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MEETING
Lillian Simmons is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Bluebonnet meeting
Time: Sep 14, 2021 10:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Every month on the Second Tue, until Mar 8, 2022, 7 occurrence(s)
Sep 14, 2021 10:30 AM
DELETE STUDENTS
Abby Hehenberger <
abby.tmta@gmail.com>
To:Abby Hehenberger
Thu, Sep 2 at 11:34 AM
Good
morning SA Chairs. It has come to my attention that there seems to be a
misunderstanding regarding deleting students from teacher dashboards.
The
TMTA policy is to leave students for one year, to see if they return or
transfer to another teacher. So, if a student left in February 2020,
you could delete them in the spring of 2021. If they just left in the
spring of 2021, please do not delete them this month; give them at least
6 months.
On the other hand, I have
heard that some associations require students to stay on dashboards
until they graduate, even if they left in elementary school, and that
some students graduated years ago, and SA Chairs still have not deleted
them. Please do not do this. It does cause some confusion with teachers
who are trying to sort through their existing students, and some
students have not been enrolled on time because the teacher honestly
just missed them in the clutter of students no longer in their studios.
If
students are deleted by mistake, or they return after more than a year,
I can restore them. Please do not create a new record for deleted
students! I verify every new record created, to see if the students
have history, but this is a long and tedious process, so if you know
students have participated in the past, please ask me to restore them.
So,
to summarize, please do not delete students immediately when they leave
a studio, but also, please don't leave them for years. If you have any
questions, please feel free to ask!
Also,
on an unrelated note, please be sure you shared your Chairperson login
information with your Treasurer, Theory Chair, and World of Music Chair,
and no one else. Your President does not need this, but the other
three do, and I've heard from quite a few Treasurers who did not receive
the new password. Thank you for all you do. I hope you all have a
wonderful year!
--
Abby Hehenberger
Records Administrator
Texas Music Teachers Association
512-927-7355
THEORY CHANGES
Dear Local Theory Chairs and Presidents,
I
wanted to update you on changes for this year's tests which will
hopefully prove helpful to students and teachers. Please make sure you
relay these to your membership.
Thanks!
Jennifer Clay
TMTA Theory Coordinator
Bonus Question for Levels 8-12
This will once again be a 4 measure “write the counts under the
notes and rests” style rhythm question like last year which will aid in
time and safety even for those opting for in-person testing.
Melodic Dictation for Levels 9-12
All 16th notes from the student answer portion of melodic dictation have been removed.
Level 10
No inversions will be included on the Classical Style figured bass analysis example. (Level 10 #6)
Level 11
Points distribution change for #6 (figured bass realization):
Part A will now be worth 5 points, Parts B-E worth 1.25 points, and Part
F worth 1 point. This gives students more credit for the creation of
the chord and less weight on the deductions.
The cadence identification questions, which had previously been
paired with #6, will now be paired with what had been #10 (which has
moved to be on the 2nd page instead). This is the same as how it is
presented on Level 10 #7 with the cadence questions following as #8 and
9.
Christiana Clark
Administrative Director
Texas Music Teachers Association
PO Box 831730
Richardson, Texas 75083-1730
512-927-7356
