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Conceptual Framework


Artist
 Has expertise in studio art and the critical thinking structures to interpret design and create meaningful artistic expressions

Developing Teaching Expertise
  • Inquiry and Learning
  • Acquisition of knowledge, skills, and dispositions
  • Application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions
  • Building of ability to apply, adapt, and invent appropriate methods to address PK-12 student learning needs in a variety of settings

Artist / Educator
  • Career Readiness
  • Continuing Inquiry
  • Flexible, Creative Application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions

Utilizing a working artist’s values of professionalism and high-caliber studio practice, the Art Education program at Maine College of Art & Design is designed to provide teacher candidates with the knowledge, skills, dispositions, and direct experiences in general education and the specific content of art education to become responsive and innovative educators.

Through a combination of focused individual attention and meaningful collective inquiry we encourage candidates to take risks, think critically and creatively, and to prepare their students to become culture-making citizens.

Our interdisciplinary program blends theory and research with practical, action-based learning in hands-on settings that enrich both creativity and critical thinking. Candidates collect concrete evidence to demonstrate effectiveness and improve their practice. A collaborative circle of learning sets the stage for continuous inquiry and action. The program emphasizes an art integration approach to learning that shows how to change education through visual art and creates “a place at the table” for the art teacher in general discussions about education.

As part of Artists at Work at MECA&D, candidates gain the tools necessary to be reflective, successful, culturally aware practitioners. As artists they also learn to appropriately apply or adapt these tools and to create new tools when necessary.


Handbook
  1. Mission & Purpose
  2. Conceptual Framework
  3. Collective Inquiry
  4. Standards & Outcomes
  5. MAT Program Outcomes
  6. Maine Proficiencies
  7. Program Courses
    MECA&D MAT Sequence of Courses
  8. Satisfactory Academic Progress
  9. Field Experiences Prior to Student Teaching
  10. Procedures for e-Portfolios
  11. Collecting Work Samples
  12. The Student Teaching Experience
  13. Distance Placements
  14. Responsibilities of the Teacher Candidate
  15. Responsibilities of the Mentor Teacher
  16. Responsibilities of the Faculty Supervisor
  17. Demonstration of Professional Accomplishment
  18. Procedures for Student Teaching Evaluation
  19. Appendices
  20. Appendix A
  21. Appendix B
  22. Appendix C
  23. Appendix D
  24. Appendix E
  25. Appendix F
  26. Appendix G
  27. Appendix H
  28. Appendix I
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