Designed for Your Needs
Continuing Education
Music Education Center of America
At VanderCook, continuing education is about more than just earning graduate credit. Our graduate-level courses are designed to present practical knowledge and skills that teachers can use in their classrooms immediately.
The MECA Continuing Education Program offers a variety of graduate courses designed for your needs as a band, choral, string or general music teacher. These practical courses are immediately useful and can be a first step to a master’s degree, or a vital part of your professional development. All MECA courses qualify as electives for VanderCook’s master of music education degree.
Since its founding, VanderCook’s practical curriculum has trained teachers with strong character, skill in the process of teaching and respect for music’s role in our culture.
Rejuvenate yourself for the new school year. Learn from nationally recognized teachers, composers, conductors and performers while treating yourself to the delights of the city of Chicago. We look forward to seeing you at VanderCook!
Spring 2022
All online Spring MECA courses begin on February 14 and conclude on May 8, 2022,
except as noted.
Spring Registration
Registration for spring courses that begin on February 14, 2022 closes at 12:00 noon CST on Monday, January 31, 2022
Questions?
Visit our MECA FAQs page.
Add, drop, change or withdraw using the Add/Drop Form.
For all other MECA-related questions, contact us
Special Promotion
Spring promotional pricing has ended.
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Maria Pulido
“The MECA courses at VanderCook have improved my approach to teaching music in a way that is more pragmatic, fun, and creative. The MECA program has helped rejuvinate my passion for teaching children”
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VanderCook’s Music Education Center of America (MECA) Continuing Education program offers graduate courses for teachers seeking practical knowledge and skills that can be used in their classrooms immediately.