<p>I'm looking for the colleges/universities that offer a BS in Theater Education. That's right! I want to teach kids how to get up there and perform.
sloherr</p>
<p>Arizona State is known for theatre education.</p>
<p>Steinhardt at NYU has an excellent program.</p>
<p>I THINK Emerson has this too but check their website to be sure.</p>
<p>Look into Connetticut College......</p>
<p>Connecticut College
Opps...spelled it wrong....too early in the morning to be typing.......... I have friend who is majoring in theater and education there with the intent of teaching theater.</p>
<p>Also look on page 3 Musical Theater & Education for more schools:</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>My best friend is going to be attending Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy for Theater education. The benefit to this school is that she will come out triple certified in Theater education, speech, and English. :)</p>
<p>She also applied to NYU</p>
<p>Question for sloherr...</p>
<p>What level of education do you want to enter? Elementary, high school, college?</p>
<p>Something to think about that is different from a BS in Theatre Ed...My high school drama teacher has a BFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon, and he is one of the most talented teachers at my school (which is a pretty top-notch prep school) in addition to being an extremely talented acting teacher and director. I know this is probably not a usual path to enter teaching, as a BFA is supposed to be a pre-professional degree, but since he is trained as a director as opposed to being trained as a teacher, his work with students is much more professional and rewarding.</p>
<p>Wow, your last comment was kind of a slam on those who have actually trained as teachers. Certainly you feel that YOUR teacher is great because he was trained as a director, ("his work with students is much more professional and rewarding") but I surely don't think that one needs to be trained as a director in order to be a good teacher of theater/drama and I'm sure there are many people who have trained as directors who would NOT make great teachers. And in order to teach in a public school (not a private prep school) at least in the state of NY, you would have to be certified to teach in the specific subject area which would require you to train as a TEACHER, not a director. You might think a bit whether you want to slam an entire group of people before you write your posts, as I'm pretty sure this is not the first time a post of yours has been seen as being worded in a somewhat offensive manner, whether you mean it to come across that way or not. And no, I am not a drama/theater teacher.</p>
<p>Yes, everything that i have ever posted should be looked at as offensive because I am posting only to show how I am so much better than all of you. I don't want to help people or give opposing viewpoints. You should only receive advice that is in line with what you believe.</p>
<p>I really do not want to get into an argument with you. I was not saying that you could not voice your opinion, only that you MIGHT CONSIDER the WAY in which you voice your opinion. There have been many, many , many discussions on this MT thread in which people have voiced their differing opinions, but perhaps a little thought to feelings and tact would be in order was my point. Clearly there is more than one path to teaching theater, and you raised a good point about YOUR teacher, but I just thought you might have been a bit more diplomatic. I also realize that written communication sometimes leaves out the finer points of intonation, etc. in a conversation and perhaps you wrote quickly and I doubt you MEANT to be offensive, I was only pointing out that to me that PART of your remark came across TO ME as insensitive.</p>
<p>Please do not hijack this informative thread into yet another bickering session. I'm a fairly new member, and I've read too many old threads which have gone off topic due to personality conflicts. Send private messages if you feel you must attack and defend.</p>
<p>For the record, publicly: nydancemom, I saw nothing offensive about briarbrad's post. As a matter of fact it is very nearly the same advice which was given to my daughter by her Public HS guidance counselor: that one does not necessarily need a degree in theater ed to teach theater. I am baffled as to what got you so upset. </p>
<p>This website provides a great service with a lot of helpful information being exchanged, but I have to say, as a newcomer reading old posts there seems to be a core group of old members who seem to jump on the slightest little thing and perceive it as an insult or slight.</p>
<p>Please keep your personal comments private messages. Thanks!</p>
<p>I was not trying to hijack the thread or cause a problem. I clearly should follow my own advice and think clearly how my message will be recieved before posting. I guess I let emotions get ahead of my braincells! I also am fairly new at this, and have found very valuable information here. Let's keep it coming and call a truce!</p>
<p>Thank you to all that replied to my inquiry. Being a Californian, and hoping to eventually teach here I am hearing more and more that it behooves me to attend a Calif. school for credential purposes. BUT I am open and excited to hear about all the schools out there that offer Theater Ed.
Sloherr</p>
<p>Sloherr, I found a list of schools with Theater Education. There likely are others that are not on the list...already NYU was mentioned or Emerson and they are not on the list I will type now but here is this list to use as a starting point to look into further (plus some are in western US)....</p>
<p>Bradley University
Brigham Young University
Culver-Stockton College
Drake University
East Carolina University
Eastern New Mexico University
Howard University
Illinois State University
Longwood University
Mars Hill College
The University of Arizona
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Utah
Utah State University
Virginia Commonwealth University</p>
<p>Take a look ....
Susan</p>
<p>Thank you so much for all the info you supplied. Still have not had one California school mentioned! Still researching.
sloherr</p>
<p>sloherr-</p>
<p>You may want to look at Occidental College in Los Angelels, (Eagle Rock). This would be for a BA in theater. Oxy is very good at letting students design their program of study. You should call someone in the Theater department to find out how you could work this major to your advantage. Talk to someone in admissions also. Many Oxy graduates go into education, so I strongly believe you could accomplish what you want at this college. My older son graduated from Oxy in '04.</p>
<p><a href="http://departments.oxy.edu/theater/%5B/url%5D">http://departments.oxy.edu/theater/</a></p>
<p>Sloherr,
By the way, I am a former teacher myself, but just not of theater. </p>
<p>I think you may want to look at who teaches theater classes in schools in your region and what are the credentials they needed to do that? Here, we don't even have theater teachers in our local schools. But a certified teacher in another subject, say English, might be the director of the school drama. Must you be certified as a theater educator to teach drama classes in schools? Might you major in either another subject or in education leading to certification (example, middle school education teaching certificate) and then also maybe minor in theater studies. At some schools, you might teach some classes in one subject, like English or in Music (whichever your certification is in) but also be given theater classes to teach and groups to run. In other words, find out if you truly need certification in THEATER itself. If not, then major in education and/or a subject area (perhaps English or music) and double major or minor in theater studies and then be someone schools wish to hire as a teacher who can ALSO teach theater classes and extracurricular things like drama productions. Sometimes the teachers who teach and direct those activities are not necessarily certified as theater educators but have a background in theater. </p>
<p>I suggest you talk to those who do these jobs in schools in CA and ask around as to what various paths you can take that would lead to doing what you want to do. There might be an answer that goes beyond the option of majoring in theater education. Just a thought. </p>
<p>Susan
PS, also, while I realize you were talking specifically of teaching school, I have to say that the people who direct school productions are not necessarily teachers. The director of the middle school productions here is someone who majored in theater in college and is very active in community theater (usually directing/producing). The director of our high school musicals is not a teacher but is someone who was on Broadway and on TV and has a theater background.</p>
<p>sloherr-</p>
<p>Susan has made some great comments. I know that the drama teacher at a local comprehensive high school near me, (not the performing arts high school were I teach) was an English major with a theater minor in college. She teaches drama full time, (5 periods of drama classes with a planning period) but could also teach English if need be. So if there were cut backs in her drama program she would not be out of a job!</p>