Interested in a career as a Technological Education teacher in Ontario? Carmen Camuti, Coordinator of the BEd, Technological Education program in the Faculty of Education gives an audio interview to provide some insight into this innovative program.
Congratulations to teacher candidate Kara Nagel who was recently awarded the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) Intermediate/Senior Scholarship. The $2,000 scholarship is awarded to an Ontario teacher candidate in the Intermediate/Senior division who demonstrates a high level of preparedness for teacher education through examples of community involvement, background, and life experiences. Nagel was presented with […]
Great feature piece in the Toronto Sun this past week showcasing our unique Bachelor of Education, Technological Education program which provides skilled tradespeople with both in-class and hands-on training to become technology education teachers. Read the full story here
Course director Ixchel Bennett recently welcomed guest speaker Christina Saunders to her “Issues in Indigenous Education” class to speak to teacher candidates (TCs) about her work as an Aboriginal woman and educator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Christina held a sharing circle of "speaking your truth" with TCs on the topics of appropriation […]
Why did you want to become a secondee at York?I’m thinking of a quote by Fred Divito: “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” I was looking for a new challenge, something outside of my comfort zone, saw the opportunity at York and decided to throw my application into the mix. Now that […]
The 519 is committed to the health, happiness and full participation of the LGBTQ community. A City of Toronto agency with an innovative model of Service, Space and Leadership, we strive to make a real difference in people’s lives, while working to promote inclusion, understanding and respect. The Faculty’s unique community practicum placement gives York […]
A unique “Yearbook in Poetry” assignment proved to be an exercise in experiential learning for teacher candidates (TCs) in course director Lorin Schwarz’s Teaching English in the Intermediate/Senior Division course. The teacher candidates peer-edited, collectively decided on a title and voted on the cover art for their publication. The assignment enabled the TCs to put […]
This past January, the Faculty’s Issues with Indigenous Education class taught by Ixchel Bennett visited the Daphne Cockwell Gallery of Canada: First Peoples gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum, to experience the past and present history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada as presented by the ROM. The staff at the ROM shared their story of […]
After working with induction mentors with the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) and partnering with Faculty of Education pre-service mentors, Dr. Lana Parker and Dr. Diane Vetter have cultivated an understanding of the value of both mentorship and the networks that foster it. In collaboration with a researcher and former NTIP Coordinator from a local […]
78 teacher candidates from York's B.Ed. (French) program were privileged to be the first audience to view and learn about the new resource "En cercle, en classe" (Joining the Circle), produced by the Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions (COPA). The multimedia resource for teachers that was designed with and for all education staff across […]