# Data Stories: Music advocacy through data collection and story-telling

- **Price:** $19.00 (USD)
- **Author:** Victoria Boler
- **Format:** Digital resource
- **Level / area:** Elementary, Ensemble, Higher Education, Secondary
- **Topics:** #summerreads, data collection in music education, music education advocacy, music teaching, remote teaching
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## Summary

#### by [Sarah Gulish](https://fflat-books.com/authors/sarah-gulish/) and [Victoria Boler](https://fflat-books.com/author/victoria-boler/)

##### (12 Pages + over 25 pages of editable resources)

*This is an eBook for digital download.*

The purpose of this book is to provide resources for music teachers looking to collect data to better advocate for their programs and reach students. This interactive PDF describes the various types of data, how they can be collected, and how they can be used to create a music program story to share with community members and administrators. Each purchase includes access to a google drive folder with dozens of resources and templates that can be copied and edited, including email templates, google questionnaire forms for students, parents, and colleagues, conversation starters with administrators, sample qualitative stories, sample quantitative stories, and more.

## Description

Data are where we start the conversation.

Data are how we decide where to go next.

Data are how we tell our stories.

At the time this resource is being published, educators across the globe are actively pivoting, innovating, and restructuring their learning environments. Our data show evidence of effective education, and monumental growth opportunities in our education system.

Administrators and policy-makers across the globe are using the information they see (data) to determine the next steps in education as a response to Covid-19. As your colleagues, we urge you to document your stories. Highlight the growth in your virtual classrooms. Highlight the needs that are not yet met. Highlight the ways your music program serves your students, school, and community.

Data are how we tell our stories. Stories are what inspire people to action. Action is how we progress our profession and uncover the best possible ways to meet our students’ needs.

In this resource, we offer practical tools for collecting data and starting conversations to advocate for music programs. This interactive PDF is accompanied by an editable advocacy toolkit: email templates, google forms, conversation starters, and much more. All of these resources can be accessed via google drive and edited to meet your program's unique needs.

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