Message From Loni

Click here the view a video message from our Colorado ASTA President.

Newsletter Publication Change

Due to the summer months approaching and the challenges of navigating our day to day world through COVID-19, the newsletter will now be published every other month for the foreseeable future. Thank your for your patience!

Check Your Membership

Please make sure your membership is current! Consider inviting colleagues and local organizations to join so that we can continue offering resources and advocacy throughout our state on behalf of string education. 

UPDATE - 2020 Summer CASTA Conference

The first ever virtual CASTA conference was a hit! We had representation from all over Colorado and a variety of different session presentation topics and experiences. Summer conference video presentations will be available later this fall. Stay tuned for more! 

General Membership Meeting
Be on the looking for a virtual meeting date and time sometime during November. Looking forward to checking in with our state membership.

UPDATES - CMEA 

Session proposals will be vetted in October. Watch for updates on the plan for CMEA 2021.

Teaching During COVID-19 - ASTA Recommendations
ASTA has posted information on returning to classroom and studio teaching during this pandemic. Check out their research and recommended protocols for ensuring student and personal safety.

Job Openings

As we go through educator hiring season, please check out the website often for new posts. Click here to view current job listings. 

If you know of any current string job openings, or any upcoming anticipated openings (retirements, maternity leave), please let us know. Send us the information and we'll put it on our website.

Looking to Advertise in the CASTA Newsletter?

Just a friendly reminder: if you would like to advertise with Colorado ASTA (on our website and in our newsletter), your business or organization must be an institutional member of ASTA. The membership rate is only $175 per year!

Looking to highlight success in the CASTA Newsletter?

Please send program, area, school highlights, stories, article ideas, etc. to Webmaster leannarutka@gmail.com for our monthly e-newsletter and website. We would love to show-off you and your students!

Additionally, Dr. Joel Schut from CU Boulder is serving as Editor for The American String Teacher Journal. You can send him your ideas at joel.schut@colorado.edu.

Do you have an article, announcement, or other information you'd like to share with the Colorado ASTA membership? If so, we'd love to include it in our monthly newsletter! Please send your newsletter submissions to leannarutka@gmail.com by the 20th of each month, and we will be sure to add them the next newsletter, which is published at the beginning of each month. Contact Leanna Rutka (leannarutka@gmail.com), Colorado ASTA webmaster and newsletter editor, with any questions.