 Season!
Date: February 4, 2023 Clinicians: Ali Ghassabian, Gerard Stokes, Natalie James, Rongbing Shen, Dave Ruggiero, and Karen Medley Workshop: Virtual Chapter Share *If you are not already a NE/AOSA member, please go here to register for the Virtual Chapter Share and select "Virtual Day Only Fee" for payment. **All workshops are held at Joseph Estabrook Elementary School in Lexington, MA 
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Registration for the upcoming 2022-2023 Season is officially open!
Please scroll down for our President and Vice President's message or click here to register! If the weather is bad, click the button below to see if the workshop has been cancelled before you leave home!
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Letter From the NE/AOSA President:
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Dear NE/AOSA members,
Happy summer! I hope this finds you relaxing and rejuvenating and taking good care of yourself. Many teachers are reporting that this was an intense and exhausting year of teaching as we sought to re-orient students to being back in school and remediating many lost months of academic and social-emotional instruction. Personally, I was grateful to the wonderful clinicians we had this past season that supplied creative, community-building, and fresh ideas that I could use immediately to infuse my teaching. I am so excited that we have another exciting line-up of clinicians for the 2022-2023 season. We are also excited to keep building our friendships throughout the next season. Teaching through a pandemic taught us how much we need a community of like-minded educators. Our board has some exciting ideas to help us to continue to foster friendship and connection with one another. We’ll keep you posted…. |
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Registration
Beginning on July 1st, 2022 you may pre-register for our exciting 2022-2023 NE/AOSA season.
We are excited to announce that we now give a $10 refund off of the NE/AOSA Season Package to all those who are also members of our parent organization, AOSA (proof of membership required). AOSA has been working hard to expand online resources and member benefits. The member side of the website contains valuable digital resources. To become an AOSA member and to learn more about the benefits of membership, please follow this link Become an AOSA Member.
We are also delighted to announce that you can choose to donate your $10 refund for being an AOSA member to our chapter’s Scholarship Fund. The Chapter awards a small number of scholarships to qualifying members for levels training and conferences each year. To learn more about scholarships please follow this link NE/AOSA Scholarships.
All of the above registration details are available on our website.
2022-2023 Workshop Clinicians
We have some outstanding clinicians to look forward to this season. Be sure to mark your calendars, you won’t want to miss one.
Board News
I am so excited to introduce you to our new NE/AOSA Vice-President, Karen Medley. Karen is a familiar face to many of us and we are thrilled that she has accepted this leadership role in our chapter. With this change in leadership, we express our thanks to our past president, Karin Puffer who has served us with tremendous grace and skill during the last few years. We are also welcoming to our board Barbara Kallas - Secretary, and Rongbing Shen - Historian. Serving on the NE/AOSA executive board is an excellent way to show your administration that you are taking on leadership roles.
We are currently looking for someone to serve as Professional Development Manager. This person would be responsible for preparing and distributing post-workshop evaluation Google forms to members for workshop surveys and PD Certificates. We are also looking for two Equipment Managers. Equipment Managers arrive an hour early on workshop days and help set up the instruments and equipment for the clinician. Job descriptions for both board positions are attached. If you are interested in either of these positions or have any other questions or concerns related to NE/AOSA or AOSA please feel free to contact the chapter president Eithne Stover at estoverneaosa@gmail.com.
And with that our 2022-2023 season is officially open!
Now is a wonderful time to register so that you may take advantage of six workshops with highly skilled clinicians for the amazing price of $85. We think it’s the best value for quality professional development around as well as a wonderful way to connect with and learn from fellow music educators while growing your professional community! Please consider forwarding this to a friend or colleague who may be interested in joining our community of music educators. Growing our chapter benefits all of us and helps us to continue bringing excellent clinicians to our area.
With best wishes for a restful summer,
Sincerely,
Eithne [eth-na] Stover
NE/AOSA President
Equipment Manager Job Description
Professional Development Manager Job Description
Beginning on July 1st, 2022 you may pre-register for our exciting 2022-2023 NE/AOSA season.
- The pre-registration period runs from July 1st through September 1st, 2022. The cost of a Season Package during this period is $85 + $4 Paypal processing fee, which gives you a $10 savings. (Please note that the fee for retirees remains at $35 whilst students with a valid ID are free.
- After Sept. 1st the registration fee will be $95 + $4 Paypal processing fee.
