Course Description
You don’t have to be an art teacher to earn credit for developing art projects. Designed for any educator who wants to enhance their classroom and curriculum through the medium of art, this course provides the opportunity to obtain graduate-level credit for time spent developing art projects to enhance your classroom. As educators, we spend countless hours of our own time working to broaden and enhance our curriculum to meet diverse needs associated with specific classroom audiences, custom online programs, or state and district guidelines, and art is just one of many ways that we can add interest to our curriculum. If you have worked (or plan to work) on your own time, away from professionally paid hours, to discover and develop ways to incorporate art projects into your lessons, you can earn up to 6 hours of graduate-level semester credit (1 hour of credit for every 15 hours of relevant work) for the time you invest in this pursuit. To earn PD credit for your invested time, you only need to submit (1) a short description of the creative teaching ideas you have already created (or that you plan to create), (2 )a self-created time log verifying the hours of work you have invested, and(3) selected proof of completed objectives.
About University of the Pacific
University of the Pacific, established in 1851, is California’s oldest private chartered university and is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
The credits offered are post-baccalaureate, graded, graduate-level semester units of credit, provided directly through University of the Pacific, Benerd College. They are specifically designed to meet the needs of educators for Salary Advancement and Recertification. The credits/units are acceptable where local districts approve and applicable to state licensing where authorized. We always encourage you to check with your employer for acceptability of these credits/units. Course participants are responsible to determine acceptability of these credits for their intended use. Each graduate-level semester credit is equivalent to 15 hours of academic involvement.
Course Objectives
Upon successful mastery of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify areas in which art projects can support your curriculum content and increase student engagement.
- Create an art project to extend learning across your curriculum and enable students to make relevant connections.
- Integrate and apply relevant strategies and insights acquired to a final art project that will be used in your work setting.
- Reflect on the impact of art projects in your curriculum on student learning.