Arts Education and Community Engagement
How To Apply
Program Details
- Program Code6426
- SchoolSchool of Communications, Media, Arts and Design
- CredentialOntario College Graduate Certificate
- Program TypeGraduate Certificate program
- Program Length1 year/ 2 semesters
- LocationStory Arts Centre
- Emailpsharma@centennialcollege.ca
- Program Overview
- Courses
- Career Options and Education Pathways
- Admission Requirements
- How to Apply
- Tuition and Fees
- Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
- Program Advisory Committee Bios
- Advising
Arts Education and Community Engagement is a two-semester Graduate Certificate program designed to ladder students into careers in arts education and community arts.
Students will learn how to design arts educational programming that is pedagogically sound and that meets the needs of diverse communities. Students will apply best practices of community arts work and will be trained to facilitate arts-based social justice initiatives. Students will also learn about a variety of careers in arts education and community development engagement through research, mentorship, and field placements. Graduates of this program will be equipped to manage a professional career in arts and learning, and to incorporate community-engaged arts work into their existing creative practice.
By modelling innovative pedagogy, this program teaches students to innovate for themselves. By partnering with leading arts organizations, this program facilitates connections and opportunities within the sector. By emphasizing global citizenship, social justice, and cultural competency, this program helps students locate these concerns at the heart of their creative and educational practice.
Program Highlights
- Learn to plan and implement arts education and community arts programming that responds to the needs of a group of learners or community members, in multiple settings, and in collaboration with other artists or organizations.
- Participate in a seven-week field placement where you will directly support the programming of a partnering organization or artist in a supervised community environment.
- Attend classes close to downtown near the creative, cultural heart of Toronto at our Story Arts Centre campus.
- Opportunities to collaborate with the other students in photography, film and television, music, art, theatre and dance programs at the Story Arts Centre
- Unique opportunity to network, learn and work with industry professionals
Program Overview
Arts Education and Community Engagement is a two-semester Graduate Certificate program designed to ladder students into careers in arts education and community arts.
Students will learn how to design arts educational programming that is pedagogically sound and that meets the needs of diverse communities. Students will apply best practices of community arts work and will be trained to facilitate arts-based social justice initiatives. Students will also learn about a variety of careers in arts education and community development engagement through research, mentorship, and field placements. Graduates of this program will be equipped to manage a professional career in arts and learning, and to incorporate community-engaged arts work into their existing creative practice.
By modelling innovative pedagogy, this program teaches students to innovate for themselves. By partnering with leading arts organizations, this program facilitates connections and opportunities within the sector. By emphasizing global citizenship, social justice, and cultural competency, this program helps students locate these concerns at the heart of their creative and educational practice.
Program Highlights
- Learn to plan and implement arts education and community arts programming that responds to the needs of a group of learners or community members, in multiple settings, and in collaboration with other artists or organizations.
- Participate in a seven-week field placement where you will directly support the programming of a partnering organization or artist in a supervised community environment.
- Attend classes close to downtown near the creative, cultural heart of Toronto at our Story Arts Centre campus.
- Opportunities to collaborate with the other students in photography, film and television, music, art, theatre and dance programs at the Story Arts Centre
- Unique opportunity to network, learn and work with industry professionals
Courses
Career Options and Education Pathways
Future Alumni
Graduates may find additional contract work leading and supporting arts education and community arts/outreach mandates of small, mid- to large-sized arts and cultural organizations (i.e., theatre and dance companies, art galleries, cultural organizations). Graduates will also find both permanent and contract employment in municipal, private, and not-for-profit education (i.e., regional arts programs, community animation projects). Our graduates will have a competitive advantage leading hands-on initiatives that engage with socio-culturally diverse and/or marginalized communities in the co-creation of targeted programs.
Graduates will find additional contract work as Workshop Facilitators, Curriculum Consultants, and Guest Artists with diverse public and private organizations (i.e., in the Ontario public school system).
Career Outlook
- Cultural Programmer
- Education Officer
- Community Engagement Officer
- Outreach Officer
- Arts School Coordinator
- Youth Arts Worker
- Interpreter/Animator
- Artistic Educator
Education Pathways
Graduates of this Arts Education and Community Engagement graduate certificate program have the opportunity to apply learning achieved at Centennial for credits toward further study. Listed below are the degree(s) from partnering institutions that are available for this program.
Please note that each partner has minimum admission requirements to be met in order to qualify for transferr credits, which are assessed by the receiving partner institution.
| Partner Institution | Degree Program |
|---|---|
| Queen Margaret University | Master of Arts - Applied Arts and Social Practice |
Please visit our website at //centennial.adv-pub.moveonca.com/outgoing-home/ for more information on articulation agreements.
