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Select your Practicum Placement Location/Zone ~ BEd Students heading into ED 2 FW 2022-23 

ALL returning BEd students must select their Practicum Placement Location/Zone Choice for the 2022-2023 academic year. Students will log on to the Practicum Information Management System to select practicum placement (location/zone) preferences. The online form will be available starting Monday, March 7, 2022 and is due Thursday, April 14, 2022. Students who do not submit a request for practicum for 2022-23 will not have a school placement come September 2022.  When students log in to PIMs, they should click on Practicum Placement Preference and the window will open to make the request.  Students that do not have the option “Practicum Placement Preferences” should email practicumoffice@edu.yorku.ca.

2022 BEd Graduates ~ Apply to the Ontario College of Teachers for your Membership registration
BEd students graduating in June 2022 will be applying to the Ontario College of Teachers to become a certified member. There are several steps students will need to do to ensure there are no delays nominating BEd graduates.

1. Review the OCT application information at  https://apps.oct.ca/OLR/Template.aspx?action=rege
2. Apply for OCT membership/registration: Visit: www.oct.ca select Members and then Create an Account. In order for the BEd Student Services Office to send your recommendation, we require the six-digit OCT registration number for each graduating teacher candidate.
3. Submit the six-digit Ontario College Teachers (OCT) registration number by June 1, 2022, to the Faculty of Education. The online form is available on the Faculty of Education website.
4. Apply to graduate (degree audit review):   Only Concurrent BEd students’  need to apply to graduate online using the convocation website at  http://www.yorku.ca/mygrad/preparing/apply  Deadline is March 1, 2022.  Please note, Concurrent BEd students may only see their Bachelor of Education record when requesting to graduate.  These students will also need to submit a request for degree audit of their undergraduate program.  The form to submit the request is https://registrar.yorku.ca/graduation/apply/forms . Students in the Consecutive BEd model will be automatically reviewed for degree completion.
5. Send Transcripts to OCT ~ Graduating BEd teacher candidates will need to order all post-secondary transcripts and be sent to the Ontario College of Teachers. When ordering transcripts, please indicate that you wish for your York University transcript to be sent upon degree completion. Please order your transcript while completing your OCT application, using the OUAC Transcript Request available at https://www.ouac.on.ca/apply/oct/en_CA/user/login
6. Recommendation to OCT - The Faculty of Education will only send your recommendation to OCT following degree(s) completion. Transcripts ordered by the student and the recommendation sent by the Faculty of Education are required for certification.

June Convocation
Graduating BEd and BA students should view the information on the university’s convocation Web site for details regarding the ceremony and diploma services. All students planned to graduate need to register for the ceremony. Spring convocation dates and registering for the ceremony will be posted here: https://www.yorku.ca/convocation/

BA Educational Studies students ~ Apply to graduate (degree audit review):  BA students need to apply to graduate online using the convocation website at   http://www.yorku.ca/mygrad/preparing/apply  Deadline is March 1, 2022.

Start Here, Start Now: Building 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusive Schools ~ A Workshop for Teacher Candidates

Thursday, March 24, 2022
5-7pm

To Register:
https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkf-2orzwrH9Fiz4FYQf05pt-oee3KYDPN

Interactive workshops on:

• 2SLGBTQ+ Issues across the Curriculum
• Challenging Transphobia in Schools
• Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ Students in Catholic Schools
• 2SLGBTQ+ Art and Poetry!

All teacher candidates across GTA welcome. Generously supported by the Faculty of Education, York University.

Summer enrolment windows
All BEd and BA Educational Studies students continuing for FW 2022-23 will be given a summer enrollment window to enroll in courses. Summer enrolment windows are planned in April. Please visit ‘My Online Services’ website at My Online Services | My Online Services | York University and click on Enrolment Windows under ‘Mange My Enrolment & Courses’. You will then need to log in using your Passport York to be taken to your Student Web Services portal. From here, you will click on the tab labeled ‘My Enrolment Access Times’ and you will see the day and time you can begin enrolling in Summer 2022 courses.

