Information Sheet 2:
Intermediate/Senior
Regular Program & Alternate Programs
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Candidates in the Intermediate/Senior (I/S) program
complete components in seven different areas with a total of five course
credits. They take the Teacher Education Seminar (1.0), Curriculum and Instruction
Courses (teaching subjects) (2.0),- Psychological Foundations of Learning
& Development Course (0.5), School and Society Course (0.5), Related
Studies Courses (0.5), Practicum, which consists of 2 teaching blocks of
5 weeks each in the Fall and Winter term (1.0), Internship, which consists
of a 6-week field-based experience from late April to early June (0.0).
As well as the Regular Program, into which
all I/S candidates are automatically placed there are presently three different
models of delivery for the Intermediate/Senior Program. These models are
called Alternate Programs. Candidates taking an Alternate Program
will receive all of the components of the regular program, but the program
will be "packaged" in a different way. In general, one common
feature of the Alternate Programs is that candidates will spend more
time in schools during the regular in-Faculty weeks.
Note that the availability of Alternate Programs
can vary from year to year. Do not base
your decision to apply to OISE/UT or to accept an offer from OISE/UT on
the expectation that a specific Alternate Program will be available or that
you will get into a specific Alternate Program if it is available. Candidates
should be aware that workload requirements exceed those of the regular secondary
pre-service program.
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Alternate Programs, 1999-2000
For the 1999-2000 academic year, three Alternate
Programs are offered in the I/S one-year initial teacher education program.
They are listed below. Detailed information about the Alternate Programs
offered in successive years will be made available to accepted applicants
as part of the course selection process.
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Alternate Program I - Students with High Academic
Potential
This program should be of interest to candidates
who wish to become acquainted with, and involved in a school community on
a continuous basis throughout the academic year. A focus of the program
involves observing and working with students of high academic potential,
but the program is not confined to involvement with this particular group.
Opportunities for teaching, observing, working
with students individually or in groups; involvement in the school community
beyond the individual classroom; opportunities for working in extra-curricular
activities, are all program possibilities. The result should be school enculturation-
getting to know students, teachers and the ambiance of a contemporary Metropolitan
Toronto school.
Program Features:
- The subject areas for which placements may be
available cannot be determined with certainty until later in the year.
Placements may be available for candidates with strong academic and experiential
backgrounds in the following Curriculum and Instruction areas:
- Computer Studies,
- Dramatic Arts,
- English, French,
- Geography,
- History,
- Mathematics,
- Music,
- Physical and Health Education,
- Science and
- Visual Arts.
- In addition to the prescribed weeks of practice
teaching, candidates will spend additional days in one school setting,
observing and working with mentor teachers in programs for students, among
others, of high academic potential.
- Candidates will do one session of practice teaching
in their school placement for this program; the other placement will be
in another school.
- Opportunities for teaching, observing, working
with students individually or in groups; involvement in the school community,
beyond the individual classroom; opportunities for working in extra-curricular
activities, are all program possibilities. The result should be school
enculturation - getting to know students, teachers and the ambiance of
a contemporary Toronto school.
- Candidates will meet as a group for their School
and Society courses, their Psychological Foundations of Learning and Development
course, and the Teacher Education Seminar course.
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Alternate Program 2 - Focus on Language Education
This program is recommended for students who have
selected French as a teaching subject and the program is required for students
enroled in Spanish, Italian or German as a teaching subject(s). As its name
implies, this program will include a focus on second/foreign language education.
Program Features:
- The program emphasizes a range of focused and
guided "hands on" teacher development experiences including seminars,
guest presenters, interdisciplinary activities, and self-directed and collaborative
learning inquiries.
- In addition to the prescribed weeks of practice
teaching, candidates will spend one day a week in a school setting, observing
and working with mentor teachers.
- For their practice teaching, candidates may choose
to carry out one of their two practicum sessions in the same school where
they will do their weekly placement.
- The program also emphasizes a range of focused
and guided "hands on" teacher development experiences including
seminars, guest presenters, interdisciplinary activities, and self-directed
and collaborative learning inquiries.
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Alternate Program 3 - School, Community, and Global
Connections
In this alternate program fundamental capacities
for teaching and learning, school-based initiatives that connect with community
and international contexts, and opportunities and challenges of educational
reform are themes emphasized through faculty-based and extended field-based
experiences and inquiries.
Program Features:
- Candidates spend one additional day a week at
their Associate School (approximately 15 days throughout the year) investigating
critical aspects of the secondary school program and observing and working
with mentor teachers on practical aspects of classroom teaching.
- Important links are made between emergent trends
in educational theory/research and innovative school-based practices as
they relate to such themes as:
- educational reform initiatives
- curricular and instructional design
- diversity social justice
- community and international connections
- professional standards of practice
- This program also emphasizes a range of focused
and guided "hands on" teacher development experiences including
seminars, field visits, guest presenters, inter-disciplinary simulation
activities, and self-directed and collaborative learning inquiries.
- In addition to the normal classroom activities,
candidates have opportunities to investigate and participate in school-based
events, extra-curricular activities, professional development initiatives,
school councils, educational support agencies, and guidance and career
education programs, among others. There are approximately 10 Secondary
"Associate" Schools from across the greater Metro region involved
in this program.
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