| 04/17/2024 |
Joyce Yin submits change proposal for MA Music Therapists: We’re pleased to submit for your review and consideration a curricular revision of the MA in Music Therapists, as well as a title change. Attached are the following documents: NYSED Form (Word) Narrative and Rationale (Word) Side-by-side Curriculum Comparison (Word) Course Sequence (Word) Course Descriptions List (Word) NYSED Program Content Requirements Form (Word) Graduate Program Curricular Requirements (Word) Syllabi (PDF) Sample Affiliation Agreement (PDF) The faculty member submitted the Non-NYS Authorization Form on April 10, 2024. Thank you in advance for your review of this proposal. Please let us know if you have any questions. All the best, Joyce |
| 04/25/2024 |
CK confirms to Joyce that the proposal is in the queue and CK will be reviewing. |
| 05/15/2024 |
During initial review, CK notes that many requested changes are already implemented; emails Joyce Yin for rationale: Hi Joyce, I hope you're well. We're in the process of reviewing Steinhardt's proposal for program changes to the MA Music Therapists program. In the course of our review, we found some discrepancies between the proposal and the information in the program's Bulletin entry and webpage. It appears that the curriculum that's marked in the proposal as new/proposed already appears in the Bulletin and program website, and the new title is in use on the program webpage. Can you please let us know how long each of these changes has been in effect (it looks like most of the changes were already in effect in the 21-23 Steinhardt Bulletin, we haven't looked further back than that)? It's very likely that NYSED will look at the Bulletin and program webpage when they review the proposal (they may not review these resources for all proposals, but licensure qualifying programs receive extra scrutiny). Once we know how long the changes have been in effect, we can plan our next steps. Warmly, Carina |
| 05/15/2024 |
Joyce & Lindsay respond to request for rationale: Carina, We have requested our web team to fix the official degree title on the program's website to reflect the NYSED approved title of Music Therapists, while we wait for NYSED approval of a new title. You are correct that the program has already implemented the changes they are proposing. They made these changes in anticipation of submitting their self study for re-accreditation in 2020-21 in response to changes in the music therapy field and student demand. Many of those changes were a direct outcome of calls for social justice and greater cross-cultural awareness following the death of George Floyd. We fully expected to submit those changes first to NYSED for approval, but at around the same time their senior faculty member retired, leaving a single full-time faculty member, who was about to go on sabbatical, with no time to move forward with a submission to NYSED. Covid complicated things further, with the extra pressures on faculty to oversee and manage clinical placements disrupted by Covid as well as the shift to online teaching, which was stressful. NASM's National Office then postponed the on-site review of New York University from the 2020-2021 to the 2022-2023 academic year, which further dragged out work on data collection and the self study. The faculty decided in late 2020 to go ahead with the curricular changes, effective for Fall 2021, knowing how important they were both to the integrity of the program and training of therapists, and to the success of their re-accreditation efforts. They didn't want to wait three more years before improving the curriculum. The program submitted its self study in March 2023; the site visit was April 2023. Please let us know how best to proceed regarding NYSED. Lindsay and Joyce |
| 05/24/2024 |
JS & CK meet to analyze options for next steps. |
| 05/28/2024 |
CK, JS, TW discuss options at weekly authorization meeting; TW to dicuss w/AB. |
| 07/01/2024 |
CK completes initial review & drafts additional rationale language to incorporate in the proposal. |
| 08/02/2024 |
TW completes review of CK feedback; CK & TW discuss |
| 09/06/2024 |
CK completes additional round of suggested revisions & pings TW. |
| 09/17/2024 |
TW completes review of CK updates & pings CK. |
| 09/24/2024 |
