PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE ARTS PROGRAM ...

* Interpret and use written, quantitative, and visual text effectively in
presentation of solutions to problems.
We changed the final project for this course was reconfigured to focus
on the student’s creation of a lighting, costume or scenery design for an
assigned play. The students were put into collaborative teams to mirror the
theatrical collaboration process.
TA 141 Assessment Findings/Changes:
TA 141 - Fundamentals of Acting: Added/adjusted assignments:
· Assess play text to discern & identify actions, subtext & obstacles.
Research and analyze data relevant to issues from a variety of media.
Make a decision and take actions based on analysis.
· Create non-verbal version of acting scene in order to better understand the
sub-textual implications of a play text.
Engage the imagination to explore new possibilities.
Reason toward a conclusion or application.
We added two new courses to support changing opportunities and update
our needs. TA 145 (Acting for the Camera) and TA 250 (Technical Theatre
Production)
New Courses/Outcomes:
TA 116 Stagecraft
Prior to this course development, the TA 190/250 conundrum (please see
below) proposed the question of how our backstage technicians were
being assessed. After further review we found that this class provided the
necessary assessable curriculum for our students to gain the skills and
experience necessary to produce our sets, props and so forth as needed.
This course also filled our need to have a transferable tech theatre
course in this area looking to build reciprocal agreements with other
colleges and universities.