Students in the Waaban Indigenous BEd and the Ryerson ECS/BA BEd programs will be receiving information from Faculty of Education, Student Services,  Academic  Advisor, Jane Larsson mid March regarding enrolment  for the spring/summer session.   Enrolment will be completed in early April 2022.

BA Educational Studies courses ~ summer offering by the Faculty of Education.  BA students can also plan a course outside of the Faculty of Education (non EDST course) offered by other York U. faculties/departments.  https://w2prod.sis.yorku.ca/Apps/WebObjects/cdm

May 2 - June 14   C1
ED EDST 2200  Cr=3.00 Issues in Indigenous Education
ED EDST 2500  Cr=3.00 Cultural Representations of Education
ED EDST 3760  Cr=3.00 Early and Family Literacy

June 14 - July 29   C2
ED EDST 3730  Cr=3.00 Education and Human Rights

May 30 – July 29   C4
ED EDST 3700  Cr=3.00 Educating for a Sustainable Future

Education Electives for BEd students summer session
Although not mandatory, we strongly suggest students heading into Year 2 (Consecutive and Concurrent BEd) for FW 2022 to plan an education elective in the summer in order to “lighten” your course load during the fall and winter terms.

Bachelor of Education (BEd) course requirements
Students needing to double check the course requirements for the BEd program should visit YU Academic Calendar's.  Courses and Practicum requirements for all the teaching panels are posted. Visit https://calendars.students.yorku.ca/2020-2021/programs/ED/education#course-requirements-and-specializations and select Faculty Rules and then Course Requirements and Specializations.

• Primary/Juniorcandidates must complete three elective courses - one Math based, one Literacy based and one open choice to satisfy their BEd degree requirements.
• Junior/Intermediate candidates must complete a total of two elective courses - one Math orLiteracy based and one open choice to satisfy their BEd degree requirements.
• Intermediate/Seniorand Technological Education candidates must complete a total of three elective courses to satisfy their BEd degree requirements.
• Glendon FSL BEd – PJ and JI one Math elective and IS one open elective.

Elective courses will be offered is summer session C1, C2 and one in C4.  Education elective requirements for teaching certificates are as follows.

Education elective courses for BEd students (heading into Year 2 BEd)

May 2 - June 14  C1
ED EDUC 2200  Cr=3.00 Issues in Indigenous Education
ED EDUC 2400  Cr=3.00 Education as Communication
ED EDUC 2591  Cr=3.00 Thinking Mathematically (Math elective for PJ and JI)
ED EDUC 2594  Cr=3.00 Hands-on Mathematics (Math elective for PJ and JI)
ED EDUC 2700  Cr=3.00 Teaching Internationally & Intercultural (Literacy elective for PJ and JI)
ED EDUC 3300  Cr=3.00 Urban Education
ED EDUC 3592  Cr=3.00 Teaching for Understanding in Math (Math elective for PJ and JI)
ED EDUC 3600  Cr=3.00 Literacy and Culture (Literacy elective for PJ and JI)
ED EDUC 3610  Cr=3.00 New Media Literacies and Culture (Literacy elective for PJ and JI. Not open to IS students)
ED EDUC 3710  Cr=3.00 Global Issues and Education
ED EDUC 3750  Cr=3.00 Educational Assessment
ED EDUC 3760  Cr=3.00 Early and Family Literacy (Literacy elective for PJ and JI)
ED EDUC 3770  Cr=3.00 Teaching and Learning with Digital Tech
ED EDUC 3820B Cr=3.00 Teaching English Language Learners (Literacy elective for PJ and JI)

June 14 – July 29 C2
ED EDUC 2594  Cr=3.00 Hands-on Mathematics (Math elective for PJ and JI)
ED EDUC 3600  Cr=3.00 Literacy and Culture (Literacy elective for PJ and JI)
ED EDUC 3610  Cr=3.00 New Media Literacies and Culture (Literacy elective for PJ and JI. Not open to IS students)

May 30 – July 29 C4
ED EDUC 3700  Cr=3.00 Educating for a Sustainable Future

Summer Abroad Program - Earn York credits while exploring Costa Rica
Opportunity for BA Educational Studies students
lasnubes.euc.yorku.ca

Don't miss the unique opportunity to earn credits through courses taught by York’s faculty! Our courses take a community-based approach by developing collaborative projects that provide learning opportunities with an emphasis on experiential education, building on our long-standing relationships with diverse communities and groups in Southern Costa Rica, including women’s organizations, agricultural cooperatives and producers, environmental protection and social justice groups, and Indigenous communities, among others.