CK finalizes feedback and sends to school: Hi Joyce and Lindsay, Many thanks for your patience in awaiting our feedback and guidance on this sensitive change proposal, and thank you again for sharing the intel around the implementation of these changes, which helped us craft a thoughtful narrative for NYSED. We have completed our initial review and are ready to share our feedback. Please see below for a summary of our feedback on the proposal materials, and see attached documents for specific in-line comments, suggested revisions, and clarifying questions. Please make sure to accept/reject suggested revisions as appropriate, and make sure all comments are addressed. Summary of proposal feedback: Narrative Rationale: We made significant revisions to this document. We updated the introductory paragraphs to provide background on the changes and why they were implemented prior to NYSED approval. Thank you for the details provided in the section detailing the curricular changes; we updated and reorganized to drive clarity for the NYSED reviewers to understand the changes. We also removed the section on adding an advanced standing option, as that has already been offered at least as far back as the last registration in 2006. Course Descriptions: We removed the section for removed courses and added a section for title only modifications. Consistency across Proposal Docs: Please cross-check all docs to ensure they have the correct new title and the correct categorization as new, revised title only, revised content, etc., and that this info is consistent across all proposal docs (the narrative rationale, side by side, curricular requirements form, course sequence, course descriptions, content requirements form). Syllabi: The submitted syllabi are in good shape. If any courses previously indicated as new title only (for which we don't have syllabi) are now categorized as having revised content, please send those syllabi when you send your revisions back to us. Please let us know if you have any questions about the feedback provided. Warmly, Carina |
| 11/22/2024 |
Joyce Yin submits updated proposal: Hello Carina, Thank you for your patience. I am attaching the revised documents, as well as a new PDF of syllabi and a new Faculty Table (Word). Please see below for a summary of our response to your thoughtful feedback: Narrative Rationale: We made significant revisions to this document. We updated the introductory paragraphs to provide background on the changes and why they were implemented prior to NYSED approval. Thank you for the details provided in the section detailing the curricular changes; we updated and reorganized to drive clarity for the NYSED reviewers to understand the changes. We also removed the section on adding an advanced standing option, as that has already been offered at least as far back as the last registration in 2006. Thank you. We have accepted the revisions and added the requested clarification. Following further conversation with the faculty, we have provided a different explanation of how students take the courses MPAMT-GE 2947 and 2948. In response to your request for faculty name, qualifications, and relevant experience for new courses to the program, we are providing a Faculty Table (Word). Course Descriptions: We removed the section for removed courses and added a section for title only modifications. Thank you. Consistency across Proposal Docs: Please cross-check all docs to ensure they have the correct new title and the correct categorization as new, revised title only, revised content, etc., and that this info is consistent across all proposal docs (the narrative rationale, side by side, curricular requirements form, course sequence, course descriptions, content requirements form). Done. Syllabi: The submitted syllabi are in good shape. If any courses previously indicated as new title only (for which we don't have syllabi) are now categorized as having revised content, please send those syllabi when you send your revisions back to us. An updated PDF of syllabi is attached. It includes the addition of an 8th course (MPAMT-GE 2940) that was identified as having updated content as well as revised syllabi for MPAMT-GE 2947 and MPAMT-GE 2948 (in light of the changes discussed in the narrative rationale). Attachments: NYSED Form (Word) Narrative Rationale (Word) Curriculum Side-by-Side (Word) Course Sequence (Word) Course Description List (Word) Program Changes Content Requirements Form (Word) Graduate Curricular Requirements (Word) Syllabi (PDF) Faculty Table (Word) Sincerely, Joyce |
| 01/28/2025 |
Joyce Yin seeks status update: Hi Carina, Happy Spring semester! I hope you had a restful winter break. We were wondering if you needed anything else from us before submitting this revision to NYSED? |
