Wk 4 Publish Leadership Project - Part 3of 3 Improving Motivation and Engagement in the Performing Arts

PLP LINK
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VlX9arIn70UZCQdVWWxFmAtkBxLnKii89sRQsUkDj2M/edit?hl=en_US

My Capstone Project has not turned out like I wanted it to. I ran into issues with State testing and the Final Exam schedule at my high school.  I hope that I can finalize this project when school begins next month with some of my learners.  There were many obstacles in completing this project. When the schedule changes, the students ability to focus also changes.  The capstone project I feel is an excellent idea for this program.  Writing the literature review was challenging and my entire experience in this program has been very educational and enlightening.  Each class that we took brought new ideas and strategies for usage in the classroom.  The Capstone needs to be solidified because the changes we made earlier in the program were changed again this month.  I realize that we were the first to utilize the CBR and that all of the tasks that we needed to complete was not etched in stone.

Wk4 Publishing/Leadership project part 2 of 3: Improving Motivation and Engagement in The Performing Arts

My plans are to submit my PLP to the Music Educators Journal(MEJ) of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC). MEJ is a peer-reviewed journal that encourages music education professionals to submit manuscripts about all phases of music education in schools and communities, practical instructional techniques, teaching philosophy, and current issues in music teaching and learning. The main goal of MEJ, like that of MENC, is to advance music education.  MEJ is not a research journal, but submissions should be grounded in the professional literature.

I chose this publication because the population that would most likely be interested in my paper have subscriptions to MEJ.  I read some of the articles from this publication regularly so I figured this publication would reach the audience that would benefit most from my paper. Furthermore I chose this publication because many of my colleagues and myself are having difficulty with learners who are placed in our classes who don't want to be in a performing arts class. I feel that my paper might possibly provide pertinent information that musicians could look into to facilitate student motivation and engagement in the performing arts.

PLP LINK
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VlX9arIn70UZCQdVWWxFmAtkBxLnKii89sRQsUkDj2M/edit?hl=en_US

Wk4 Publishing/Leadership project part 1 of 2: Improving Motivation and Engagement in the Performing Arts

I have always wanted to publish an article to a publication. Having an opportunity to do so seems to be a bit challenging.  Although we were provided with a list of publications to submit to,  I am seriously thinking about submitting my paper to a journal or publication.  This publication is a music publication, namely the Music Educators Journal of the Music Educators National Conference. Many of my colleagues and myself are having problems with learners engaging in the activities in our choral music classes, particularly those learners who really don't want to be in a performing arts class.