Teaching Fellows Program University of North Carolina Wilmington
TFP 302
Incorporating Fine Arts in all Academic Levels
Fall 2010
Catalog Description: (1) Prerequisite: Formal enrollment in the Teaching Fellows Program or
consent of director. Designed to provide experiences with visual art, music, drama, and dance
that will prepare students to plan and deliver appropriate experiences to students. Attention will
be given to understanding the arts in culture, the needs of students in the arts, the creative
process, the skills and concepts of the arts, and connections to other disciplines across all grade
levels. Emphasis will be on integrating arts instruction in other areas of the curriculum.
Conceptual Framework: This course is designed to focus on key components of the
Watson School of Education’s conceptual framework: The WSE develops highly
competent professionals to serve in educational leadership roles. TFP 302 supports this
framework through discussions, class activities, readings, projects and evaluations. These
projects afford students the opportunity to develop the following competencies:
Informed data driven decision making
o Reflective practice
o Commitment to ethical and professional standards
o Technology integration
o Ability to meet needs of diverse learners
o Knowledge and use of appropriate communication strategies
Individual student growth in these areas will result in educational practice that positively impacts
learning.
Course Objectives:
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Understand the methods and outcomes of integrating elements of fine arts into all content
areas and academic levels.
Apply a multicultural perspective to the art experience by identifying issues of race,
gender, class, values, etc.
Evaluate how diverse learners respond to the use of fine arts and how to create a
supportive learning environment.
Critically examine the multiple facets of the creative process.
Demonstrate competence in basic skills from visual arts, music, drama, and dance.
Create and implement a lesson plan, appropriate to academic level, which integrates
elements of fine arts into all content areas.
North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards
2.1 Teachers provide an environment in which each child has a positive, nurturing relationship
with caring adults.
2.2 Teachers embrace diversity in the school community and in the world.
2.3 Teachers treat students as individuals.
2.4 Teachers adapt their teaching for the benefit of students with special needs.
3.1 Teachers align their instruction with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
3.2 Teachers know the content appropriate to their teaching specialty.
3.3 Teachers recognize the interconnectedness of content areas/disciplines.
3.4 Teachers make instruction relevant to students.
4.1 Teachers know the ways in which learning takes place, and they know the appropriate levels
of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of their students.
4.2 Teachers plan instruction appropriate for their students.
4.3 Teachers use a variety of instructional methods.
4.4 Teachers integrate and utilize technology in their instruction.
4.7 Teachers communicate effectively.
Course Outcomes/Projects:
1. Self-reflection on the creative process
2. Multi-media reflection on multicultural education.
3. Mini-lesson plan- students will choose an interdisciplinary theme and demonstrate
integrating fine arts skills into multiple content areas.
Class Attendance
Tardiness, requests to leave early, and/or absences will result in your grade being lowered a half
letter grade. (ONE absence is permitted but not recommended.) None of these reasons excuse
you from fulfilling all course requirements. Please make an appointment with me within the first
three (3) weeks of class if you have scholarship responsibilities that require you to miss classes
due to UNCW-sponsored events or performances.
Grade Distribution – Grades earned are awarded using the University letter system.
A 90-100 C 70-79 F 59 & Below
B 80-89 D 60-69
UNCW Honor Code Statement
All students enrolled at UNCW are subject to the UNCW Student Academic Honor Code
(hereafter referred to as the Honor Code), which is intended to help every member of the UNCW
community appreciate the high value placed on academic integrity and the means that will be
employed to ensure its preservation. Students are expected to perpetuate a campus culture where
each student does his or her own work while relying on appropriate resources for assistance. In
such a climate students enjoy a special trust that they are members of a unique community where
one’s thoughts and words are attributed correctly and with proper ownership, and where there is
little need for systems to sanction those who cheat. As such, all UNCW students shall commit to
the principles and spirit of the Honor Code by adhering to the following pledge: “As a student at
The University of North Carolina Wilmington, I am committed to honesty and truthfulness in
academic inquiry and in the pursuit of knowledge. I pledge to uphold and promote the UNCW
Student Academic Honor Code.”