ART 526 Student Teaching in Elementary & Secondary Art

This culminating field course is a one-semester, full-time experience that includes placements at two levels - elementary and secondary/middle or secondary/high. During this course, students must master and expand upon the teaching techniques introduced in ART 524, and develop a significant, content-rich, Standards-based art curriculum for both the elementary and secondary settings. Each placement is comprised of an initial 35 hours (1 week) of observation in the classroom, research into the school and surrounding community, and investigation of the objectives and skills for each of the courses students will be teaching. A minimum of 215 further contact hours (7 weeks) of student teaching in each placement follows. (Some options available for part-time, extended student teaching available, with the approval of the professor). Students are required to produce lesson plans for each class they teach and keep a daily self-assessment journal. During the first placement students will practice the three edTPA tasks, then submit a formal edTPA for the second placement. Assessment of planned lessons and teaching skills are provided by the College Supervisor and Cooperating Teacher during all segments of this course. Prerequisites: ART 524. ART 526 MUST be taken together with ART 525. Fall, Spring

Credits

3