Catalog 2005-2006
Graduate School of Education and Counseling

Information found in this online edition of the 2005-06 Catalog is unofficial and for informational purposes only. The official document of record is the printed edition of the 2005-06 Catalog. For more information, please contact the Dean of the Graduate School.

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Drama Endorsement Program

The Drama Endorsement Program is designed for inservice teachers or those who have completed a licensure program and applied for their license. This program emphasizes the uses of drama and theatre studies in arts-based inquiry, social-issues-based dialogue and action, learning, communication, and performance and is appropriate for drama/theatre teachers or for classroom teachers who wish to incorporate drama into classroom teaching. Coursework focuses on hands-on technical theatre skills and teaching strategies for making technical theatre experiences successful and safe for middle-level and high school students.

The program requires 8 semester hours of work, which is offered during the summer in conjunction with the six-week-long Summer Theatre Institute at Lewis & Clark College, and a 2-semester-hour practicum completed in the participant's own school setting following the summer coursework.

Applicants must have some documented theatre background: an undergraduate major or minor in theatre, significant coursework in theatre arts, significant experience in theatre (college, professional, community, or a K-12 setting), or coursework in acting documented by a letter of recommendation from the acting instructor.

Applicants who seek the endorsement and a Continuing Teaching License (CTL) may complete both in a 12-semester-hour program that combines a portion of the CTL requirements with endorsement coursework.

Required Courses
THED 515 Drama for Learning and Social Action, 2 semester hours THED 544 Practicum in Drama, 2 semester hours
THED 648 Devising Performance and Facilitating Inquiry, 2 semester hours
THED 648 Script Analysis: From Page to Stage, 1 semester hour
THED 648 Stagecraft: Bringing the Imaginary to Life, 1 semester hour
THED 648 Lighting: Painting With Life, 1 semester hour
THED 648 Sound Design: Adding Emotional Depth, 1 semester hour