TEACHING ART MICRO-CREDENTIAL II OCADU + Blank Canvases

Toronto Arts Foundation; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is offering a unique opportunity to enhance your art teaching skills through a Teaching Art Micro-credential. This immersive course will empower educators with innovative strategies to engage learners in visual arts while focusing on sustainability, accessibility, and creativity. Participants will explore contemporary methods of art education through hands-on experiences and personalized feedback, culminating in a digital badge to showcase their achievements. Perfect for teachers and art enthusiasts alike, this program promises to enrich your teaching toolkit and inspire your students.

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching art across various educational settings.
• Ability to integrate sustainability and accessibility in lesson planning.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement engaging art lessons tailored to diverse learners.
• Provide personalized feedback to enhance teaching practices.

Skills

Art Teaching Methods

Lesson Planning

Community Engagement

Creative Strategies

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education

Art Education Certification

Job description

Blank Canvases is partnering with OCAD University to deliver a Teaching Art Micro-credential this summer!

Overview

This micro-credential will help you gain confidence in teaching art and integrating creative strategies into your teaching practices. Through lectures, discussions, and studio work, you will explore contemporary methods of art teaching. Classroom activities will focus on engaging learners with visual arts techniques emphasizing sustainability, innovation, and accessibility. You will experiment with various 2D and 3D materials, and receive practical, personalized feedback on designing engaging, learner-centered lessons that can be tailored to different teaching contexts and classroom models.

Learning Objectives

• Explore current art teaching methods and apply them to lesson planning.
• Identify and define studio, community, and art teaching strategies.
• Use studio-based strategies to foster community and collaboration in the classroom.
• Create lesson plans considering:
• Sustainability, accessibility, and affordability
• Engagement, creativity, and inspiration
• Teaching art in a digital context
• Diversity, equity, and decolonization
• Different ages, stages, and classroom models
• Learner-centered principles

Target Audience

This micro-credential is suitable for teachers or individuals seeking to enhance their skills and knowledge in art education across various settings, including schools, camps, daycares, community organizations, private studios, and galleries.

Certification

Participants will complete assignments and exercises throughout the modules. Successful application of the key outcomes will earn a digital badge, which can be added to resumes and shared on social media. A link to the badge will be sent via email.

Instructor and Schedule

The course will be taught by Natalie Kauffman, Education Director at OCAD. It will take place in person from August 11th to 15th.

Course Goals

This course aims to equip teachers with the confidence to deliver engaging, creative art lessons that meet the Ontario Ministry of Education's Visual Arts learning outcomes.