Does anyone here teach?
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- bitPic0
give the answer sheets dont make them look through books POINTLESS
- pepe0
Ive taught motion and storyboard design at art center in pasadena on and off the past 4 or so years and it seems no different than other classes Ive sat in classes at.
Dont ever let them finish the work they are late on over the course of the semester. If they are late with a project they fail not questions.
3 absences and they fail. They should show up for how much schools cost these days its not that hard.
Dont give them 'real world' projects but crit and grade them like the real world would. Emulating existing client work just gets you a bunch of copies back which does no one any good.
Keep your projects purposefully open ended and abstract to make them think but in a way where they walk away with a piece they can use in their portfolio. No one gives a shit about resumes, the works the currency of success even at a student level.
War stories go the distance. they love hearing about it to understand their options.
Encourage them. Its amazing how many teachers tell kids what they cant do with no real encouragement to think big.
- whatsup0
What class is it? The class must suck then if they're not turning up. Either your class is boring where students find no interest or ....? No offense, but your class is definitely looking to engage a classroom of kids who find no interest, so you have to obtain that interest.
Any links and useful insights and resources would be appreciated:
- vaxorcist0
I've got an MFA, and I've taught adjunct at 3 colleges.... I left one in disgust after internal politics.... so beware...
There are lots of MFA-wielding teachers with no real world experience... One aristocratic-wannabe at a certain school made a series of pro-bono, low-content,big illustration posters for environmental causes and kept getting accolades, ..but students found out that this person had never done real work for a real client.... and had no idea how to do multi-page documents in indesign, that's fine if the class was illustration, but this class was for long-form projects, like catalogs, etc...
....there was a culture war there amongst faculty, trying to separate design from anything having to do with communication or advertising or marketing.... mostly MFA fulltimers vs adjuncts, many of whom had MFA's, but not all.....
...eventually a new dean was hired.... things changed, and adjunct faculty with real experience started getting better classes to teach...
A new
- cannonball19780
i have neither. Of course, I'm totally winging it anyway.
- marychain0
M.F.A is required to teach at any university worth the paper it's degree is printed on.
You need an M.F.A to teach...even adjunct at an Art Institute even
I am about a year into my M.F.A, but I have taught Digital Illustration at the college level until the school became S.A.C.S accredited...then I had to go back to school.
If you're going to teach.....you really need an MFA...or like 30 years crazy experience.
- not true, i taught Adobe Illustrator at Parsons School of Design as an Adjunct...e-pill
- i dont and didnt have an MFA...e-pill
- All I read was "WAAAH, MFA MFA MFA", with no actual worthwhile contributions.dMullins
- REALLY???
So what qualifies you? I'm not being an ass...just that you need to know how to teach.marychain - Do you have any qulifications besides your work?
How is Parsons accredited?marychain - hahaha "how is Parson's accredited" good onebigtrickagain
- OSFA0
As a responsible professional, it is your duty to teach these kids about morals and ethic.
It would be great if you show them these David Hampshire threads and explain to them why this is so wrong and the consequences. Right now, it's funny as hell and we are pumped, but the guy's career could be really affected from now on.
-disclaimer: Don't think I feel bad for him, he deserves it...
http://www.qbn.com/topics/622946…
http://www.qbn.com/topics/622970…- thats you mommy's job. if you dont know how to be good then its too late by unicannonball1978
- hahaha, I meant n the field... set an example of what could happen... nevermind!OSFA
- cannonball19780
rule #1 - fairness has shit to do with anything
- elDoctor0
My only advice is to belittle your students by centering them out when they suck. Making someone cry on your first day will assess your dominance, and should make for smooth sailing in the future
- woodyBatts0
I taught at MICA for 2 years, Parsons for 5. It was an experience. Very happy to be gone, it's not a young persons game.
My advice. Be honest, but don't worry too much. Academia has a lot of politics for no good reason.
- frost2150
watch the movie Dead Poet Society and take notes!
- fiver0
need an MFA to teach adjunct usually, yes?
- bulletfactory0
As an adjunct, I taught upper-level design courses at a university. Best advice I can give - don't try to be their friend. That will only allow them to walk all over you, and trust me, they'll try everything. It was tough for me to be in my mid-twenties teaching students in their early twenties. I was a push-over the first semester, but quickly learned that it didn't help them grow as a student designer, or me grow as a design instructor.
Show them that you know what you're talking about, educate them, give them insight into the industry and they'll respect you, if not right away, then soon after.
You can also be a hard-ass and scare the shit out of them the first day - depends on your approach.
All of those experiences definitely made me a much better art director.
- dMullins0
Oh, by the way, I love PBWorks so much. Nice choice!
- dMullins0
The best teacher I ever had was my 11th grade English teacher, Mr. Eugene Monroe Legg. This guy was a class act, up and down. He came from a heavy Ivy League background, but had the absolute best stories. He had a charming sense of humor, was very engaging, but also had a very particular way of dealing with bad apples.
In my opinion, the best thing you can do with your students to get them engaged and get their trust/respect is to treat them with the same—trust and respect. Make sure to layer your lessons with anecdotes that are relevant to what you are teaching. Also, teach outside the box.
- vaxorcist0
First day.... try to find out how people decided to take your particular class.... some people really should not be there, and so if they later decide to stop coming, it may have nothing to do with you, your class, your subject,etc......
Some people seem to keep going to school but not progressing.... that's a fight to have with administration, i.e. what should they take before they get to your class.
I taught for 4 years, adjunct in colleges and art schools.... I told truth, warts and all and most everyone liked that part, I expected good work and about 2/3rds did it, 1/3 couldn't get the effort together, and about 1/10th were angry they didn't get an A for just showing up.... I tried to get people to drop out the first week if the class wasn't right for them.
- +1 to first sentence. This part is key to getting an understanding of how to approach the class as the teacher.dMullins
- +1 to last sentence. demand they learn. don't give an inch.cannonball1978
- i like your mantra and your gospel i wish i had teachers like you..e-pill
- SlashPeckham0
thanks everybody - heres a link to the brief (i'm kind of nervous... its my first time)
http://tinyurl.com/yenuvfj
- cannonball19780
I teach a masters class at the AAU in SF.
Teach your heart out. Tell them everything they ask. Scare the shit out of them.
Don't follow the curriculum 100%. Maybe 60%
Don't tolerate whining.- oh yeah? I went to that school
say wassup to Phil!monospaced - hunter wimmmer?fiver
- sry nope on both counts. im antisocial.. only know the dept headscannonball1978
- oh yeah? I went to that school
- skt0
haha, i was about to post exactly the same thing.
- Autokern0
I heard that spooky was going to be a teacher.