The following changes are being proposed for the Certificate Program. Please check back in the next few months for confirmation.
Required Courses:
EDUC 609-3 Aboriginal
Learners: History, Culture and Ways of Knowing
EDUC 606-3 Leading
for Change
Plus 3 of:
EDUC 615-3 The
School Principalship
EDUC 616-3 Policy
and Politics in Public Education
EDUC 617-3 Leading
for Learning: Teacher Leadership and Principal Preparation
EDUC 626-3 Inclusive
Education: Learning for All
EDUC 656-3 Instructional
Leadership
Plus a Leadership Development Portfolio and
an Inquiry Project which are embedded in the courses.
The Community Care Centre has launched its website. Please click here to see it.
The School of Education is proud to announce the new Master of Education in Special Education (e- learning) began in January 2011. The part-time program will be delivered through a combination of Elluminate, on-line course learning objects, podcasts, blogs, wikis, and other distance technologies. There is no September 2011 intake; however, we are planning for a September 2012
start. The deadline for application to the program was February 15, 2012 and the application can be found here. The referee assessment form can be found here but potential referees can write their own letters of reference in lieu of the assessment form.
For students who are accepted, the schedule of courses can be found here.
Interested students should contact the Acting Coordinator, Dr. Bryan Hartman at hartman@unbc.ca or 250 960 6647 after July 1, 2012 or Coordinator, Dr. Andrew Kitchenham at kitchena@unbc.ca or 250 960 6707 up until June 30, 2012. BCTF Maxwell Cameron Award
Each year, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation honours
the memory of Maxwell A. Cameron with the presentation of a silver lapel pin
and monetary award to selected education students who have completed their
final year of education and training at one of BC’s public universities.
At UNBC, the top teacher candidates in elementary and
secondary school teaching are selected through a process of nomination by their
cooperating teachers, practicum supervisors, and/or education program faculty
and the evaluation of their academic and professional preparation and practicum
work.
Dr. Colin Chasteauneuf, Megan McLeod, Ms. Patty Wadson (CT) and Matt Pearce (BCTF)
Linda Naess (BCTF), Sarah Stratton, and Dr. Colin Chasteauneuf
Congratulations to Dr. Judith Lapadat who received the Excellence in Research
Award and Christine McDonald who received the Governor General's Silver Medal at the UNBC 2011 Convocation!
UNBC 2011
Governor General's Silver Medal Recipient
Christine McDonald, BEd Terrace Campus
2011 Excellence in Research Award Recipient
Dr. Judith Lapadat standing beside Chancellor Dr. John MacDonald
The School of Education has offered a Master of Education degree
since UNBC was established. In 2002 the addition of a post-degree
Bachelor of Education doubled the student enrollment, faculty
and support staff as well as course offerings.
Teacher candidates in both the Elementary and Secondary streams complete course
work and practicum experiences over a two-year period. Upon completion,
successful candidates are granted a B.Ed. degree and will be
recommended to the British Columbia College of Teachers for a
professional teaching certificate. Individuals require this certificate to teach in the public schools in the province of British Columbia.
Master of Education
Counselling
The Counselling specialization is designed to prepare counsellors
to provide professional services and leadership in counselling and
psycho-educational programs offered in schools, post-secondary
institutions, social service agencies, community health organizations.
Multidisciplinary Leadership
The Multidisciplinary Leadership specialization is designed to
prepare graduates to take on roles of responsibility or leadership in a
number of educational or community environments. In particular, our
graduates will develop skills in collaboration and communication, as
well as specific leadership practices that enable the creation of
positive and innovative organizational environments. At the same time,
a rigorous academic focus provides the knowledge that is necessary to
ground effective practice in the diverse and rich scholarship of
leadership.
Special Education Specialization (next start date: September 2012)
The Special Education specialization prepares students to provide professional
services and leadership in Special Education and educational programs offered
in schools and other educational institutions. The
part-time program includes an integrated core of required courses, elective courses, and
thesis, project portfolio, or comprehensive examination
routes.
This Special Education specialization is delivered online in its entirety. It requires a minimum of 31 graduate credit
hours for completion, with an option to take up to 10 additional elective
credithours within the degree route. The Special Education
specialization requires students
to complete five (5) required courses, and a sufficient number of
elective
courses to meet the minimum 31 credit hour graduation requirement
including the comprehensive examination (3 credit hours), project (6
credithours), or thesis
(9 credit hours) routes. The normal completion rate for full-time
students is between two and four years and between three and six years
for part-time students. We are planning a fourth route, portfolio (3
credits), but will not do so until the Teacher Qualification Services
changes the ranking from 5+ to 6 as we cannot, in all good conscience,
offer an equally-rigorous route for a lower pay increment for teachers.
