Vermont MIDI Project Membership and Forms

Membership in the Vermont MIDI Project is required for entrance to the password protected website where the conversations about student compositions take place. Membership carries responsibilities for participation as well as benefits. Adherence to protocols for reflection and critique and the posting of work are key to the online community. Meetings, workshops and courses bring participating teachers together to reflect on project needs and plan for the future. Workshops and courses also help inform teachers about current developments in technology.

A small fee for participation was instituted beginning with the 2001-2002 school year when the Vermont MIDI Project became a non-profit organization. In addition to the fee, each teacher and school principal must sign an agreement that outlines participant responsibilities including:

respectful conversation and posting of work to the password protected threaded discussion area
attending two professional development workshops per year
completion of requested evaluation surveys

In January 2005, Sibelius USA began supporting a pilot project to include schools outside Vermont in project activities. The first two years of this pilot project with schools in Connecticut, Illinois and New York brought promising results. A Connecticut Composers Project has emerged as folks there develop a composition and mentoring site of their own after the initial two years within the VMP. Newest schools come from Washington State and Oklahoma. Please contact Sandi MacLeod, project coordinator for further conversation about this effort. The national program will be limited to a small number of schools yearly at this time.




Login to current site Participation Agreement - Vermont Schools contact Sandi for more info Student Permission Forms for Sharing Work PDF File or Word Document		Membership in the Vermont MIDI Project is required for entrance to the password protected website where the conversations about student compositions take place. Membership carries responsibilities for participation as well as benefits. Adherence to protocols for reflection and critique and the posting of work are key to the online community. Meetings, workshops and courses bring participating teachers together to reflect on project needs and plan for the future. Workshops and courses also help inform teachers about current developments in technology. A small fee for participation was instituted beginning with the 2001-2002 school year when the Vermont MIDI Project became a non-profit organization. In addition to the fee, each teacher and school principal must sign an agreement that outlines participant responsibilities including: respectful conversation and posting of work to the password protected threaded discussion area attending two professional development workshops per year completion of requested evaluation surveys In January 2005, Sibelius USA began supporting a pilot project to include schools outside Vermont in project activities. The first two years of this pilot project with schools in Connecticut, Illinois and New York brought promising results. A Connecticut Composers Project has emerged as folks there develop a composition and mentoring site of their own after the initial two years within the VMP. Newest schools come from Washington State and Oklahoma. Please contact Sandi MacLeod, project coordinator for further conversation about this effort. The national program will be limited to a small number of schools yearly at this time.