The Specialist course in Cooperative Education Specialist is designed for professionals who wish to demonstrate educational leadership through a position of added responsibility in Experiential Education within their school or school board. Cooperative education teachers work in partnership with subject-specific teachers, the business community and others at the local, regional and provincial levels to create …
“Environmental education is education about the environment, for the environment and in the environment. It promotes an understanding of the positive and negative consequences, both intended and unintended, of the reciprocal relationships between human-created and earth’s grand natural systems.” (Roberta Bondar et al., Shaping our Schools, Shaping our Future: Environmental Education in Ontario Schools, 2007) The …
Environmental Education Part 2 builds on the concepts explored in Part 1. You’ll continue to develop your professional practice and leadership capacity in environmental education through professional dialogue, collaboration, inquiry and reflection. In this course you’ll think critically about environmental education using various pedagogical approaches and through the lenses of ethical practice, legislation, human rights, …
The course, Inclusive Classroom – Part 1, will critically explore, through inquiry and collaboration, the frameworks and strategies related to creating and sustaining a safe, inclusive, equitable, accepting, and engaging learning environment for all students, no matter their unique cultural, social, academic, and linguistic background. Exploring the diverse social identities of students in our schools, …
The Additional Qualification Course: Inclusive Classroom, Part II employs a critical, pedagogical lens to explore in a holistic and integrated manner theoretical foundations, learning theory, program planning, development and implementation, instructional design and practices, assessment and evaluation, the learning environment, research and ethical considerations related to teaching and learning across the divisions. Through these explorations, candidates …
