31-2950 Teaching Practicum

This course will engage students in the theory and practice of teaching theatre to youth. The class meets twice a week. Students will spend one class studying teaching fundamentals: classroom management, curriculum development, lesson planning, and assessment as they relate to teaching performance skills. The other class will be spent in practice in a youth theatre program in the Chicago area. Students will teach and observe each other’s teaching in an established, ongoing youth arts program.

3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 31-1305 Body Movement for Actors I and 31-2200 Acting II: Adv Sc Study and 31-1210 Improvisational Techniques I