Professional renewal activities that may be used for 1) recording points on the Documentation of Professional Renewal Activities Points Form, OR 2) submitting a Portfolio of Professional Renewal Activities (documents and materials), OR 3) submitting an Administrative Verification of Professional Renewal Activities Form towards the renewal of MTNA Professional Certification are:

STANDARD IV: Professionalism and Partnerships (a minimum of one [1] professional activities/points required.)

• Category 1: Contributing to the Profession
  
  • Volunteer work as national, state, or local monitors, administrators, and scorers, ½ point per renewal period for a minimum of 8 hours work
  • Adjudication of national, division, state or local festivals/competitions (including MTNA, NFMC, Guild):  1 point/day of judging (maximum of 3 points per year)
  • Presentation for local/state/national event of music/education workshop, lecture, lecture/recital: 1 pt./event 
  • Serve as committee chair for task force of local/state/national music advocacy event: 1 pt./event
  • Serve in an elected or appointed position in a professional music association such as MTNA, MENC, NFMC, ASTA at the national, state or local levels: 1 pt./year of term
  • Publication of music, music article, music text, music software or other audio/visual material in state/national music journal: 1 pt./each different publication
  • Receiving a promotion, tenure or teacher recognition award from an academic institution or professional music organization: 1 pt/award
  • Sixty total minutes of solo performance, from no more than five different performances: 1 pt.
  • Mentoring new MTNA Professional Certification candidate: 1 pt./successful candidate
  • Mentor for MTNA new member mentoring program: 1 pt./new member
• Category 2: Building Partnerships
  • Collaborative partnership with school-based ensembles at local/state/national contests: 1 pt./year
  • Collaborative partnership on solo recital (minimum 45–60 min. with not more than 6 performers): 1 pt./different performance
  • Collaborative performance with other art disciplines (ballet classes, pit orchestra): 1 pt./event
  • Observation and evaluation of teacher colleagues: 1 pt./every four evaluations
  • Participation in five different ensemble recital performances (duo, duet, chamber, keyboard orchestra), signed and dated, that total 60 minutes): 1 pt./five different performances
  • Organize community activity to provide financial support for music programs: 1 pt./activity
    

STANDARD V: Professional and Personal Renewal (a minimum of one [1] professional activities/points required.)

• Category 3: Evaluating Musical Growth
  • Five different students’ signed and dated evaluations in adjudicated performance/composition festivals or competitions: 1 pt./each five different students per year
  • Student/studio participation in MTNA Studio Festival Program: 1 pt./per each five different students per year
  • Student/studio participation in MTNA Music Achievement Award Program: 1 pt./each five different students per year
  • Student solo or ensemble recital of significance, such as senior recital (not annual studio recital): 1 pt./each different recital
  • Students named as winner, runner-up, alternate or honorable mention in performance or composition competitions at the state or national level: 1 pt./per each different student in competitions
  • Five different students participating in non-adjudicated festivals, jams, musical marathons, master classes, monster concerts, composer festivals and so forth: 1 pt./five different students in different non-adjudicated events per year
• Category 4: Continuing Education
• Music/education/technology/industry/business management workshop or seminar: up to 4 hours or 1/2 day, 1/2 pt./workshop; 4–7 hours or a full day, 1 pt./workshop
• Read and summarize/discuss four professional books/journal articles: 1 pt./every four different
• Attendance at state/national/pedagogical conference or masterclass: 1 pt./day of conference
• Attendance at local pedagogical programs: 1 pt./every four different programs/year
• University/college credit course in music or related field or CEU: 1 pt./credit hour or per one CEU
• Private (applied) music study: 1 pt./credit hour or eight one-hour lessons
• Complete the three MTNA ASSESSMENT TOOLS for the Independent Music
  Teacher: Self-Assessment, Peer Assessment, and Client Assessment: 1 pt./per year