The Junior ABQ course provides teachers with qualifications to teach Grades 4-6. If you are an Intermediate/Senior teacher and would like to extend your teaching qualifications to the junior elementary grades, you must take a Junior Additional Basic course. This course will enable teachers to receive additional basic qualifications for the junior division. A variety …
Theories of child development and their application in the planning of individual and group learning experiences. Emphasis on developing skills and planning experiences necessary to assist junior grade children in the curricular areas of communications, environmental studies and the arts. See website for admission requirements and course materials.
Emphasis on planning and evaluation of Junior Division programs; selection and analysis of various assessment techniques; an intensive study of two chosen areas of the Junior curriculum. See website for admission requirements and course materials.
Refinement and extension of skills, knowledge, and teaching strategies requisite for curriculum leaders. Interpersonal and leadership skills are emphasized. Advanced instruction in curriculum design, analysis of current program issues, and intensive study of an area of the Junior curriculum. See website for admission requirements and course materials.
A focus on teaching kindergarten within the Ontario Early Learning Framework. Topics include: conceptions of childhood and current models for early childhood education; play-based learning, responsive pedagogies, and emergent curriculum; assessment practices; facilitating childrens transitions from learning in home, preschool, and child care settings to learning at school; and developing mutually supportive teacher/child, school/family, school/community, …
