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Laura Miracle

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Laura Miracle (she/her) is a sculptor, designer, and teacher. She has constructed permanent outdoor sculptures for the Forest Preserves of Cook County and Chicago Public Art Group and her sculpture has been included in the Oak Park Sculpture Walk, the Glow Holiday Festival, and the Deerfield Public Art Program. Laura holds an MFA in Sculpture from Miami University and a BFA in Sculpture from Northern Illinois University. From her studio in Humboldt Park, she designs and builds custom furniture, lighting fixtures, and props for film, television, and theater.

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The Apprentice Teaching course continues learning experiences begun during practicum placements in the fall semester. This course provides licensure candidates with experience investigating significant, contemporary concepts and themes within a contemporary art and design context in elementary and secondary Chicago-area schools. Apprentice teachers will complete a 7-week elementary/middle school placement and a 7-week high school placement as well as attend a weekly apprentice teaching seminar at SAIC. Apprentice Teachers will be challenged to maintain high ideals of creative, critical, and relevant curriculum as they engage the complex realities of public school teaching.

Students will read a selection of texts that ground curricular theory within teaching practice. This will assist them in learning how to translate their curriculum development knowledge into pedagogy.

Apprentice teachers will plan, teach, assess their students¿ work, and evaluate the effectiveness of their lessons and teaching strategies. Apprentice Teachers will teach a culminating curriculum project, video-record their instruction of this project, and submit these videos along with written analysis to the nationally standardized, Illinois State Board of Education-mandated edTPA assessment.

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2038

Credits

12