Application B TEACHER APPLICATION for MMTA HONORS DISTRICT AUDITIONS (Pre-school through Senior High) (You can copy and paste this text into a word processor, TYPE IN THE NECESSARY INFORMATION USING YOUR WORD PROCESSOR, and print. Please fit all information on ONE PAGE if possible.) PLEASE TYPE (using your word processor) Teacher name, telephone, address, city, state, zip: Teacher county, district number, email address: [ ] Yes, my MMTA dues are paid (OR non-member audition fee of $100 enclosed). Teacher's dues or non-member audition fee must be paid by August 31, 2005, for District VI (St. Louis) and September 7, 2005, for all other districts, for students to be eligible. [ ] My check for $____________is enclosed covering audition entrance fee for _______entries at $20.00 each. Entry fees become the property of the Missouri Music Teachers Association and are not refundable. Only those students who enter the district auditions and receive a rating of “I” will be eligible for state auditions. A. I understand that district auditions are run and operated by an all-volunteer staff who need a great deal of help and support from teachers to make the auditions happen. I agree to assist in preparing for, running, and monitoring the district auditions as requested by my district chair. I understand that the district chair will ask teachers who have entered more students to do more of the work. I agree that if I cannot personally fulfill the duties the district chair requires, I–and not the district chair–will be responsible to find an adult to take my place for the time(s) needed. I understand that students from studios that have not assisted with running with District Auditions as requested by the District Chair will be ineligible to proceed to State MMTA Auditions. B. I agree to generally support and uphold the auditions officials and the auditions process and to resolve any audition-related disagreements, conflicts, or problems in a professional and ethical manner. C. I understand and actively promote to students, parents, and colleagues that the auditions are not a competitive process in the sense of being confrontational or antagonistic, but rather a process designed to promote musical growth and to help all students from every teacher’s studio reach the highest possible musical potential. ____________________________________ _______________ Teacher signature Date List names of all your students entered in District Auditions (continue on back if necessary). List in order Preschool thru Senior High. Name Medium Grade Please send one check, payable to MMTA, with a copy of this application to your district chair (See p. 10). Applications postmark deadline for Dist. VI (St. Louis) is August 31, 2005. Application postmark deadline for all other districts is September 7, 2005.