SP7: Emily Carr Secondary School, York Region, 2013-2014
Cohort Description
Working in partnership with the York Region and York Catholic school boards, SP7 provides teacher candidates with the opportunity to study and apply their learning in these regional schools. The teachers at Emily Carr S.S. serve as mentors and associates for teacher candidates. SP7 pays particular attention to York Region priorities including engagement, assessment, instruction, literacy and critical thinking. In addition to normal classroom activities, teacher candidates will have opportunities to investigate and participate in school-based events, co-curricular activities, professional development initiatives.
Program/Curriculum
SP7 teacher candidates will take at least one of their foundation courses (Teacher Education Seminar, School & Society, and Psychological Foundations of Learning & Development) at Emily Carr Secondary School in Woodbridge. The Psychological Foundations course for this cohort will take place partially online. Curriculum & Instruction and Related Studies courses are held at OISE.
• Teacher candidates spend an additional day during the week at Emily Carr S.S. observing classes and participating in school-based experiences and initiatives.
• York Region Public/Catholic initiatives and priorities are explored in the foundation courses: Teacher Education Seminar, Psychological Foundations of Learning & Development, School & Society.
• A cross-curricular approach to critical inquiry and literacy receives an emphasis throughout the program.
Field Based Experiences
Emily Carr provides a setting where teacher candidates are immersed in a secondary school setting with staff and students. The staff at Emily Carr S.S. function as a learning community whose primary focus is the effective integration of assessment, instruction and literacy, with the goal of improving student achievement. One day a week will be spent observing, learning and teaching in the classrooms of mentor teachers and working with colleagues through practical issues of teaching and learning. Once a month, teacher candidates will attend staff meetings whose primary focus is professional learning and work side-by-side with practicing teachers as they examine their practice and learn together.
Who Should Apply to SP7?
Successful SP7 applicants will give evidence of the following, in the space provided on the Cohort Selection and Candidate Information form (200 words maximum):
• an interest in the opportunity to learn and practice the craft of teaching in York Region schools;
• a readiness to develop an understanding of the issues, initiatives and challenges unique to York Region;
• an interest in benefiting from taking a portion of their program in York Region;
• a willingness to dedicate an additional day per week (most weeks) interacting with students and teachers at Emily Carr Secondary School;
• a willingness to travel to placements in SP7 partner schools
• a willingness to do a portion of their studies online (the Psychological Foundations of Learning and Development course), which involves a commitment to participating in some online discussion with your peers throughout the week.
Further Information
Please contact Rosalie Griffith, SP7 Coordinator
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