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Technical Education

Studio Art & Design I & II representation and museum collection purchases.
(Orange High School) Applied artists put their artistic skills and commercial
knowledge at the service of multiple clients including
College Tech Prep
Prerequisite: Studio art assessment, portfolio, local, national and international businesses,
reference letter and interview. commercial organizations, non-profit groups,
Prerequisite: Interview by the Instructor. By corporations with in- house art departments, card/gift
program start date student must have completed industry, fashion industry, industrial design/product
coursework required for junior status at their home industry, retail and wholesale companies/stores, and
school including seven (7) credits with a publishing firms.
mandatory two (2) credits each earned in English
and Mathematics.
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical Teacher Education and
Education
3 credits each year Children’s Health I & II
6 credits through Cuyahoga Community College (T.E.A.C.H.)
12 credits through Kent State University
Career: A (Fairmount Early Childhood Center at Beachwood)
College Tech Prep
The expectation in Studio Art & Design is to prepare Prerequisite: Interview by Instructor. By program
self -motivated, creative students for careers in the start date student must have completed coursework
visual arts by developing a comprehensive portfolio required for junior status at their home school
including seven (7) credits with a mandatory two
for college acceptance. The program aims to prepare (2) credits each earned in English and
students to be, College & Career Ready. All art Mathematics.
students will be introduced to the multiple careers in Recommended For: Students who want to pursue a
the visual arts through the use of social media, guest degree in education or related field
speakers, class instruction and our own professional 3 credits each year
networking resource, “ARTatWORK”. 3 credits through Cuyahoga Community College
7 credits through Lakeland Community College
30 credits through University of Akron
Curriculum Expectations 3 credits through Kent State University
 To embrace creative problem solving and
visual communications while developing Career: P

individual expressions within content, image
and message. The T.E.A.C.H program prepares students to fill a
 To develop a personal philosophy of art vital role in the education and health of children. This
program teaches content knowledge in child
based on aesthetic theories, personal development, curriculum, common core, early
development and cultural influences. learning content standards and educational theory as
 To design authentic learning related to well as middle childhood development and children’s
multiple careers in art. health. High school students receive the opportunity
to teach and care for children in many different
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES learning environments. The first year stresses basic
Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Advertising, skills needed to work with children of all ages.
Product Design, Animation, Art Education, Art Students travel with the instructor to different lab
History, Architecture, Display Design, Painting, schools to develop the concepts and skills needed to
Interior Design, Photography, Art Direction, work with children.
Freelance Artist and Urban Landscape Design. The second year of the T.E.A.C.H program further
Fine artists create art to satisfy their own personal develops content knowledge and essential teaching
vision and self-expression and may choose to exhibit skills and strategies necessary to become a
professional or teacher ready to work with children of
their work in local, national and international shows. all ages. The students apply knowledge of child
They may also submit proposals for publicly funded development and best practices while working in
art projects (i.e. murals), private and corporate independent internships with children for the entire
commissions, corporate collections, gallery school year. Students who meet both attendance and
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