Vision

The Access Collective: Creating Connections Through Music is a collaborative initiative, serving band students and their directors, paired with innovative music consultants passionate about IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Awareness) values within their programs, creating an environment that upholds humanity while observing legislative protocols in band rooms across the nation. The Access Collective supports developing curriculum to maintain safe teaching and learning environments while creating connections through the music curriculum.

Objectives

  1. Create connections through music that establish a culture of inclusion, diversity, equity, and awareness among teachers and students through class collaboration.

  2. Enhance class collaboration through:

    a.) Gaining a deeper understanding of the literature being performed.
    b.) Setting obtainable goals and achieving positive outcomes through music performance.
    c.) Building connections/partnerships between students, teachers, and community.

  3. Create avenues for the band program to reach out into the community to share how and why connections with people are needed to increase a sense of belonging, caring, empathy and compassion through music teaching and learning.

  4. Evaluate chosen music curriculum through a variety of methods.

  5. Continue intentional curricular decisions to sustain objectives 1-4.