Art and Art Education MA Initial

Required Courses in Art Education (34 points):

• A&HA 4079 - Exploring cultural diversity: Implications for art education (2 points)

• A&HA 4080 - Artistic development of children (2 points) with co-requisite A&HA 4281 Field observations in art education 1 (1 point)

• A&HA 4081 - Curriculum design in art education (3 points)

• A&HA 4085 - Historical foundations of art education (2 points)

• A&HA 4087 - Processes and structures in the visual arts (2 points)

• A&HA 4088 - Artistic development: Adolescence to adulthood (2 points) with co-requisite A&HA 4281 - Field observations in art education 2 (1 point)

• A&HA 4089 - New media, new forms (2 points)

• A&HA 4860 - Cross-cultural conversations in the arts (1 point)

• A&HA 4102 - Challenging thinking: Plan lessons (3 points)

• A&HA 4702 - Supervised student teaching in art education: Secondary (3 points)

• A&HA 4722 - Supervised student teaching in art education: Elementary (3 points)

• A&HA 4202 - Fieldwork in art education - (0 points, with corequisite Supervised student teaching)

• Three studio courses (2 points each)

Required courses outside the program (6 points):

Students in the M.A. degree  leading to New York State Initial Teacher Certification must take six (6) points offered outside the Art and Art Education Program at Teachers College. Any course that does not start with A&HA qualifies as an out-of-program, or breadth, course. Students pursuing teacher certification must earn three (3) credits in a Special Education course (required by the NYSED for certification) as part of the out-of-program requirement. The New York State Education Department (NYSED) requires that applications for Initial Teacher Preparation take and pass non-curricular certification exams.

Note:

Members of each student teaching cohort are also required to attend student teaching seminars, participate in resource workshops on documenting and evaluating their practicum teaching, and mount a Macy Gallery exhibition combining their own artwork with that of the pupils taught during their practica. Note: To be certified by New York State, there are additional requirements. Please see below and consult the Office of Teacher Education website for details.

Certification Information

To gain Initial Teacher Certification students must:

1. Complete all degree requirements, including two terms of student teaching and 3 credits in Special Education.

2. Get fingerprinted through the New York City Department of Education.

3. Take NY State examinations. 

4. Complete NYSED Workshops: Child Abuse and School Violence Workshops. 

5. Complete Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) workshop.

6. Students will receive all pertinent information to complete items 1-5 in the Supervised Teaching Seminar.

7. Must maintain a grade of B- or better in all Art and Art Education courses.

8. Complete workshops: Child Abuse and Identification and Reporting Training; School Violence Intervention and Prevention Training; Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Training