June 5, 2023 to August 20, 2023
- Category: AQ, Online
- Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
- Topic: Other, Teacher Development
- Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)
Course Description
This course explores structure and factors as they relate to creating classroom communities and rethink classroom management. It also explores student/teacher self-care, mental health and well-being as it relates to classroom environments, teaching and learning.
Course Outline
This course explores theoretical foundations, program planning, development and implementation, instructional design and practices, assessment and evaluation, the learning environment, research and ethical considerations related to teaching and learning within and across the division.
Topics include:
- exploring Ontario’s curriculum, policies, frameworks, strategies, and guidelines
- examining the processes involved in creating and sustaining safe, healthy, equitable, holistic and inclusive learning environments that honour and respect diversity, facilitate student learning, foster student voice, encourage critical thinking and promote social justice
- examining the structure and contextual factors (for example, power, identities, authority, privilege, resistance, and discrimination) as they relate to creating classroom communities and rethinking classroom management
- exploring classroom management and other theories that relate to building classroom communities and rethinking classroom management
- exploring student/teacher self-care, mental health and well-being as it relates to classroom environments, teaching and learning
- exploring instructional practices that foster caring, respectful and trusting relationships among all members of the learning community
- Organizer: University of Windsor
- Cost: Three-Part AQ: $685.00, Additional Basic AQ: $735.00, Honour Specialist: $735.00, Tech Studies: $725.00. See https://www.aspire.uwo.ca/fees.html for details.
- Location: Online
- Website: http://www.uwindsor.ca/education/continuing
- Contact: Centre for Executive and Professional Education
- Phone: 519-253-3000 ext.6734
- Fax: 519-256-8572
- Email: [email protected]