| 01/29/2025 |
CK provides status update: Hi Joyce, Thank you for checking in on this proposal. We are aiming to complete our review of the updated proposal materials this week. We will reach out if we have any additional questions or feedback before we submit the proposal to NYSED. |
| 01/30/2025 |
CK completes review of updated proposal, pings TW in Asana |
| 02/04/2025 |
TW completes review of updated proposal, pings CK in Asana |
| 02/06/2025 |
CK requests additional syllabi needed for proposal submission, Joyce confirms they will send next week: Hi Joyce, I hope you're having a good week. In putting together the proposal package to submit to NYSED, I caught something that we previously missed. In the Creative Arts Therapy Licensure-Qualifying Curriculum Content Areas document, there's a note that the syllabi for the listed courses should be included. It looks like we are missing several of those syllabi (possibly because you may have been referring to the generic licensure program change application where they specify a need only for new and revised syllabi). In the attached document, the courses highlighted in gray are the syllabi we already have. Can you please send the remaining syllabi when you have a moment? If you need a bit of time to make some updates to the syllabi so they are in alignment with syllabus requirements, let us know. We can submit the proposal as soon as we receive the syllabi and confirm they are in alignment with NYSED standards. |
| 03/20/2025 |
CK checks status with school: Hi Joyce, I hope you're doing well. I'm checking in to see if you have an idea of when you will be sending us the needed syllabi for this proposal so we can send to NYSED. Let me know if you need anything from us to move forward. Warmly, Carina |
| 03/27/2025 |
Joyce Yin responds to CK status request: Hi Carina, Thank you for checking in, and I apologize for not getting back to you as planned. I got caught up wrapping up a self-study and set this project aside. We have received copies of all twelve syllabi, but it is taking us a while to review all of them. We have about half done. I will be OOO for a few days starting tomorrow. We will have the syllabi ready for you in mid-April. Sincerely, Joyce |
| 04/21/2025 |
Joyce Yin sends status update: Hi Carina, Wanted to update you that we'll have the syllabi to you by Wednesday. We're working with the faculty to clarify a few details and are nearly there. Best, Joyce |
| 04/23/2025 |
Joyce Yin sends syllabi: Hi Carina, Attached is a PDF of syllabi for the 12 courses, which I'm listing below: MPAMT-GE 2043 Music Therapy Practicum: Children & Adolescents MPAMT-GE 2053 Music Therapy Practicum: Adults & MPAMT-GE 2062 The Voice in Music Therapy MPAMT-GE 2931 Music Therapy: Advanced Theory and Methods I MPAMT-GE 2932 Music Therapy: Advanced Theory and Methods II MPAMT-GE 2934 Clinical Improvisation in Music Therapy MPAMT GE 2935 Internship in Music Therapy I MPAMT-GE 2936 Internship in Music Therapy II MPAMT-GE 2938 Key Concepts in Music Therapy I MPAMT-GE 2942 Key Concepts in Music Therapy II MPAMT-GE 2943 Theory Development in Music Therapy MPAMT-GE 2949 Music Therapy Final Project Thank you for your patience and attention to detail. Please let us know if you need anything else from us. Sincerely, Joyce |
| 05/14/2025 |
CK sends syllabi feedback to Joyce Yin: Hi Joyce, We've reviewed these syllabi and have some suggested revisions to a few of them (some typo corrections, some suggested revisions to clarify language on credit hour). We have added the suggested revisions in the comments in the attached document. In addition, I made an error when sending you the list of syllabi that we already have from your original submission, we need one more syllabus: MPAMT-GE 2940 Theory and Application of Improvisation in Music Therapy. Can you please send this syllabus along with the other revised syllabi? |
| 05/16/2025 |
Joyce Yin sends updated syllabi: Hi Carina, Thank you for your detailed review and the suggested language. We have made the corrections and revisions. Please see the attached PDF for all syllabi, which also includes the syllabus for MPAMT-GE 2940 Theory and Application of Improvisation in Music Therapy. Sincerely, Joyce |
| 05/17/2025 |
CK finalizes proposal package; TW submits to NYSED. |
| 06/16/2025 |
NYSED sends approval notification. |
| 06/17/2025 |
CK sends approval notifications to relevant stakeholders. |