Dr. Erin Zaffini is the Director of Teacher Education at Longy School of Music, where access, equity and inclusion take center stage in all teacher education programming. She currently directs the fully online Master of Music Education, the fully online Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies, and the fully online music education courses that teachers can take to earn graduate credits. She has taught preK-8 general music, choral and instrumental music, and musical theater. She is an active clinician, consultant and instructional coach around the world, has served as the Eastern Division Representative for NAfME’s General Music Council, the Collegiate Coordinator, General Music Chair and Mentor Program Coordinator for the New Hampshire Music Educators Association, and sits on the Advisory Committee for the Music Educators Journal.
Dr. Zaffini is the project leader for instituting music educator mentor training within the Society for Music Teacher Education and the National Association for Music Education and is currently facilitates NAfME’s Supporting Beginning Music Teachers Area for Strategic Planning and Action. 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.
