January 19, 2013

 Development Staff  Music History Faculty Search  Music Theory Faculty Search  Choral Music Education Faculty Search

 Saturday String Academy  Music Therapy Clinic  Jazz Ensemble  Invitational Honor Choir and Honor Band ‘13

 Health and Safety Issues for Musicians: where, when and how do we cover these topics?  How can blended course delivery schedules and content change the way our students experience music instruction? And What alterations can be made in organizing major ensemble class schedules that may permit more flexibility in the student ensemble experience?  Revisioning in the undergraduate music education curriculum.

 Graduation rate among undergraduate music students is about 60%. This is a stable number, as is our Fall to Spring Semester retention rate of 93% among UG and GR students. Students who drop out often do so because of academic performance after admission or because academic performance was not strong at admission (conditional admits).

 Ad hoc committee to study and make recommendations about active intervention with these at risk students, with membership made up of Michele Thompson, Harry Pickens, Toni Robinson, Naomi Oliphant, Herb Koerselman, the dean, and other faculty members who have an interest in studying the problem and making recommendations to the school.

 Appointment of an ad hoc committee to study the present purpose and content of the Convocation Hour and make recommendations to the music faculty for changes to the program that will determine whether the Convocation can better meet the expectations of the faculty in fulfilling its purpose and to determine if a revision of our expectations and format is necessary.

 The following task force recommendations are subject to change and a determination about a schedule of implementation. These notes are promulgated to suggest directions the university may be heading in policy development in this area and to provide as much advance information as practicable so that outreach events in the school can incorporate potentially required policy directives in our planning.  Recommendations are oriented to both prevention and reporting.

 The policies are intended to cover university employees, volunteers, university students and non- university groups sponsored by university departments or units who will supervise and / or interact with people who are Minors. Application of the policies may be modified by factors which include chronological age, whether the interaction is based on 1:1 settings (as in private lessons), and the status of the activity as a public access or limited to invitees / enrollees.

Elements of the policy:  Centralized control and reporting  Reporting of all “authorized adults” in the program and participating Minors.  Training of all authorized adults and written policies and procedures to parents / guardians.  Must obtain releases as part of program approval process, including Minor Release Form (including info if the program requires 1:1 contact), Medical Treatment Authorization (programs longer than half-day, how unstructured time and activities will be handled.)

 Supervision of Minors must take place at all times, including at least two or more authorized adults, parents or legal guardians at all times. Consideration of age of participants and whether the program is a resident or daytime program. Supervision of groups of minor-aged participants is specified by age, but generalized at one authorized adult per 10 minors.  For a more complete set of notes, consult the Faculty / Staff Resources page of the SoM website. For up to date information and status reports on policy development, the music representative to the writing team is Stephen Mattingly. Additional member of the task force is Angela Keene.

 To what present music activities could these policies be applied?  CMP and Dance Academy lessons and classes on campus and at satellite locations.  Festivals, competitions, guild, educational events that bring Minors to the school, auditions.  Music students and faculty who use university offices and practice rooms to teach private lessons outside authorized CMP programs.  Campus events organized by non-university sponsors.

Engaged in revisioning the current UofL circumstances and environment through a SWOT process, with some 5000 comments made from the university community  What about the SoM SWOT process?