Events

Addressing Anti-Black Racism To Change Pedagogy & Practice, Specialist AQ (Lakehead, Winter 2024, Online)

January 8, 2024 to March 22, 2024

  • Category: AQ, Online
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Inclusive Classroom, Other, Safe Schools
  • Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)

Addressing Anti-Black Racism to Change Pedagogy and Practice, Specialist, will sharpen the professional focus on educators’ collective responsibility to honour, affirm and reimagine futures centred around African, Afro-Caribbean and Black learner achievement and excellence. The goal of this course is to collaboratively cultivate emancipatory leadership practices and advance the scholarship of teaching by fostering cultures of reflection and inquiry. This course is designed to equip participants with a cohesive understanding of the leadership competencies requisite for addressing anti-Black racism in pedagogy and practice.

*Please note, OCT will recognize this qualification as Anti-Black Racism, Specialist on a successful candidate’s certification. We use the longer subtitle of the course as our title because it is a more accurate description of the course.

Specialist requires successful completion of Part II and two (2) years of successful teaching experience, with one (1) of the school years teaching the subject, verified by the signature of the appropriate supervisory officer.