Music Educators

DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE: Making the Case for Your School Choir:
An Advocacy Guide

ADDITIONAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES Making the Case is just one tool in your
toolkit. We’ve developed several additional tools that you can download separately:

• Choral Singing and Student Achievement , a one-page, data-driven
  summary handout that focuses on the benefits of singing in choir for students
• Comparative Advantages of Choruses , a ready-made case statement
• Choir Partnerships Between Schools and Independent Youth Choirs ,
  examples of creative and mutually beneficial resource-sharing partnerships
• Arts Education and Student Achievement: Quotes from Influential
  Leaders , a collection of inspiring quotes about the value of arts education from
  government officials
• Making the Case for Your Child’s School Choir: A Parent’s Advocacy
  Guide , a brief, tailored version of the case for parents to use in advocating on
  your choir’s behalf
• Making the Case for Your Choir: A PowerPoint Presentation , ready for
  you to customize with pictures of your own choir and quotes from your own students,
  before presenting to the school board, PTA, or your advocacy network

You may also download these two worksheets included in Making the Case separately so
that you can put them to use:

• Build Your Network worksheet
• Action Plan Matrix

   

  One of the most important resources from Making the Case is the Linked and
  Annotated Bibliography. Not only does it include complete citations for a wealth
  of resources related to arts education, research, and case-making materials, but
  we’ve also provided the actual PDF versions of every study cited in Making the Case
  to save you time and effort. We expect the regional resource section to grow, so be
  sure to submit studies or research you may already use, and check back often to take
  advantage of this convenient reference library.

PUBLICITY MATERIALS – help us spread the word!

• Ann Meier Baker’s editorial published in the March Choral Journal
• “Stand Up for Your School Choir Now” postcard