We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the 2021 Collegiate Summit, Connect: bit.ly/ALSummit21. This in-person event will be hosted at Moody Music Building on the campus of the University of Alabama. The itinerary includes a keynote address by Dr. Ruth Brittin, Chair of the Department of Music Education at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, breakout sessions for instrumental, choral, and general music, an early-career teacher panel, and a dinner for all of the speakers and participants.

Our inaugural partnership with the Higher Education Division is also now underway for the edTPA Lesson Planning Competition. Details are available here: bit.ly/LessonPlanningCompAL. Participants must be an active cNAfME member, a student enrolled in a university-sponsored educator preparation or provisional certificate teaching field program, and attend the 2022 AMEA Conference. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2021. We hope you will compete in this newly created event!