Art Education and Creative Arts in Learning Programs

Arts in Education, Creative Arts in Learning, and Community Arts Programs

M.Ed., Educational Specialist, and Licensure Programs

Enhance your individual creativity and learn how to use the arts in teaching, learning, and assessment to meet the needs of students with many diverse learning styles.

Improve Student Learning with Creativity and the Arts

Art Education ProgramsStudies show that the arts have a positive effect on student learning across the curriculum. Once thought of as “enrichment,” the arts are increasingly becoming an integrated part of the academic day, a bridge to different cultures, self-expression, and a hands-on way of learning more about the world.

See a May 1, 2013 NBC Nightly News spot about a school in Roxbury, MA, titled  Art Program Transforms Failing School.
 
Whether you are an aspiring or current teacher, our programs will provide you with the confidence and knowledge to build literacy and engage all children, and the skills to develop curricula that integrate the arts. Our community arts program equips you to do arts-based community work, including grant writing and administration.

Teacher Preparation Programs (Initial Teacher Licensure)

Teacher Professional Development Programs (Professional Licensure/Non-Licensure)

    12-Credit Option for Professional Licensure (Post-Master's)

    For those who already hold Master's degrees, 12 credits of graduate coursework in the subject matter knowledge of the Initial license can be used to meet part of the requirements for the Professional license in that field. This is an individual option listed in the Massachusetts state regulations and not an approved program. Those interested in taking advantage of this option should consult with an Assistant Director of Academic Advising in the School of Education before enrolling in courses.

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    Faculty Young Song

    Young Imm Kang Song
    Associate Professor

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    Faculty Robert Shreefter

    Robert Shreefter
    Associate Professor

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    VOICES FROM THE FIELD

    The Creative Arts in Learning Division conducted a study to research the effectiveness of arts in education. The study, funded by the Ford Foundation and entitled Voices From the Field, was designed to explore the impact of the Integrated Teaching Through the Arts Master's program, which has produced more than 10,000 graduates and is offered in 23 states.

    Graduates report that using the arts can provide multiple and stimulating points of access to curriculum and increase retention and depth of student learning. Approximately 90 percent also said the arts enhanced learning for special needs, gifted and talented, economically disadvantaged, and culturally/linguistically diverse students.

    Download a copy of the report [PDF].

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    Tuition Discounts

    Lesley alumni, Cambridge Public School teachers, Cambridge residents, and senior citizens may be eligible for tuition discounts! Check the Tuition Discounts page for more information.

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    Former Faculty and Alumni Participate in Conference

    As members of the Arts Education Partnership Forum in Washington, D.C., former Lesley arts faculty Lisa Donovan and Kerrie Bellisario and former Lesley Community Arts student Rebecca Kirk were cited in a blog post.  Read the post »