Erin Zaffini, Author at F-flat Books

About Erin Zaffini

Dr. Erin Zaffini is the Director of Teacher Education for Longy School of Music’s online and on-campus Master of Music Education degrees, online Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies, and Teacher Continuing Education. She is also a faculty member for Carnegie Hall’s Music Educators Workshop and has been a guest workshop clinician for Music ConstructED. As a curriculum specialist in teaching music to students through the lens of Universal Design for Learning, and the areas of access, equity and inclusion in music education, Erin is an active clinician and educational consultant for school districts and fine and performing arts departments around the world. She has served as the Eastern Division Representative for NAfME’s General Music Council and as the Collegiate Coordinator, General Music Chair and Mentor Program Coordinator for the New Hampshire Music Educators Association. In addition, she sits on the Advisory Committee for Music Educators Journal. Erin is a proud partner and collaborator with the United Nations through her work at Longy School of Music as well her role on Zero Project’s international Inclusive Arts Council. Erin is an instructional coach for music educators and administrators and is the project leader for instituting national music educator mentor training within the Society for Music Teacher Education and the National Association for Music Education. She has developed and enacted numerous music educator mentoring and induction programs and is currently the Director of the New Arts Teacher Mentoring Network for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. She is the recipient of the Keene State College Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Performance Awards. She has recently published articles in General Music Today, Music Educators Journal, Qualitative Research in Music Education, and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. During her free time, Erin enjoys exploring the great outdoors with her husband (Matt) and two sons (Matty and Aiden), running, biking and watching nostalgic movies from the 1980's and 1990's. Longy Teacher Education Programs: https://longy.edu/study/teacher-education-program/ Erin's personal music education website blog, workshop and other professional development offerings: www.erinzaffini.com Erin's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@erinzaffinimusicedconsultant Erin's Instagram - @doctorz_longy - : https://www.instagram.com/doctorz_longy/

A Realistic Take on Creating Opportunities for Student Agency

By Erin Zaffini|2024-12-10T14:56:12-05:00December 10th, 2024|Research to Practice, Stories, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy|

With both of my sons now in middle school, and my husband and I both working, getting ready for work in the morning and getting the boys ready for school can be a little chaotic. Do they have their lunches, projects, Chromebooks, water bottles, and everything else for [...]

Making Music Education Inclusive—Without Falling into the Tokenism Trap!

By Erin Zaffini|2024-11-12T13:46:41-05:00November 12th, 2024|Uncategorized|

Making Music Education Inclusive—Without Falling into the Tokenism Trap! Let’s talk about why it’s so important to move beyond tokenism in music education—and how you can actually make that shift. It’s a common story in music classrooms: each year, educators launch special projects tied to cultural heritage months, [...]