While modern educational trends frequently isolate reading and writing, the visual arts offer students a profound vehicle for critical thinking and abstract cognition. This course prepares teacher candidates to integrate visual arts into the secondary English Language Arts framework. Beyond teaching methodology, this course focuses on the development of the educator: candidates will clarify their own authentic core values and interests to establish a grounding, confident classroom presence. Whether adapting a required curriculum or inventing your own, you will learn to bring a genuine version of yourself into your teaching — unlocking your students' enthusiasm and trust through your own passion.
- Teacher: Andy McAlister