Environmental Education Specialist builds on the concepts explored in Parts 1 and 2. In this course you’ll further develop your professional practice and leadership capacity in environmental education, explore real-world connections to the environment for students and colleagues, critically analyze environmental curricula, and advance your skills in leading positive environmental change for your students, school, …
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, …
As teachers, we need to develop an understanding of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit ways and perspectives so that we can implement culturally relevant strategies in our classrooms. This Additional Qualification course will focus on providing you with an increasing awareness and understanding of each separate group of Aboriginal peoples and the existing diversity of …
This course builds on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples: Understanding Traditional Teachings, Histories, Current Issues and Cultures, Part 1, further examining issues such as residential schools, as well as taking a more in-depth look at governance and nationhood as they pertain to FNMI peoples. The resilience of FNMI peoples and the current move towards …
This course, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples Specialist: Understanding Traditional Teachings, Histories, Current Issues and Cultures, focuses on the meaning and implications of colonization of the education system and outlines components necessary for the decolonization process to begin. The characteristics of traditional pedagogy, such as language, inclusivity, and collaborative leadership are explored, as well …
