Direct Entry Education Applicants

2015Glendon Spring Open House

Faculty of Education

AGENDA

• Education• Glendon BA/BEd• Amended BEd program 2015• Admission Requirements • Timeline• Early Admission• Online Supplementary Application• Advising• First Year Seminar• Questions

EDUCATIONThe Faculty of Education offers programs that provide candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to enter the teaching profession as confident and effective teachers.

Graduates of the BEd program can be certified to teach in Ontario for the following divisions:

Primary/Junior (JK to grade 6)Junior/Intermediate (Grade 4 to 10)Intermediate/Senior (Grade 7 to Grade 12)

Why BEd (French) @ Glendon• Special niche – preparing future French teachers where there

is a demand• French teaching qualifications built in• Some Education courses taught in French – double benefit of

improving your French while learning to teach it!• Leader in practicum hours, including French immersion

placements• Bilingual milieu• Small classes, specialized professors• Relationship to Keele Campus

Education BEd (French)Preparing to be a French immersion teacherThe Concurrent BEd (French) program is founded on ensuring excellent French language proficiency and a deep understanding of francophone cultures.

Satisfy the francophone cultural component of the program, teacher candidates may participate in a one-year study program in a francophone context, or enrol in two full course equivalents (12 credits) in francophone culture as part of the bachelor’s degree requirements.

A significant proportion of the practicum is carried out in Ontario French Immersion schools. Candidates also have experiences in English language elementary settings

GLENDON BA + BEd Options

1. Future Core/Immersion French Teacher•Pre U - Direct Entry BEd French* OR•Upper year entry Glendon BEd French •All teaching levels available•Major in French Studies (JI and IS)

2. Future Teacher (Not French) •Upper year entry Keele BEd •All teaching levels available

(Note: After Glendon BA: Consecutive BEd at Keele or other)

Amended BEd program 2015Over five or six years of studies, Teacher Candidates will take 60 credits of Education courses/practicum experience credits.

•Students may enter the program after completing a minimum of 60 credits if pursuing a general BA degree (90 credits) with teaching level Primary/Junior or Junior/Intermediate, or a minimum of 90 credits if pursuing an honours BA degree (120 credits) with teaching level Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate or Intermediate/Senior. General degree – PJ and JI

• Year 1 and 2 – BA. Year 3 ED/BA. Year 4 ED/BA. Year 5 EDHonours degree – PJ, JI and IS • Year 1, 2 and 3 – BA. Year 4 ED/BA. Year 5 ED/BA. Year 6 ED

ADMISSION CRITERIA

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SUPPLEMENTARY APPLICATION

Online, available on MyFile: www.yorku.ca/myfile

Supplementary Application form:Basic InformationExperience SummaryExperience ProfilePersonal Statement

Two online letters of reference

ADMISSIONS: KEY STEPS & TIMELINES

Deadlines:April 10, 2015

•French Proficiency Language Assessment •Online supplementary application – MyFile

April 13, 2015•$50 supplementary application fee

Must be conditionally admitted to your Glendon BA by mid April, 2015. BEd decisions will be released in early May

Early Consideration – BEd French

We are welcoming early round of offers to Glendon Pre-U BEd applicants

•All deadline steps completed by March 10, 2015• Completed online supplementary application• Online letters of reference• French Proficiency Language Assessment • Supplementary fee• Offer of admission to Glendon BA program

•Offers of Admission will extended on April 9, 2015

COMMITTEE REVIEW

• A holistic review of applicant files for the Direct Entry Education supports the faculty’s initiative to recruit, admit and support individuals who have the potential to become excellent teachers

• Access Initiative: Applicants who reflect the diversity in our society and or who have faced systematic barriers in educational settings but have the potential to be great teachers

MyFile

ADVISINGMyFileAccept Glendon offers and book advising appointment for BA degree with the Glendon Office of Student Programs

AdvisingEnrol in ED/EDUC 1000 3.00 Rethinking Schooling at the time of your Glendon Advising appointment. Offer letter from Faculty of Education will share how to enroll in the pre-education course for the Fall 2015 session.

FIRST YEAR SEMINAR - 2015• ED/EDUC 1000 3.00 Rethinking Schooling: A "Re Introduction" to Education

• rethink and reflect upon your own experiences with education and learning

• develop an awareness of the transformative and disruptive power of learning

• a more critical understanding of the dynamics of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, culture, ability/disability and structures of privilege in knowing and learning

• 3 credit course goes towards the Glendon degree as an elective

CONCURRENT ED 1

Successfully complete ED/EDUC 1000 3.00 Rethinking Schooling with a C+ and achieve an overall C+ in your Glendon BA program.

Invited to group advising appointments and workshops to prepare for the first of three years in the BEd program. Ensure you’re on track with your studies when enrolling in the BEd program.

Begin Concurrent after completing 60 or 90 credits in your Glendon BA program.

TIPS ON PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR STRONGEST APPLICATION• We are looking for students with A DISTINCT PASSION FOR

TEACHING & LANGUAGES• We value experience in the context of a group, and experience with

children of a similar age to the age group you want to teach • Give yourself time to prepare, write, edit your personal statement

and experience profile. Statement needs to be reflective, show depth of thought.

• Prepare it in Word and transfer it into the online form.• Follow deadlines and directions carefully.• Try not to leave your French assessment or supplementary

submission until the last minute. Immerse yourself now!• Send us your questions: rkhargie@glendon.yorku.ca

QUESTIONS