Courses are open to all York University undergraduate (3^rd and 4^th year) and graduate students.

Important Dates & Registration Instructions

Step 1: Attend an information session and check your eligibility
All students are welcome to attend our sessions. Register in advance.

2022	DATE	TIME	PROFESSOR
Summer Abroad (May to August)	Tuesday, February 8, 2022	2:30 P.M.	Leesa Fawcett Alejandro Zamora Mathieu Poirie
	Tuesday, March 8, 2022	11:30 A.M.	Felipe Montoya
	Friday, March 18, 2022	3:30 P.M.	Felipe Montoya

St​ep 2: Enroll in course(s) for 2022. Save your spot by March 15, 2022
(Note that we need to check your eligibility first - Step 1)

• May 2 - 11, 2022 | Narratives in/of Costa Rica. Individuals, Communities and their Voices
• May 13 - 22, 2022 | Environmental Arts and Food Sovereignty in Costa Rica
• May 24 - June 2, 2022 | Education for a Sustainable Future
• June 4 - 13, 2022 | Natural History: Environmental Education in Costa Rica
• June 15 - 24, 2022 | Protected Area Management in Costa Rica
• June 26 - July 5, 2022 | Fundamentals of Ecological Engineering
• July 7 - 16, 2022 | Determinants of Health: Local to Global
• July 18 - 27, 2022 | Environmental Psychology
• July 29 - August 7, 2022 | Globalization and Indigenous Peoples
• August 9 - 18, 2022 | Conservation and Development for Social-Environmental Sustainability and Wellbeing

Step 3: Submit forms, course fee, and attend a mandatory session

More Information visit: lasnubes.euc.yorku.ca

Message from Faculty of Education Professional Learning ~ New Grad AQ's
New Grad Session AQs are now open for registration for teacher candidates who are completing their B.Ed program requirements and are scheduled to convocate in June.   To find these courses, please visit this page designed exclusively for York U soon-to-be graduates: https://www.yorku.ca/edu/new-grad-focus/

• $50 off each course and all future AQs with York U (York University Graduate discount)
• Classes run May 17^th to June 30^th
• Registration closes May 10^th ​

Questions: raiseyouraq@edu.yorku.ca

Advising packages for BEd yr.  2 (Semester 3 ad 4) 2022-23
The Students Services team will be working on the Yr. 2  Advising/Enrollment packages for FW 2022.   Once the packages are complete, they will be sent by email to all students returning and continuing in the BEd program this September.  Included in the package will be the course schedule, Monday - Friday class schedule, F/W ED elective choices, ED 2 Practicum meetings, reminder to reapply for Police Record Check/VSS and any important dates for FW 2022 academic year.  Plan to have the packages ready by mid-May or earlier.

Faculty of Education Office of Student Services team ~ moved to DB 3150 
The Faculty of Education, Office of Student Services staff have returned to the campus for in person and online advising support and will be located in Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building (DB), 3rd floor room 3150.  Office hours are (Monday - Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm).  We continue to welcome questions from students to email us at osp@edu.yorku.ca.  Please provide your name, York student number (if applicable) along with your phone number.   Please give us 3 days (during business days) to respond.

Visit the Faculty of Education to check office locations: https://www.yorku.ca/edu/about/return-to-campus/

Updating your contact information
Please remember if you change your residential address or phone number(s) you should update this information through the Registrar's Office website. Under My Student Records select Change My Profile. You are also encouraged to add a contact person in case of emergency.