Prepared music educators are those who can lead students through the processes of
creating, performing, responding, and connecting
to music. The collaborative music education series has developed a digital
badging program that is designed to encourage and recognize the
projects that demonstrate the skills in your preparation to become a
professional music educator. The badges within this program are intended to
align with the national core arts standards for music. Using these
standards as a model for teaching, this badging system intends to supplement
your learning and preparation with projects directly related to each
artistic process within the standards. The artistic processes are
creating, performing, responding, and connecting. If you select
to badge to in all four artistic processes, you can ask to be awarded
the CMES national core arts standards meta-badge.
In total, there are five badges that can be earned. Badging in
one, several, or all four artistic processes will allow
you to demonstrate to others, including future employers, that you have a level of
expertise and understanding of the national core arts standards framework.
Badging will also help you to navigate the learning opportunities
provided within the context of the series. The badges you earn can go with you
to be displayed on your resume, e-portfolio, or online
professional profile to demonstrate your achievements. The
evidence you create will accompany the badge and can be easily shared with future
employers. So how do you earn a badge? The first
step to earning a badge is to create a friends of Penn State user account. The
application for this account is very simple and quick and can be found at the link
listed below. Once there, you click on the "create an FPS
account" in the top bar and follow the instructions.
Once your application has been approved, you can access the Penn State badging system
using your user ID and password. The Penn State
badging platform can be found at the address below. Once you enter the badging platform,
you can do a search for CMES, which stands for
the collaborative music education series. This will bring up all five
badges associated with this project. How you select which badge to do
is up to you. Creating, performing, responding, and
connecting are all independent badges that have no
prerequisites. The CMES arts standards meta-badge requires
that you first complete all four other badges. You may wish to
return to the home page and look through individual media to find projects that
spark your interest. Or, you might use the clickable links listed on each
of the themed badges to explore the kinds of projects that will qualify
for each badge. Once you have selected the badge that you would like to earn,
click it from the available badges list, and it will be moved from your dashboard
and placed in a queue for when you are ready to begin.
When you click on the badge from your queue, it will open and lead you through the steps required
to earn the badge. If you need to leave the badging platform
before completing the badge, don't worry. All uploaded or entered
content will remain on the platform until you return. This allows you to
work at your own pace. Once you've uploaded all of the evidence
required for the badge, it will be sent to an evaluator for review.
The evidence will be evaluated by experienced music educators
who work or study at collaborative music education series
universities. The work is evaluated using rubrics, and your
work will be evaluated on quality, depth of knowledge,
demonstration of knowledge, and your ability to professionally address the
requirements of the activities. Evaluation is a human process that takes
time, and may include the possibility of requested
revisions to your work. The badges within this program are intended to align with the national
core arts standards and their artistic processes and
anchor standards. Using these standards as a model for teaching pre-kindergarten
through twelfth grade music students, this badging system intends to
supplement your learning and teacher preparation with activities directly
related to each artistic process. Badging in one or all
four artistic processes will allow you to demonstrate through the creation
of evidence your level of familiarity with and the depth of
understanding within the national core arts standards framework. Badges are
granted through the Penn State University badging system, and badges are awarded
by the collaborative music education series program, and not through the
national association for music education or any other music or arts association.
Are you ready to start? If you already have a friends of
Penn State account, go ahead and click the icon listed below this video to get started.
If not, complete your application and get badging.