Winter Term Sessional Dates
For Concurrent and Part-Time Consecutive teacher candidates, please make note that Monday April 5, is the make-up day for the final Friday class. For more information on university winter term sessional dates, visit http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/importantdates/Jan-Apr2010Calendars.htm.

Online Practicum Placement Form
ED1 and ED2 Concurrent and Part-Time Consecutive teacher candidates, except Jewish Teacher Education and BEd (French), must complete an online practicum form if they require a practicum placement for the next academic year. Fall/Winter enrolment begins in June, which is too late for our Practicum Coordinator to work with schools to determine the number of placements needed. We need to start the discussions with the host schools earlier, which is why you've been asked to indicate your practicum preferences by the end of March. The online form can only be submitted once so carefully consider the day of the week and the geographic zones you wish to choose (e.g. Zone 1 – Toronto East) before going to the online form. For more information, re-read the Student Services newsletter for February or go directly to http://blogs.yufe.ca/studentservices/2010/03/05/online-practicum-placement-form.

Mandatory Group Advising
For Concurrent and Part-Time Consecutive teacher candidates currently in their ED1 or ED2 year, attending one group advising session in March is mandatory for anyone planning to take Education courses in September 2010. For more details, visit http://blogs.yufe.ca/studentservices/2010/03/05/current-ed1ed2-mandatory-group-advising/.

Summer 2010 Enrolment
The summer lecture schedule is now available online at the university’s Current Students web site http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/cs.htm, click on “Course Timetables”. Students are also encouraged to read the frequently asked questions for the summer enrolment guide at http://calendars.registrar.yorku.ca/enrolmentguides/su10/faq.htm. Only two Education electives appear in the university’s summer lecture schedule; however, seven Education electives will be offered during the summer during various periods in condensed manners. Please note that enrolment in Education electives is managed through a waitlist process. To view the full list of Summer 2010 Education electives, re-read the Student Services newsletter for February at http://blogs.yufe.ca/studentservices/2010/02/10/student-services-newsletter-february/.

Summer Education Elective Waitlist
Priority is given to teacher candidates going into their ED3 year, who need the credits to graduate. First priority on the waitlist is granted to ED2 students going into ED3 who have zero credits towards their elective requirement. Next we consider ED2 students going into ED3 who have 3 credits and then we consider students going into ED3 with 6 credits. This means, that your priority on the waitlist will drop as you are able to successfully enrol in Education electives. For example, if you are going into ED3 but already are enrolled in two electives and you wish to enrol in a third course, you need to understand that we would want to accommodate ED2 teacher candidates going into ED3 with zero or three credits towards their elective requirement over you who has 6 credits. Students can add their names to the waitlist for Summer 2010 Education electives once those elective courses become full. To add their names to the waitlist, students should book a false appointment for March 31, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. Students are not expected to appear for the false appointment. After March 31, if spaces become available, students will be notified via email and will only be given a few days to claim the reserved spot before it is given away to the next person on the waitlst. To add your name to the Summer 2010 Education Elective waitlist, visit http://www.appointmentquest.com/provider/2140047727.

Online Course Evaluations
Online course evaluations for full year and winter term courses will be available from March 16 to April 5. To provide feedback to your instructor, please go to the course evaluation web site http://courseevaluations.yorku.ca/.

Deaf-and-Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) Teacher Education
The Faculty's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education post-baccalaureate program for BEd graduates is the only one of its kind in Ontario. Currently, for eligible Ontario candidates, no tuition fees are charged for the program. The program is offered on a full-time or part-time basis and is available partially online. The application deadline for both the full-time and part time programs for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education program is March 15. The program requires all candidates to have successfully completed a BEd degree, to be a member without conditions or limitations in the Ontario College of Teachers, and to have successfully completed two American Sign Language (ASL) courses. Documentation of successful completion of these requirements may be included in the application package. For those who need additional time to complete program requirements, August 15 is the final day for requirement documentation. ASL courses are available through Canadian Hearing Societies, the Bob Rumball Center in Toronto and many community colleges and universities. For information, visit http://edu.yorku.ca/deafed/.

Additional Qualification (AQ) courses
York University’s Faculty of Education offers Additional Qualification (AQ) courses for new BEd graduates at the Keele Campus, Georgian College, TL Kennedy SS, Parkdale CI and the Giffard Centre in Whitby. For more information, visit http://edu.yorku.ca/profdev/newgrad/. As well, AQ courses are available in Europe and Taiwan for Summer 2010. Please visit http://edu.yorku.ca/profdev/europe/ and http://edu.yorku.ca/profdev/eslaq/ for further details. A discount is available to York University BEd graduates.

Weather Updates
The University continuously monitors weather conditions and, in the event of inclement weather, will make a decision on whether to cancel classes or postpone scheduled events should it be necessary. Please regularly check York's weather status web site at http://webapps.yorku.ca/weather/ for updates to the current status of operations at the University.