For pathways to other Ontario post-secondary institutions, please visit ONTransfer.
Placement Partners
Our placement partners include:
- Arts Starts Neighbourhood Art Centre
- Story Planet
- Canadian Opera Company
- TO Live
- Harbourfront Centre
- Regent Park Focus
- PRIDE Toronto
- VIBE Arts
- Young Peoples Theatre
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- Completion of a diploma or degree in an artistic field
- We will also consider applicants with partial post-secondary education and substantial history of artistic practice (at least 5 years), involving some work in arts education and/or community development.
Additional Requirements
Note:
Students who are accepted into the program will be invited to:
- Submit a resume and/or complete an intake questionnaire after receiving their offer
- Attend a mandatory Program Welcome Session* online, prior to program start up
*All new students must attend a session prior to their program start date.
How to Apply
1. Apply Online
Domestic Students
If you are applying through the Better Jobs Ontario Program, please apply at the Employment Training Centre (Progress Campus). The Better Jobs Ontario Program is a funding initiative for those who have been laid-off and are in need of training. For more information go to Better Jobs Ontario Program.
If you have previously attended a full-time program at Centennial College, you may be eligible for a Program Transfer. Visit Enrolment Services at any Campus for information.
All other applicants must apply online at Ontariocolleges.ca. A non-refundable application fee of $125 must accompany applications. The fee is payable online, by telephone, online banking, by mail, or in-person to Ontariocolleges.ca. For more information go to Ontariocolleges.ca Application Fees.
International Students
Apply directly to Centennial College here.
2. Submit Documents
Domestic Applicants
Current Ontario high school students and graduates from Ontario high schools: Notify your guidance counsellor that you have applied to college and your school will forward transcripts to Centennial College via Ontariocolleges.ca.
Graduates of college/university, or high school outside Ontario but within Canada: You are responsible for requesting that your educational institute sends any required documents and transcripts to Ontariocolleges.ca.
Domestic applicants who attended school outside of Canada: If you are submitting transcripts to meet admission requirements, you must have the transcripts assessed by an independent credential assessment agency such as World Education Services (WES) or International Credential Assessment Service (ICAS). For more information go to Submitting your Transcripts.
International Applicants
Please refer to the International Education Application Guide.
3. Confirm Your Offer of Admission
Offers of Admission are sent by mail to eligible applicants. When you receive your offer, you must login to your account at Ontariocolleges.ca and confirm before the Deadline to Confirm noted in your offer letter.
You may confirm only one college and one program offer at a time.
You must confirm your offer by the Deadline to Confirm noted in your Offer of Admission letter or your seat may be given to another applicant.
When you confirm your Offer of Admission at Centennial College you are given access to your personal myCentennial account where you can check your email, grades, register for courses, pay tuition fees, and see your class timetable.
4. Pay Fees
Centennial fees statements are sent by email to your personal email account and to your myCentennial email account. Fees statements are not mailed.
You must make a minimum payment by the Fees Deadline noted in your Fees Statement or your seat may be given to another applicant.
5. Build Your Timetable (Register for Courses)
Build your timetable (web-register for courses) at my.centennialcollege.ca.
Fall registration begins mid-July
January registration begins mid-December
May registration begins mid-April
Your web-registration will not open if:
You have not submitted your minimum fee payment by the deadline
You received a Conditional Offer of Admission and you have not met the conditions of your offer.
Once you have paid your fees or have made appropriate arrangements, register for your courses online through myCentennial.
Tuition and Fees
Fees noted below are estimates only. Tuition is based on two semesters, beginning Fall 2024.
| Student | Tuition (2 Semesters) | Ancillary Fees | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | $4,334.00 | $1,106.24 | $5,440.24 |
| International | $16,649.00 | $1,594.42 | $18,243.42 |
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.
- Create ethical community-engaged programming that incorporates inclusive practices of anti-oppression, decolonization, and indigenization.
- Research and assess best practices of arts education and community arts locally, nationally, and internationally to enhance program development in arts education.
- Analyze and prepare project budgets and grant applications specific to organizations and government bodies supporting arts education and community engagement.
- Plan and implement arts education and community programming that responds to the needs of a group of learners, in multiple settings, and in collaboration with other artists or organizations.
- Develop strategies for career management that support innovation and entrepreneurship in the arts education sector.
- Engage cognitively diverse learners in arts-based programming, with an understanding of psychology and human development.
- Plan and facilitate arts-based programming based on accepted pedagogical principles and best practice, with a working knowledge of the Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum.
Program Advisory Committee Bios
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