Activity

Instructors (Faculty Supervisors) for linked Fieldwork and Apprentice Teaching courses during Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. Thursday day observations in schools paired with Thursday evening participation in joint seminar. Must be available on Thursday days to apply for this position. Each faculty supervisor works with a section of 3 students.

Qualifications:
We are looking for experienced educators who are knowledgeable about contemporary art and design practices, current education practices, and are attuned to the lived realities of students in Chicago’s diverse communities. Experience teaching in K-12 school settings and Master’s degree required.
Please send a single pdf that includes a cover letter indicating your interest and qualifications for the position, your CV, and any other support materials to [email protected] Indicate “Position Application” in the email subject line.

Fieldwork: Elementary and Secondary Experiences
Faculty Supervisors make one visit for each student to the elementary and one visit for each student to the secondary placement as well as participate in the weekly 5-8 pm seminar.
During each of their two 5-week placements, teacher candidates spend the school day at their assigned school placement and then attend the evening seminar at SAIC.
Time in seminars is spent developing and critiquing curriculum projects, teacher project samples, instructional materials and assessment strategies in preparation for teaching a demonstration lesson during Fieldwork and more extensive curriculum during their apprentice teaching.

Apprentice Teaching: Elementary and Secondary Experiences.
Faculty Supervisors make two visits for each student to the elementary and two visits for each student to the secondary placement and participate in the weekly 5-8 pm seminar.
During each of their 7-week, 5-days-per-week elementary placement and their 7-week, 5-days-per-week secondary placement, apprentice teachers plan, teach, assess their students’ work, and evaluate the effectiveness of their lessons and teaching strategies. Apprentice teachers teach a culminating curriculum project, video-record their instruction of this project, and submit these videos along with written analysis to the nationally standardized, Illinois State Board of Education-mandated edTPA assessment. During seminars, apprentice teachers share observations and ideas about teaching and differentiating instruction, exchange useful information concerning day-to-day school practices and the professional practices of their mentors, strengthen their understanding of relationships between artistic and educational theory, investigate ways to incorporate contemporary art and visual culture into school art curriculum, and develop valid and reliable assessments of authentic student learning.