The Principal’s Qualification Program (PQP) is a two-part program that is accredited by the Ontario College of Teachers. Our PQP prepares experienced teachers for elementary and secondary school principalships in Ontario public and Catholic school boards. Through two courses (Part I and Part II) as well as a mandatory practicum, our PQP provides you with the foundational knowledge and skills …
This course is for the professional development of teachers in reading education. A study of the cognitive and linguistic process involved in reading comprehension and word identification will serve as the basis for the examination of the developmental continuum in reading acquisition, development, and refinement. Application of basic principles to diagnostic classroom instruction will be …
This course, including its modular format, examines the reading process and the stages of reading development. Emphasis is on classroom instructional strategies for assessing growth and the development of reading competencies. Participants examine the importance of children/adolescent literature, both fiction and non-fiction and its relationship to literacy development. Participants will be involved in discussions and …
Students will learn and apply current education theory regarding reading instruction and cross-curricular literacy strategies to support pupils who struggle with reading. They will learn a variety of before, during and after reading strategies and incorporate them into a subject specific lesson plan. They will complete a culminating task that synthesizes their learning and reflects …
This course provides an in-depth study of literacy development, K-13. This course emphasizes the perceptual, cognitive, psycholinguistic, and linguistic processes involved in both reading and writing. The course also examines the differentiation of teaching-learning strategies in a developmental reading program to meet the needs of the high- and low-achieving student. Through practical activities, this course …
