Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
By October 1, 2024, all candidates for an endorsement in
Drama/Theatre will be required to complete a program aligned to the National
Association of Schools of Theatre Handbook Competencies (2020), published by
the National Association of Schools of Theatre, 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite
21, Reston VA 20190, and available at
https://nast.arts-accredit.org/accreditation/standards-guidelines/handbook/.
(No later amendments to or editions of these guidelines are incorporated.) The
standards effective until September 30, 2024 are as follows:
a) The competent drama/theatre arts teacher
possesses knowledge of the basic vocabulary of theatre, including elements,
processes, and tools.
1) Knowledge Indicators
- The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) understands the sensory elements,
organizational principles, and expressive qualities of drama/theatre:
i) sensory elements - movement and sound
spectacle;
ii) organizational
principles - plot and conflict, setting, character, language, rhythm, and
unity;
iii) expressive qualities -
emotion, mood, ideas, and dynamics.
B) understands artistic process of
drama/theatre:
i) comprehension - perceiving
and responding;
ii) translation -
imaging and creating;
iii)
performance - communicating and evaluating.
C) understands tools of drama/theatre: body,
voice, and mind.
D) understands
support tools in drama/theatre: costume, set, lights, props, makeup, and
sound.
2) Performance
Indicators - The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) identifies and applies elements,
processes, and tools within story-making, improvisation, and
pantomime.
B) identifies and
applies the elements, processes, and tools within acting.
C) identifies and applies the elements,
processes, and tools within directing.
D) identifies and applies the elements,
processes, and tools within designing and craft.
E) identifies and applies the elements,
processes, and tools within playwriting.
b) The competent drama/theatre arts teacher
possesses knowledge and skills needed to create the informal and formal
processes utilizing elements of theatre.
1)
Knowledge Indicators - The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) understands voice production.
B) understands the principles of
acting.
C) understands the
principles of improvisation and pantomime.
D) understands creative drama, process drama,
and story making.
E) understands
the expressive qualities of mood, emotion, and ideas in a dramatic performance
and production.
2)
Performance Indicators - The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) analyzes the development of voice and
movement techniques.
B) applies
voice techniques.
C) analyzes and
applies characterization techniques and procedures.
D) analyzes and applies the principles of
improvisation and pantomime.
E)
applies creative and process drama and story-making techniques.
F) identifies factors and techniques in
writing, selecting, and producing plays for performance.
G) analyzes and applies the use of sensory
elements in dramatic performance and production.
H) analyzes and applies skills and techniques
used in movement and stage blocking.
c) The competent drama/theatre arts teacher
possesses knowledge and skills needed to perform theatre within the given
educational drama setting.
1) Knowledge
Indicators - The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) understands the principles of design in a
technical production.
B)
understands theatre facilities and their characteristics.
C) understands directing techniques and
procedures.
D) understands
principles and techniques of auditioning, casting, and crew
selection.
E) understands theatre
auditorium management skills and concerns.
F) understands appropriate safety procedures
and relevant legal requirements in a theatrical setting.
2) Performance Indicators - The competent
drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) applies
directing skills in stage movement and blocking.
B) applies actor-coaching skills.
C) applies oral interpretation
skills.
D) applies skills in
designing and constructing scenery.
E) applies skills and techniques in
theatrical lighting and sound.
F)
applies make-up skills and procedures.
G) applies costuming skills and
procedures.
H) analyzes dramatic
material for a theatrical production.
d) The competent drama/theatre arts teacher
possesses knowledge and skills needed to evaluate theatre using theatrical
assessment criteria.
1) Knowledge Indicators
- The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) understands the evaluation of students'
theatrical performance.
B)
understands specialized theatre arts instruction.
C) understands professional resources for
theatre arts.
D) understands the
assessment and interpretation of students' theatrical
performance.
2)
Performance Indicators - The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) designs assessment strategies appropriate
to specialized theatre arts instruction.
B) identifies and uses professional resources
for theatre arts.
e) The competent drama/theatre arts teacher
understands and analyzes the role of theatre and dramatic literature within a
culture.
1) Knowledge Indicators - The
competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A)
understands the basic principles of theatre.
B) understands theatre and drama
criticism.
2) Performance
Indicators - The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) analyzes the organizational principles of
dramatic literature.
B) identifies
types of dramatic literature.
C)
analyzes the use of literary techniques in dramatic literature.
f) The competent
drama/theatre arts teacher understands and analyzes the developments in and
distinguishing characteristics of historical and contemporary theatrical works
by style and period in a variety of cultures.
1) Knowledge Indicators - The competent
drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) understands
the distinguishing characteristics of period and style found throughout the
historical development of drama in a variety of cultures.
B) understands the historical development of
theatrical performance and production.
2) Performance Indicators - The competent
drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) analyzes the
historical development of drama through characteristics of period and
style.
B) analyzes the historical
development of theatrical performance and production.
g) The competent drama/theatre
arts teacher understands and analyzes major works and playwrights from
historical and contemporary periods within a variety of cultures.
1) Knowledge Indicators - The competent
drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) understands
theatre of the Classical Greek and Roman periods.
B) understands theatre of the Medieval,
Elizabethan, and Jacobean periods.
C) understands theatre of the
Renaissance.
D) understands theatre
from the Restoration through 1800.
E) understands theatre of the
19th and 20th
centuries.
F) understands
contemporary American and world theatre.
G) understands theatrical traditions and
dramatic literature of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin
America.
2) Performance
Indicators - The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) analyzes the historical development of
drama.
B) identifies the major
works of playwrights throughout the historical development of drama.
C) analyzes the historical development of
theatrical performance and production.
D) analyzes how the functions of theatre
shape and reflect ideas, issues, or themes in a variety of cultures.
h) The competent
drama/theatre arts teacher is able to relate knowledge and skills within and
across the arts.
1) Knowledge Indicators - The
competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A)
understands the function of theatre as an art form.
B) understands the relationship of theatre to
other art forms.
C) understands the
relationship of theatre to other subject areas.
2) Performance Indicators - The competent
drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) analyzes the
function of theatre as an art form.
B) analyzes the relationship of theatre to
other art forms.
C) identifies ways
to integrate theatre with other subject areas.
i) The competent drama/theatre arts teacher
understands and is able to apply pedagogical knowledge and skills appropriate
to the teaching of the fine arts.
1)
Knowledge Indicators - The competent drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) understands child development and the
psychological principles of learning as they apply to drama/theatre
education.
B) understands current
age-appropriate and special needs methods and materials in all fields and
levels of drama/theatre education.
C) understands the need for continuing study,
self-evaluation, and professional growth.
2) Performance Indicators - The competent
drama/theatre arts teacher:
A) articulates a
logical rationale for the role of drama/theatre in the school curriculum,
including philosophical and social foundations for drama/theatre
education.
B) identifies and
applies techniques for assessing students' backgrounds, aptitudes, skills,
interests, and special needs appropriate to a school drama/theatre
program.
C) develops
age-appropriate learning experiences to meet identified needs.
D) identifies and applies teaching methods
for integrating drama/theatre with other art forms and other subject areas at
age-appropriate levels.
E)
identifies and applies technology appropriate for a school drama/theatre
program at age-appropriate levels.
