Teaching Methods in Theatre Arts

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Articulate a personal philosophy of teaching theatre, both orally and written.

• Identify, locate, organize, and implement a variety of resources for the K-12 theatre arts classroom.

• Apply the North Carolina Essential Standards for K-12 Theatre Arts in the design of lesson plans.

• Teach a Theatre Arts lesson among varying grade levels.

• Plan a course of study for a theatre (drama) course.

• Use standardized academic language categories in service of preservice teacher assessment (EdTPA).

• Design and evaluate a classroom management plan.

• Apply technology in teaching a lesson in the K-12 Theatre Arts classroom.

• Create assessments for lessons, including but not limited to, grading rubrics, peer evaluation, and reflective writing.

• Construct career-based documentation and experiment with career-based simulations

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Class participation (attending non-teaching/observation-only internships, class discussions, completing in-class assignments, class exercises, etc.) (SLO1-SLO10)	225 points
Teaching Internships (includes daily lesson plans, reflective writing, and any other related assignments) (SLO2, SLO3, SLO4, SLO7, SLO8, SLO9, SLO10) Internship #1 Elementary Internship #2 High School Internship #3 Middle School	150 points 150 points 150 points
Personal Inventory of Characteristics, Habits and Skills (SLO10)	100 points
Teaching Résumé (SLO10)	100 points
Personal Philosophy of Theatre Education (SLO1, SLO10)	100 points
Beginning Theatre Course Outline for grades 9-12 (SLO2, SLO5)	100 points
Classroom Management Plan for elementary grades (SLO7)	100 points
Detailed Unit Plan with Five (5) Formal Daily Lesson Plans, including assessments (SLO2, SLO3, SLO6, SLO9, SLO10)	200 points
Criteria Analysis and Simulation of EdTPA Task#2 (SLO6, SLO10)	100 points
Criteria Analysis and Simulation of EdTPA Task#3 (SLO6, SLO10)	100 points
Teaching Interview Portfolio(SLO9, SLO10)	100 points
Mock Job Interview (exam) (SLO10)	100 points

Must earn a B- or better to student teach.

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
1700-1775 points	A
1650-1699 points	A-
1600-1649 points	B+
1550-1599 points	B
1500-1549 points	B-
1450-1499 points	C+
1400-1449 points	C
1350-1399 points	C-
1300-1349 points	D+
1250-1299 points	D
1200-1249 points	D-
0-1199 points	F

Attendance/Participation:

No more than two (2) lecture absences are permitted. For each additional class missed, there will be a letter grade drop. Attendance at all internship assignments is required. After the first visit to each site, students are responsible for transporting themselves to partner schools ahead of designated check-in time. While carpooling is encouraged, shared transportation is never a permissible reason for being late or missing internships.

While class discussion and clinical practice does involve first-person teaching, it also involves the third-person study of teaching as well. The practices associated with full participation include, but are not limited to: active engagement as speaker/listener/mover; singular focus toward task/discussion; active processing of readings/presentations/discussions; note-taking and/or journaling; contribution to a safe, open-minded environment; tangible personal investment to assignments/deadlines/credibility; constructive support of this learning community; punctuality and presentation of professionalism.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Wong, Harry K, and Rosemary T. Wong. The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher. Mountainview, CA: Harry K. Wong Publications, 1998. Print.

• Spolin, Viola, Carol Sills, and Paul Sills. Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques. Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press, 1999. Print.