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Monday, September 13

Diversify Your Classroom Library Program

Diversify Your Classroom Library is a new grant and professional development pilot program for K-8 Canadian educators hosted in partnership with Indio Love of Reading, The Critical Thinking Consortium and Facing History and Ourselves. Click here learn more about the program & apply: https://facingcanada.facinghistory.org/helping-you-nurture-a-love-of-reading Note: The “end date” is the application deadline.  See website for …

Saturday, September 18

Decolonizing Students’ Imaginations with Curiosity Sparked By Indigenous Futurity and Afrofuturism with Quentin VerCetty

Quentin will explain and discuss his use of Afrofuturism and Sankofanology as conceptual teaching tools, and using an a/r/tographical approach in order to promote diversity and inclusion. He will share case studies, based on his own artistic and pedagogical practices, involving elementary and secondary students. Quentin VerCetty is an education officer at the Art Gallery …

Monday, September 20

Religious Education in Catholic Schools II AQ (Brock, Fall 2021, Online)

Professional practice and extending knowledge and skills through critical reflection and inquiry. Critical pedagogical lens to explore in a holistic and integrated manner the following: mission of Catholic schools, sacred scriptures, spiritual, sacramental and liturgical life, the Church and a post-modern world, faith in action, ethics and morality, pedagogical practices for religious education, school ministry, …

Thursday, September 23

Teaching English Language Learners, Part 1 (Elementary Focus) AQ (OISE, Fall 2021, Online)

Course Description The Teaching English Language Learners course utilizes the understanding of linguistic and sociocultural backgrounds to provide rich scaffolding and a conceptual framework to guide your teaching practice to meet the needs and development of language proficiency and language acquisition of English language learners in the classroom. Emphasis will be placed on inclusive practices and …

Monday, September 27

AQ Music-Instrumental, Part 2 (Windsor, Fall 2021, Online)

This course is intended to provide candidates with practical, hands-on experience in additional brass, woodwinds instruments from their Part I experience, percussion, and some contact with strings, guitar, and Musical Instrumental Digital Interface (MIDI) applications. Candidates will also have opportunities to sing as a means of human expression, and are encouraged to use the singing …