Upskilling Programmes
Upskilling programmes aim to level up the pedagogical knowledge and skills, as well as art competencies, of teachers wishing to specialise in art.
Art Teacher Practitioner Programme
FOR: Primary school English medium teachers without subject proficiency in art and Primary school teachers who are interested to teach art and will be deployed in the long run.
PERIOD: Part-time basis over the course of 6 months.
The Art Teacher Practitioner Programme (ATPP) serves as a bridging course to help participants build up their art competencies and art teaching portfolio, in preparation for the NIE Advanced Diploma in Primary Art Education course.
The ATPP programme includes the following components:
- Choice of 2 cross-listed Studio-based Supporting Programmes - (afternoons across April till August 2024)
- Pedagogies in art education
- Lesson observations (Including post-lesson conferencing)
- Portfolio Presentation and Assessment
Upon successful completion of the ATPP participants will become a qualified SP3 Art teacher.
Advanced Diploma in Primary Art Education
For: Graduates of the ATPP and SP3 Art teachers
Period: Full time over the course of 4 months
The programme is designed to build on the knowledge and skills of teachers who were trained to teach art as a third subject, and equips them with the essential breadth and depth of content knowledge and competencies to deliver quality art lessons to students.
The duration of each full-time course is four months. Upon completion of the course, the teacher will be required to serve a minimum of 1 year in the school.
Read more about the course outline of the Advanced Diploma in Art Education Programme here - here(.pdf, 124.92 KB).
Applicants of the Advanced Diploma Programme are required to attend a portfolio interview with NIE. Details of the portfolio interview requirements can be found here(.pdf, 452.31 KB).
For enquiries on the Advanced Diploma, kindly contact STAR at MOE_STAR@moe.gov.sg.
MOE collaborates with the National Institute of Education (NIE) to offer the full-time in-service Advanced Diploma in Primary Art Education for teachers without the requisite qualifications to teach the subject. This is aligned with MOE’s aim of enhancing the quality of art instruction in primary schools.