English language learners (ELLs) entering Ontario classrooms will arrive with diverse and unique needs. Every ELL will bring unique cultural, social, academic, and linguistic backgrounds to your classroom. This course will enable you to cultivate a classroom environment that embraces diversity and celebrates the identity of every student while supporting ELLs through the difficult transition …
The Additional Qualification course Special Education – Behaviour focuses on the theory and practice to support students with behavioural needs. This course is for those with an interest or background in special education and a desire to extend their knowledge. You will have the opportunity to explore program design, implementation, and assessment. You will address …
The Additional Qualification course Special Education – Communication – Learning Disabilities focuses on the theory and practice to support students with learning disabilities. Throughout this course, you will explore the various definitions and characteristics of learning disabilities. Through discussion and collaborations, you will discover cognitive, academic, and social-emotional implications of LD and generate ways to …
This course will introduce strategies for creating and supporting a safe, inclusive, learning-focused classroom—a process that begins with effective classroom management. Classroom Management examines how several different components of teaching are integral to creating and maintaining a positive, ethical, equitable, accepting, inclusive, engaging, and safe learning environment. You will explore processes that promote a collaborative …
Emphasizing kindergarten education within the Ontario Early Learning Framework involves exploring various aspects. These include understanding childhood perspectives and contemporary early childhood education models, embracing play-centered learning, adaptable teaching approaches, and organic curriculum development. It also encompasses effective assessment methods, easing children’s transitions from home, preschool, and childcare to formal schooling, and fostering harmonious relationships …
