Grant creates UW-Green Bay Music Education Institutes

Prof. Mark Kiehn, associate professor of Education and Music, shares word that UW-Green Bay has received a two-year, $186,000 grant to create the UW-Green Bay Music Education Institutes. Kiehn wrote the grant and directs the program. Funding will support 30 professional music teacher/participants attending the institutes for two years, with the first institute session set for Aug. 1-12, 2011.

Local PreK-12 teachers were surveyed as to their needs for professional development. The goals are to advance student learning, teaching pedagogy, and the research agenda/initiatives in music education. Applications will be invited in March. Read more.