| CEDFA,
the Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts,
is
helping art and other fine arts educators prepare to teach the
TEKS through professional development activities that no longer
reflect "seat time" or "make-and-take workshops."
Three themes are predominant among contemporary models of professional
development: on-the-job learning, collaboration, and performance
assessment of teachers and students. This section of the site
explores models of professional development and new initiatives
that promote effective professional development for art teachers.
In order
for teachers to help students demonstrate the high standards
of the Art TEKS, teachers should be involved in professional
development that:
- Directly
relates to the significant content in the Art TEKS
- Helps
make the Art TEKS accessible to students
who are in the greatest need of improvement
- Meets
their individual needs as related to
the art learning needs of their students
- Engages
them in experiential
learning, building on what they already
know and helping them progress to new levels of understanding
and achievement
- Models
appropriate development of art knowledge
and skills for students in specific grades and courses
- Provides
examples of expected student achievement
- Focuses
on higher-order thinking in art content
- Integrates
the four content strands of art, as appropriate
- Promotes
research-based practice that results in demonstrated excellence
in student work.
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