Master Classes
Effective 2007-2008 School Year
As a requirement to graduate with a Visual and Performing Arts Academy Diploma, an academy student must complete 70 hours of master class/seminar work. In order to ensure that this requirement is met, there will be a minimum of eight sessions offered by each of the five strands throughout the school year.
Criteria:
Acceptable Master Class Instruction:
All master classes must be offered by instructors at the professional level of their discipline. Free classes offered by a hobbyist would not count. Specific cases will be reviewed by the Academy Coordinator.
Acceptable Master Class Performance:
All performances must be at a minimum of a collegiate level. A high school performance would not count as a master class. Specific cases will be reviewed by the Academy Coordinator.
Master Class Question Sheet (click to download)
A Master Class Question Sheet must be completed and submitted to the strand teacher who has facilitated the instruction. If the student has attended a session not provided by the academy, the paper will be submitted to his/her strand teacher.
Prior Approval:
Students choosing to complete a master class outside of school must have the class pre-approved to ensure that the class will meet master class criteria. A Master Class Question Sheet must also be completed to receive credit for the experience.
Credit Guidelines:
Lecture Master Class:
This is a session where a student listens/participates in a lecture-based presentation by an artist. Students may earn a maximum of three hours of master class credit. A completed
Master Class Question Sheet must be submitted to receive credit.
Lecture/Workshop Master Class:
This session is a combination of a lecture and guided hands-on workshop. A student may earn a maximum of three hours of master class credit. A completed
Master Class Question Sheet
must be submitted to receive credit.
Workshop Master Class:
This session is a guided hands-on worksheet.
A student may earn a maximum of three hours of master class credit.
A completed
Master Class Question Sheet
must be submitted to receive credit.
Apprenticeship Master Class:
This session is a guided hands-on unit of study, or
a learning process that leads to a performance or exhibition completed
with a qualified instructor outside of the academy. A student
may earn a maximum of three hours of master class credit. The
apprenticeship must be pre-approved by a strand instructor or academy
coordinator. A completed
Master Class Question Sheet
must be submitted to receive credit.
Performance/Art Show Master Class:
This master session is an unguided student experience. A student may earn up to
two hours of master class credit. A completed
Master Class Question Sheet must be submitted to receive credit.
Internship Extension:
This master session is an extension of the required eight hour
internship during the students' senior seminar. A student may
earn up to eight hours of master class credit. To receive eight
hours, a student must complete an internship of sixteen hours and
provide documentation of a successful learning experience.
