Targeted Standards:

National Standards for Arts Education:

The standards outline what every K-12 student should know and be able to do in the arts. The standards were developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, through a grant administered by The National Association for Music Education (MENC).


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Content Standard 4

Directing by interpreting dramatic texts and organizing and conducting rehearsals for informal or formal productions

Achievement Standard

    Proficient:
  • Students develop multiple interpretations and visual and aural production choices for scripts and production ideas and choose those that are most interesting
  • Students justify selections of text, interpretation, and visual and aural artistic choices
  • Students effectively communicate directorial choices to a small ensemble for improvised or scripted scenes

    Advanced:
  • Students explain and compare the roles and interrelated responsibilities of the various personnel involved in theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
  • Students collaborate with designers and actors to develop aesthetically unified production concepts for informal and formal theatre, film, television, or electronic media productions
  • Students conduct auditions, cast actors, direct scenes, and conduct production meetings to achieve production goals

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