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Advocating For Arts Education In A State of Nearly 7 Million People

After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators

English - April 10, 2022 01:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MB
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This week Nick Averwater talks with Todd Shipley, Director of Arts Education for the Tennessee Department of Education. Todd had eight years of experience as a school band director before moving into his current role with the state in 2018. 

In this episode, we'll learn more about what it means to be the leading advocate for arts education in a state of nearly seven million people, and we'll learn about some practical ideas for advocacy at the local level. Our conversation was recorded February 14, 2022, and is broken up in to two episodes, and this is part one.