Specialist level study of practical strategies for the teaching of mathematics in the Primary and Junior grades. This course will include assessment and implementation of change in elementary mathematics programs; program planning for children with special needs; gender, cultural and racial issues in the learning of mathematics and leadership skills.
This course will support teachers new to Ontario. A wide range of topics will be explored allowing candidates to effectively teach in Ontario from Kindergarten to Grade 12. The OCT’s Standards for the Teaching Profession & Standards of Practice will frame the learning, using an anti-racism, anti-oppression, and anti-colonial stance.
The Primary ABQ course provides teachers with qualifications to teach Grades K-3. If you are a Junior/Intermediate/Senior teacher and would like to extend your teaching qualifications to the primary elementary grades, you must take a Primary Additional Basic course. This course will enable teachers to receive additional basic qualifications for the primary division. A variety …
This course is designed to provide teachers with an increased knowledge of child growth and development; further development of curriculum content and material for kindergarten and primary teachers; and an opportunity to refine and extend appropriate teaching strategies so that children develop skills in all curriculum areas.
Building on knowledge, skills, and teaching strategies provided in Part 1, this course will emphasize program planning and evaluation of kindergarten and primary programs. An advanced study of primary curriculum and a review of formal and informal assessment techniques will be included.
