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Unique and fundamental to the Corcoran’s Art Education degree programs, every student enters the classroom starting in the first weeks of their program. From that point on, graduate and undergraduate students are actively engaged in instruction, review, and program development in every semester until they complete the program.
Through an established relationship with John F. Cook Elementary School (District of Columbia), all students and faculty in the Corcoran program share the planning, implementation, and review of art instruction for students in kindergarten through sixth grade in a vital, urban setting. Meanwhile, both undergraduates and graduate students observe the dynamics of a busy school throughout the year, while gaining from the experience of the teachers and administrators who are the heart of J. F. Cook. This is an unprecedented opportunity for educators-in-training to work with and follow the progress of individual students from grade to grade and through many developmental stages.
Not only does this cooperative relationship provide the Corcoran’s students in art education with a direct experience from the start, it also means that all members of the Corcoran program work and learn together as an educational community, sharing strengths and supporting each other as educators at different stages of experience and preparation. Together, the Corcoran team makes the most of integrated methods of curricular learning, museum encounters with great original works of art, socially engaged community arts education, and diverse studio approaches.
This partnership is funded in part by the Daniel DiTondo Foundation.
Our thanks to Principal Mark Bickerstaff and the staff of J. F. Cook Elementary School who have made this collaboration over three years not only possible, but a vital center to the Corcoran’s approach to art education.
With the current reorganization of the District of Columbia Public Schools, we anticipate the closure of J. F. Cook Elementary School in June. Plans are under way with Amidon Elementary School in Southwest D.C. to move the Teaching Partnership to the neighborhood of the Corcoran’s future Randall School campus.