- To streamline the registration process we strongly encourage our members to utilize the online registration and payment option. However, should the PayPal payment pose any difficulty for you, you still have the option to pay by check. If you have any questions or concerns, please email the President of the Board, Eithne Stover at estoverneaosa@gmail.com
We are excited to announce that we now give a $10 refund off of the NE/AOSA Season Package to all those who are also members of our parent organization, AOSA (proof of membership required). AOSA has been working hard to expand online resources and member benefits. The member side of the website contains valuable digital resources. To become an AOSA member and to learn more about the benefits of membership, please follow this link Become an AOSA Member.
We are also delighted to announce that you can choose to donate your $10 refund for being an AOSA member to our chapter’s Scholarship Fund. The Chapter awards a small number of scholarships to qualifying members for levels training and conferences each year. To learn more about scholarships please follow this link NE/AOSA Scholarships.
All of the above registration details are available on our website.
2022-2023 Workshop Clinicians
We have some outstanding clinicians to look forward to this season. Be sure to mark your calendars, you won’t want to miss one.
- Lillie Feierabend: September 24th, 2022 - 9 am to 1:30 pm
- Thom Borden: October 22nd, 2022 - 9 am - 1:30 pm
- Karin Puffer and Gerard Stokes: December 3rd, 2022 - 9 am - 1:30 pm
- Chapter Share - February 4th, 2021
- Fauna Woolfe: March 4th, 2023 - 9 am to 1:30 pm
- Melissa Sparling Burroughs: April 1st, 2023 - 9 am to 1:30 pm
Board News
I am so excited to introduce you to our new NE/AOSA Vice-President, Karen Medley. Karen is a familiar face to many of us and we are thrilled that she has accepted this leadership role in our chapter. With this change in leadership, we express our thanks to our past president, Karin Puffer who has served us with tremendous grace and skill during the last few years. We are also welcoming to our board Barbara Kallas - Secretary, and Rongbing Shen - Historian. Serving on the NE/AOSA executive board is an excellent way to show your administration that you are taking on leadership roles.
We are currently looking for someone to serve as Professional Development Manager. This person would be responsible for preparing and distributing post-workshop evaluation Google forms to members for workshop surveys and PD Certificates. We are also looking for two Equipment Managers. Equipment Managers arrive an hour early on workshop days and help set up the instruments and equipment for the clinician. Job descriptions for both board positions are attached. If you are interested in either of these positions or have any other questions or concerns related to NE/AOSA or AOSA please feel free to contact the chapter president Eithne Stover at estoverneaosa@gmail.com.
And with that our 2022-2023 season is officially open!
Now is a wonderful time to register so that you may take advantage of six workshops with highly skilled clinicians for the amazing price of $85. We think it’s the best value for quality professional development around as well as a wonderful way to connect with and learn from fellow music educators while growing your professional community! Please consider forwarding this to a friend or colleague who may be interested in joining our community of music educators. Growing our chapter benefits all of us and helps us to continue bringing excellent clinicians to our area.
With best wishes for a restful summer,
Sincerely,
Eithne [eth-na] Stover
NE/AOSA President
Equipment Manager Job Description
Professional Development Manager Job Description
Registration for the 2022-2023 Season Is Officially Open!
The New England Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (NE/AOSA) offers professional development workshops for music teachers, classroom teachers, administrators, students, and non-students awaiting employment. A Season Package allows an individual attend six workshops. We also offer options to attend one workshop at a time.
Please note that if you are interested in becoming a NE/AOSA member you must also be a current member of our parent organization, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Membership in AOSA gives members web access to the AOSA Resource library of lessons, videos, articles, and more as well as professional development, access to grants and scholarships, networking opportunities, and professional publications.
For a list of NE/AOSA's registration options and information on AOSA, click Join NE/AOSA using the button below or on the menu above.
Please note that if you are interested in becoming a NE/AOSA member you must also be a current member of our parent organization, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Membership in AOSA gives members web access to the AOSA Resource library of lessons, videos, articles, and more as well as professional development, access to grants and scholarships, networking opportunities, and professional publications.
For a list of NE/AOSA's registration options and information on AOSA, click Join NE/AOSA using the button below or on the menu above.
The American Orff-Schulwerk association strongly encourages members to be positive and discreet when discussing our organization, specific courses and/or teachers, and the Orff movement. The very nature of the Orff Schulwerk philosophy embodies a broad spectrum of expressions exploring different paths to arrive at artistic and educational goals. Members are encouraged to recognize and remain open to varied approaches and to celebrate both our differences and our similarities.