What do you teach?

Hi everyone,

Being new to the group I was just wondering what levels or variety of levels are taught. Appreciating we come from different educational systems levels might not exactly correspond but I thought it might give an insight into the range of levels and maybe the potential of swapping resources (as mentioned in the previous thread).

To kick things off I teach in the UK in Further Education both on academic and vocational courses, GCSE and A Level (Level 2 and 3) are more academic, I have also delivered a couple of Salt Printing workshops for the local Uni. Whilst with respect to vocational qualifications these range from Level 1 through to Level 5 (BTEC Awards, Diplomas, Nationals and Higher Nationals).

John

I am the tech for the teaching darkroom at Humboldt State University -- don't teach a class, just individual students that come to me. Plus occasional workshops in carbon printing for the students, and also professionally.

I have taught some two-week photo classes to high school students through a program at HSU. First week: Pinhole cameras and cyanotypes. Second week: Enlarging 35mm negs to 8x10 in the darkroom.

Vaughn

I teach Photography I and II at a local community college. This is a 2-yr college where students can get an associates degree, or just take courses to apply at a 4 yr university. Next week I will also begin teaching at Houston Center for Photography.

I teach at a local art center. I have taught formally now for over 10 years. I teach a curriculum for several photographic subjects from getting to know your camera all the way to teaching large format camera use and selected topics in processing and 19th century processes.

Most of my courses run about 2 months and I have anywhere from 4 to 15 students.

It's nice to have a group like this to discuss teaching.

Robert

I teach a 10-week introductory class in b&w darkroom techniques at our local art gallery. General topics are film exposure, film processing, and making enlargements. Classes run one day a week for three hours in the evening, three times a year (fall, winter, and spring). I will be offering an advanced course in the spring (examine each of the three general topics further).

I am not formally trained, but by virtue of taking courses offered at the Gallery, experience as a teacher (worked as an instructor at our community college), and the need for an instructor (the other instructors went-dare I say-digital, I was asked to be the new photography instructor. That was probably five years ago.

The facility is top notch: 11 fully equipped stations, two 8' sinks with separate temperature controls & silver capturing tanks, exhaust canopy with two fans over the sinks. Sinks are in the middle of the room and enlargers along the walls. Separate drying room and chemical storage/mixing room with its own sink and ventilation.

Hi, I teach Photo 1, 2, & 3 at Brooklyn College. These are all film and darkroom. I also teach intro to digital. I'm new to APUG and just posted my portfolio under my real name, Doug Schwab. And man, my files look much, much lighter on APUG then they do any where else/