NAfME/OkMEA Membership Benefits
Professional Support
- Meet with fellow teachers to share and discuss problems and accomplishments
- Participate in OkMEA’s Mentoring Program as either a mentor teacher or mentee (1st, 2nd, or 3rd year teacher)
- Learn successful teaching techniques from clinics and demonstrations
- Access to My Music Class (a lesson library maintained by NAfME)
- Advocacy tools to benefit you and the profession
In-Service Training
- October Conference
- January Conference
- NAfME Academy
- $20 subscription for NAfME members to access 60+ hours of professional development
State and National Resources
- Oklahoma Music
- NAfME Publications
- Music Educators Journal
- Teaching Music
- General Music Today
- Update
- Journal of Music Teacher Education
- Journal of Research in Education (optional subscription)
Performing Opportunities
- OkMEA members may enter students to participate in a regional Circle the State with Song festival (4th-8th Grade)
- OkMEA members may enter students in auditions for All-State organizations that rank with the best groups in the nation
- OkMEA members may apply to appear as an Honor Group at the January Conference