Professional certification: certification--making it a group project.(Association News)(Music Teachers National Association)

MTNA professional certification--like performance area practice--can be a lonely pursuit. Vitalize the process by making certification a group project. Whether you are a state or local association certification chair or an individual NCTM, consider using these ideas in your association.

Some things are meant to be solitary. Some are meant to be shared. And a few solitary pursuits can be enhanced by making them collaborative. Consider certification--a very important step in the professional career of a music educator. The requisite steps involve effort and time. Given the hectic pace music teachers maintain, many teachers push the important certification process ...