ARTS EDUCATION

STUDIO ART  |  MUSIC  |  DANCE  |  THEATRE

 

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

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We pride ourselves on having a 100% job placement post-graduation! 

Careers in art education include elementary, middle and high school art teachers, as well as arts administrators, museum educators and college faculty who prepare future art educators. At Winthrop University, art education students earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, concentrating in either Art, Music, Dance or Theatre and receive a K-12 teaching certification through the College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences. 

Graduates of the art education program at Winthrop have found success teaching art in public and private schools, working in museums, or in arts organizations throughout the state and region. Others continue on to graduate studies to become arts administrators, professional artists, art therapists, or teachers in higher education.

The art education faculty at Winthrop University are professionally involved in teaching, making and exhibiting art, research, presentations, publications, and workshops, as well as community and cultural service. They are also active members of such organizations as the South Carolina Art Education Association, the National Art Education Association, and the Association for Arts Administration Educators.

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Mission statement

The Art Education Program prepares students to become professional pre-K12 art teachers. Our goal, through clinical experiences and studio art, art history, music, dance, theatre, and art education courses to is develop artist-teachers and reflective practitioners who are committed to holistic student development and community involvement.

 

Reasons to be a K-12 teacher

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
                                                                                                                 ----Nelson Mandella

  • Seven independent national studies have cited South Carolina's academic standards as among the most rigorous in the nation.
  • The Princeton Review ranked South Carolina's testing system No. 11 in the nation and rated the state's academic proficiency standards as among the nation's most rigorous.
  • Teachers are in demand. The Charlotte Observer reported that North Carolina expects to hire 11,000 new teachers every year for the foreseeable future.
  • In Education Week magazine's 2005 "Quality Counts" (its national report card), South Carolina was ranked as one of the top two states in the nation for its teacher quality improvements.
  • In 2009 the Thomas Fordham Foundation reported that South Carolina ranks 13th among the states in overall teacher quality.
  • South Carolina ranks third in the nation in the number of National Board Certified teachers with over 7700 teachers nationally certified.
  • Education Week's 2006 edition of "Quality Counts" ranked South Carolina No. 3 in the nation for raising standards and improving accountability and gave it an "A" in this category.
  • South Carolina has instituted a salary scale equal to the southeastern average teachers' salary to attract and keep quality teachers to teach our public school students.
  • South Carolina's 31+ point gain in SAT scores leads the nation over the past ten years.
  • In 2005 South Carolina eighth-graders had the top improvement in the nation on the National Assessment of Educational Progress( NAEP) math scores.
  • South Carolina's requirement that students complete 24 units of credit to receive a state high school diploma is one of the highest graduation unit requirements in the nation. 
  • Standard and Poor's has identified South Carolina as an "out performer" on NAEP for consistently achieving above statistical expectations.
  • South Carolina is one of only a few states over the past five years to have increased high school seniors' ACT college entrance exam scores while increasing the number of students taking the test.

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Master of Arts in Teaching

Master of Arts in Teaching

Master of Arts in Teaching

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Graduate Certificate in Art Education

Graduate Certificate in Art Ed

Graduate Certificate in Art Ed

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Karen Oremus

Karen Oremus

Interim Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Office: 133 McLaurin
Phone: 803/323-2323
E-mail: oremusk@winthrop.edu

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