Presenter/Professional Development
Recent Professional Development Topics Presented by Dr. Jenny L. Neff:
Recruiting and Retention Post-Pandemic (Secondary Ensembles)
Should It Stay or Should It Go? (All Areas of Music - Post Pandemic Focus)
Student Engagement in the Online Classroom (All Areas of Music)
Assessment Makeover (All Areas of Music)
Something Old, Something New Something Borrowed, Something Blue, It's Not About You: Selecting Repertoire (Instrumental Ensembles)
Using the People's Library To Inspire Your Students in Band (Band)
No Time For Questions! Or Is There? (All Areas of Music)
Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking in Your Ensembles (Instrumental Ensembles)
Introducing & Unpacking the National Core Music Standards (All Areas of Music)
**Contact Jenny to customize your professional development topic, planning, and activities.
Jenny Neff has presented at state, regional, and national conferences, as well as for universities, professional development in-service days, and webinars. Contact Jenny to customize your professional development topics or in-service needs.
PMEA Model Curriculum Framework Tool Training: Jenny is a trainer for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Model Curriculum Framework tool and is happy to work with your district/organization through PMEA. See below for previous engagements.
Some Previous Engagements - see resume for complete list
- Professional Development Presenter, September 2020 - Carroll County Public Schools, MD - Student Engagement in the Online Classroom
- Guest Panelist, June 2020 - Grammy Education Coalition - Developing Young Women for Music Careers
- Guest Speaker, June 2020 - Towson University Graduate Course (A Study of Emerging Wind Band Repertoire) - Something Old, Something New Something Borrowed, Something Blue (It's Not About You)
- Webinar, June 2020 - Women Banding Together - Actionable Steps Towards Change
- Presenter, June 2020 - International Music Education Summit - Using the People's Library To Inspire Your Students in Band
- Webinar Panel, May 2020 - Women Banding Together - Transitioning With Resilience
- Webinar, April 2020 - Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) Webinar Series - Self-Care in a Selfie World: Bringing Your Philosophy Into Focus (co-presenter w/ David Knott)
- Presenter, March 2020 - Rowan University NAfME Collegiate, NJ - On Your Mark...Get Set...Engage Your Ensemble
- Professional Development Day, January 2020 - Manteca Unified School District, Manteca, CA - Introducing & Unpacking the California Music Standards (Sponsored by Conn-Selmer Education Division)
- Co-Presenter - National Association for Music Education, Orlando, Nov. 2019 - Singing and Moving with Primary Sources (w/ Carolyn Bennett)
- Professional Development Day, Nov. 2019 - Cape May Regional School District Music Faculty - Creativity & Assessment
- Co-Presenter - PMEA, Nov. 2019 - Surviving & Thriving: How to Support Girls in the Jazz Band (w/ Gregg Eskin)
- Presenter - Women Band Directors International, July 2019 - How to Support Girls in the Group
- Presenter - Zeswitz Music’s 5th Annual Professional Development Symposium, June 2019 - Assessment Makeover
- Co-Presenter - Key of She Jazz Conference, UArts, Phil., April 2019 - Fostering Girls in the Group
- Presenter - CMEA, Hartford, CT, April 2019 - Introducing the New Intermediate Band Unit Plans from NAfME/LOC
- Presenter - MMEA (Boston), Feb. 2019 - Introducing the New Intermediate Band Unit Plans from NAfME/LOC
- Presenter - NJMEA, Feb. 2019 - No Teacher is an Island: Tools for Survival in Today's Climate
- Professional Development Day, Feb. 2019 - Lenape Regional School District, NJ - National Music Standards & Advocacy
- Co-Presenter - National Association for Music Education, Dallas, Nov. 2018 - Leading Students to Artistic Choices and
Ownership in Middle School Band and Orchestra (w/ Elizabeth Fortune) - Presenter - PMEA District 11 In-service Day, 2018 - Introducing the Newly Released Intermediate Band Unit
Plans from the NAfME/Library of Congress Project - Presenter - PMEA District 11 In-service Day, 2018 - No Teacher is an Island: Tools for Survival in Today’s Climate
- Presenter - Vermont Music Educators Association, Oct. 2018 - No Teacher is an Island: Tools for Survival in Today’s
Climate - Co-Presenter - National Assembly, Library of Congress, 2018 - A Curriculum Project of NAfME and the Library of Congress - Teaching with Primary Sources
- Guest Speaker - UArts, Aspiring to Excel course, June 2018 - No Teacher is an Island: Tools for Survival in Today’s Climate
- Presenter - Zeswitz Music’s 4th Annual Professional Development Symposium, June 2018 - No Teacher is an Island: Tools for Survival in Today’s Climate
- Presenter - PMEA State Conference, 2018 - Student Engagement in the Middle School Instrumental Classroom
- Presenter - New Hampshire Music Educators Conference, 2018 - Engaging the Ensemble: Real-World Examples to Help
Students Create Meaningful Music-Making - Co-Presenter - The Midwest Clinic: International Band and Orchestra Conference, 2017 - Enhancing the Ensemble Experience Using Composer Skype Sessions (w/ Dr. Scott Watson)
- Presenter - PMEA District 12 In-service Day, 2017 - Engaging the Ensemble: Real-World Examples to Help Engage Students and Create Meaningful Music Making
- Co-Presenter - PMEA District 10 In-service Day, 2017 - Enhancing the Ensemble Experience Using Composer Skype Sessions (w/ Dr. Scott Watson)
- Presenter - DMEA State Arts Day, Oct. 2017 - Engaging the Ensemble: Are We Asking Enough of Our Students?
- Presenter - Zeswitz Music’s 3rd Annual Professional Development Symposium, June 2017 - Engaging the Ensemble: Are We Asking Enough of Our Students?
- Co-Presenter - NAfME Eastern Division Conference, April 2017 - Using Composer Skype Sessions to Make Meaningful Connections (w/ Dr. Scott Watson)
- Presenter - PMEA District 11 In-service Day, 2016 - Engaging Students Through Deeper Content Connections
- Presenter - DMEA State Arts Day, Sept. 2016 - Lost in Translation: Articulating a Common Language
- Presenter - Zeswitz Music’s 2nd Annual Professional Development Symposium, June 2016 - Lost in Translation: Articulating a Common Language
- Co-Presenter for NAfME Eastern Division Conference, April 2015 - The New National Music Standards: How to Unpack Them and Use Them in the Band Classroom (w/ Scott Sheehan & Dennis Emert)
- Co-Presenter for PMEA District 11 In-service Day, 2014 - Unpacking the New Common Core Arts Standards (w/ Elizabeth Sokolowski)
- Co-Presenter for NAMM, June 2013 - Turnaround Arts Initiative Conference, I Want THAT Music Program (w/ Anne Sterner-Porecca and Mary Luehrsen)
- Panel Member - PMEA All-State Conference, Pittsburgh, April 2010 - Embracing Change (led by Sharon Potter)
- Presenter - PMEA District 11 In-service Day, 2009 - Promoting Music Education through Advocacy
- Guest Speaker at Eastern University, March, 2009 - Promoting Music Education through Advocacy
- Guest Speaker at Susquehanna University, February 2011 - Promoting Music Education through Advocacy
- Guest Speaker at Temple University, April 2011 - Promoting Music Education through Advocacy
Jenny L. Neff Ed.D ~ Music Educator and Educational Leader
Jenny's Creative EDge Created 2018 ~ Jenny's Creative EDge L.L.C., established 2020
Jenny's Creative EDge Created 2018 ~ Jenny's Creative EDge L.L.C., established 2020