This stems from curriculum action on my campus recently.
The fact that a student took some arts classes in her past, and then went through an elementary education program with no emphasis on the arts education, does make her qualified to teach art in elementary schools. If we are to take ourselves seriously we must make sure that those who are certified get the best instruction and experience that we can give then. Just being an artist does NOT prepare you to teach the arts. We've known this for years about artists in residence. The same holds true for generalist teachers...
That's it just had to get it off my chest as we realign our programs.
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How much of any specific content instruction is necessary for generalists teachers to be a good teacher of that subject? Overall, as a generalist teacher, there's an amazing quantity of subject matter to be responsible for! I think we still need to surround ourselves with experts in the fields!
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