Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 505 - PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION › Chapter 505-3 - EDUCATOR PREPARATION RULES › Rule 505-3-.44 - Art Education Program

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
			 through June 27, 2024
(1)
Purpose.
This rule states
			 field-specific content standards for approving initial educator preparation
			 programs that prepare individuals to teach art in grades P-12, and supplements
			 requirements in GaPSC Rule
			 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS
			 FOR APPROVING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDERS AND EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS
			 and in GaPSC Rule
			 505-3-.03 FOUNDATIONS OF READING,
			 LITERACY, AND LANGUAGE.
(2)
Requirements.
(a) To receive
			 approval, a GaPSC-approved educator preparation provider shall offer a
			 preparation program described in program planning forms, catalogs, and syllabi
			 addressing the following standards adapted from the standards published by the
			 National Association of Schools of Art and Design (February 16, 2016):
1. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 understand the processes of creating, presenting, responding and connecting to
			 visual and media arts. Candidates should demonstrate basic expressive,
			 technical, procedural and organizational skills and conceptual insights which
			 can be developed through studio art and design experiences. Instruction should
			 include traditional and contemporary art and design processes;
2. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 have an understanding of (1) the major styles and periods of art history,
			 analytical methods and theories of criticism; (2) the development of past and
			 contemporary art forms; (3) the important process of artistic creation from
			 initial idea to finished artwork. (4) contending philosophies of art; and (5)
			 the relationship of all of these to making art;
3. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 have created and presented advanced work in at least one or more studio art
			 areas demonstrating technical mastery;
4. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 have functional competence with principles of visual organization, including
			 the ability to work with visual elements in two and three dimensions. The
			 candidates shall have functional knowledge in such areas as the basic
			 technologies involved in drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, media
			 arts, ceramics and sculpture; and
5. The program shall prepare candidates who
			 are able to connect an understanding of educational processes and structures
			 with an understanding of relationships among the arts, sciences and humanities,
			 in order to apply art competencies in teaching situations and to integrate art
			 instruction into the total process of education. Specific competencies include:
(i) An understanding of child development and
			 the identification and understanding of psychological principles of learning as
			 they relate to art education.
(ii)
			 An understanding of the philosophical and social foundation underlying art in
			 education and the ability to express a rationale for personal attitudes and
			 beliefs.
(iii) Ability to assess
			 aptitudes, experiential backgrounds, and interests of individuals and groups of
			 students, and to devise learning experiences to meet assessed needs.
(iv) Knowledge of current methods and
			 materials available in all fields and levels of art education.
(v) Basic understanding of the principles and
			 methods in art education of developing curricula and the short-and long term
			 instructional units that comprise them.
(vi) The ability to accept, amend, or reject
			 methods and materials based on personal assessment of specific teaching
			 situations in art education.
(vii)
			 An understanding of evaluative techniques in art education and the ability to
			 apply them in assessing both the progress of students and the objectives and
			 procedures of the curriculum.
(viii) Ability to organize continuing study
			 and to incorporate knowledge gained into self-evaluation and professional
			 growth.