TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
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COLLEGE & CERTIFICATION
Fall 2024
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The Professional Seminar provides candidates who are doing their Directed Teaching with further professional development and experiences that develop reflective practice. The seminar conveys a range of information essential to Visual Arts educators, including health and safety issues in Art Education, technology integration, educational law, effective teaching practices, research in the field, emerging trends in pedagogy which examine issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.The seminar format is intended to support student teachers in their placements and allow for reflection and dialogue regarding this professional experience.
Professor: A. Runyan |
During the Directed Teaching semester, the responsibilities of a professional teacher are experienced first-hand at extended placements in school settings.This includes experiences in urban, suburban, and rural settings providing diverse perspectives and spaces to negotiate as student develop professional practice. This practicum involves a broad spectrum of experiences, including a combination of observation, small group work, and eventual whole class instruction. Because the Visual Arts (LQ) Endorsement certifies a teacher for K-12 instruction, placements are made for candidates at two sites, one in an Elementary setting and one in the Secondary setting.
Professor: K. Broderick |
Summer 2024
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The APSI Summer Institute is a professional development program designed to deepen teachers’ content knowledge and teaching strategies. It focuses on equipping educators with resources, best practices, and collaborative opportunities to enhance student learning and success in AP courses.
Professor: S. Altman |
Fall 2021
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This course is dedicated to teaching Art Education candidates the essential components of instruction for students who are learning to read. Students study theory and research frameworks for comprehending the scope and challenges of teaching for literacy, as well as practical methods for direct, explicit instruction in reading. The broader area of Language Arts instruction is examined in the contexts of arts integration and children's literature which is inclusive of global cultures, identity, and contextually meaningful in nature. Awareness of appropriate uses for technology and information age learning in K-12 schools is taught with applications of technology enhanced learning experiences. For this course, students assist regularly with experienced, certified Reading Teachers in K-8 classrooms.
Professor: K. Broderick An art teacher can use service learning projects to combine community service with art instruction and reflection. Service learning can help students develop a variety of skills, including problem-solving, empathy, and self-esteem.
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In this class, students continue to learn professional methodologies of art instruction for youth in high schools, grades 9-12. The course covers secondary visual arts content, approaches, techniques, materials and safety precautions appropriate for secondary level students. Classroom management, inclusion and accommodation of special needs students, technology integration, assessment, and student diversity issues are covered. Content area literacy approaches and methods for including the teaching of reading, writing and public presentations for secondary students as outlined in the national and state content standards and benchmarks are integral to the course.
Professor: W. Wilson |
Winter 2021
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Designed to convey the stages of human growth in depth, this course approaches physical, psychological, emotional and social development in a format for teachers to implement in planning developmentally and culturally appropriate instruction. The educational needs of neurodiverse and special needs children, and the resources available to teachers for best meeting these needs, are included throughout. Related topics covered in this course include nurturing creativity in K-12 students, teaching students with poverty in mind, and fostering equitable visual learning in diverse settings. Pre-service visual arts teachers consider the implications of the above material in field experiences in diverse instructional settings with children.
Professor: T. Cafcalas |
In this course, Art Education candidates acquire further practice with professional methodologies of art instruction and facilitation for students in Kindergarten-8th grade levels. The primary focus is mastery of the pedagogical content knowledge paired with teaching and learning strategies necessary for planning and implementing dynamic elementary art programming. Attention is directed to the multiple components of art instruction: age appropriate teaching methods, reaching and involving all students with diversity, equity and inclusion in mind, classroom management, age appropriate art materials, technology in Art Education, showing student work, inclusion and accommodation of special needs students, school diversity, art room safety, facilities management, and evaluation methods. Special attention is devoted to content area literacy and inclusion of purposeful reading experiences in the subject area.
Professor: W. Wilson |
Fall 2020
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This course surveys the history of American education and art education. Educational applications of research around educational learning theory and practice are introduced. The development of prevailing philosophies of Education, Art Education and American pedagogy are covered within a framework of theoretical understanding, art integration exercises, classroom observations, reflection, and dialogue. Attention to inclusive and equitable pedagogical practice is explored through the development of a social justice themed middle school lesson plan.
Professor: A. Ruopp |
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