Requirements for Teacher Education / Art Education Program(Pre-Kindergarten through Twelve)
Students who would like to be Art Education majors must be enrolled in the College of Education and Social Services.
Those admitted as first year students or sophomores to the Art Education Program are considered Candidates in the Program. Students go through a formal review process during the second semester of the sophomore year. Those students who pass the review are admitted as Majors in the program in the fall of junior year (see page 2 for review criteria).
Students must meet/talk with their advisors every semester to select courses, as the art education courses have a specific sequence that must be followed.
Students must get approval from their advisor and from the Art Education Director to set up student teaching and accompanying courses prior to enrolling in student teaching.
The Art Education program occupies a unique place among programs at the University ofVermont. Designed to serve students with a passion for art and a concern for education, it holds classes in the Department of Art and in the College of Education and Social Services.Art Ed majors are enrolled in CESS, while the Art Education faculty are members of the Art Department in the College of Arts & Sciences.
While Art Education majors are enrolled in the College of Education and Social Sciences, theys pend a significant time taking studio art classes, art history classes, and art education courses. St udents will receive a Bachelor of Science with from the College of Education andSocial Science, and will have fulfilled the requirements necessary to apply for the Vermont State Certification as an art teacher, who may teach at the level of pre-kindergarten through grade 12. (students do NOT become automatically certified as art teachers upon graduating from UVM. They must apply separately through the Vermont Department of Education. Please see Licensing Resources section).
Art Educators need a broad, deep involvement in studio experience and a solid background in art history. To this end, the program combines extensive studio art and art history requirements with specific art education and general, professional education requirements.The latter includes areas such as educational philosophy, psychology, curriculum development, special education and multicultural studies. Art Education courses are small,typically with five to twelve students in a class. With the belief that contact experience is the backbone of a strong program, most art education courses have a field work component.
Offerings include topics such as theories and methods in arts instruction, arts integration,children's artistic development, discipline based arts education and multi-talent learning. Majors review current research in teaching and assessment practices and examine specific arteducation topics such as health hazards, arts in therapy, museum education, international arts education and arts in special populations. Students work both in public schools, where they observe and teach at elementary, middle and high school levels, and alternative sites including museums, hospitals, correctional institutions, craft schools, programs for the elderly, mental health and human services sites, and galleries. The program is completed with a full semester of teaching experience under the supervision of a master art educator.
The Art Education degree is available at the undergraduate level or as a post baccalaureate in Art Education. Upon graduation many of our students go directly into teaching, while others eventually go on to terminal degrees in fields such as education, studio art, art therapy, andmuseum education. Many create their own arts programs and schools while others step into positions that merge their interests in arts and people.
Some of our graduates have undertaken careers in public school education at all levels, arts administration, art therapy, private school education, museum education, arts program development, educational filmmaking, gallery direction, theater, architecture and universityteaching. Because the classes are small and the degree is professional, alumni/ae tend to keepin touch with faculty and peers, thus developing a broad national and international network of concerned and active art educators.
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