PART 1 — RECRUITMENT
Introduction
Organize for Success
* Quick Checklist for Choosing a Music Dealer
* Orchestrate Your Publicity
* Enlist Dealer Help
* Understand the School Calendar
Recruitment Preparation
* Select and Collect Recruiting Materials
* Recruiting Is a Full -Time Job
* One-Year Recruiting Calendar
* Recruitment Meeting with Student Checklist
Knowledge is Power
* The Parent Meeting
* Parent Meeting Checklist
* Follow Through
* Keys to Student Success
* Be a Music Educator
* Sample Parent Letter for Beginning of Recruitment Process
* Sample Parent Letter Outlining Goals of the Instrumental Music Program
* How Parents Can Help
* Director's Recruiting Checklist
Sample Forms
* Student Evaluation by Classroom Teacher
* Telephone Recruiting Script
* Instrumental Music Recruiting Meeting Survey
* Instrumental Music Progress Report
* Report to Parent
* Request for Parent Support Group
PART 2 — RETENTION
Public Knowledge Is Public Support
* Preserve Your Most Valuable Resource — Your Students
* Ideas for Retaining Students and Recruiting Parents
* Marketing the Instrumental Music Program
Reasons Students Leave the Program
* Actions That Help Retain Students
* If Students Leave the Program
* Sample Student Drop Form
Materials from Instrument Manufacturers and Retailers
How to Fight Music Cuts
