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Honour Specialist Mathematics AQ (Queen’s, Fall 2023, Online)

October 2, 2023 to December 8, 2023

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

Welcome to the Honours Specialist in Mathematics! This course signals an important step in your professional growth and in your career. And it is an opportune time to become a Specialist! Never before has mathematics education in Ontario required more leaders – leaders strong in mathematics, capable in leadership skills and passionate about our profession and teaching math.

The underlying purpose of the Additional Qualification course Honour Specialist Mathematics is to focus on curriculum leadership. Candidates will explore leadership issues in various ways including independent reading and reflection. Candidates will work with colleagues in the class and participate in projects including a course culminating activity which is designed to synthesize learning from the course for application to teaching practice. Because much of a leader’s job involves interacting with others—such as students, parents, teachers, and the community— a person in such a position must have strong interpersonal skills and be an effective communicator and motivator. Knowledge of leadership principles and practices, gained through work experience and formal education is very important. The course is designed to promote strategies that support students’ conceptual development and enduring understandings.

This leadership course has been developed for teachers who already have a deep level of learning about subject content and pedagogy gained from practical teaching experience, professional reading and previous course work.

Topics in this course include:

  • A number of case studies ending with an activity which provides opportunities to practice your mathematics leadership skills
  • Multiple intelligences and transmediation
  • Cooperative learning and peer tutoring
  • Rich Learning tasks
  • Mathematical Beauty
  • Leadership in assessment and evaluation
  • Working with and managing the team.

Please visit website for additional information and registration.