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Changes of Note

Both Elementary & Secondary:

• focus in minor areas span K-12 education for most teachable areas
• inclusion of a Social Foundations and International Studies in Education course (replaces Education Option course)
• possibility of complementary teaching area bundles (2 courses)
• possibility of second minor in a teachable area

Changes of Note

Both Elementary & Secondary:

• focus in minor areas span K-12 education for most teachable areas
• inclusion of a Social Foundations and International Studies in Education course (replaces Education Option course)
• possibility of complementary teaching area bundles (2 courses)
• possibility of second minor in a teachable area

Elementary Education:

• declared major in general elementary education (primarily non-Education courses, but some EDEL courses strongly recommended)
• bringing back a minor in a teachable area

Changes of Note

Both Elementary & Secondary:

• focus in minor areas span K-12 education for most teachable areas
• inclusion of a Social Foundations and International Studies in Education course (replaces Education Option course)
• possibility of complementary teaching area bundles (2 courses)
• possibility of second minor in a teachable area

Secondary Education:

• reduction in non-Education courses for major (from 36 to 30 units) and minor (from 18 to 12 units)

Changes of Note

Both Elementary & Secondary:

• inclusion of a Social Foundations and International Studies in Education course (replaces Education Option course)

Hi! My name is Julia and I was born and raised in Rocky Mountain House. I am a secondary chemistry major and math minor. My program includes 27 credits of chemistry courses that I took in the Faculty of Science here at the UofA. I did a great course called Science and Religion (CHRTC 350) from St. Joseph’s College that also applied to my major. I did four courses from the math department to get the 12 credits for my minor. 

I really want to move back home to Rocky Mountain House so I decided to do the Certificate in Catholic Education from St. Joseph’s College so that I have the option to teach at either West Central High School or St. Dominic Catholic High School in Rocky.

I plan to do my AFX in Rocky and my IFX in Edmonton.

Hi! I am Matthew and I am in the elementary program. I did my EDFX 200 (Orientation Field Experience) at McKernan School which is super close to campus so I could take the LRT from my home in south Edmonton. I was in French Immersion from K-12 and went to Harry Ainlay for high school. I didn’t think I wanted to teach French Immersion but after EDFX 200 at McKernan, I realized that it might be a great option for me. My major is in elementary and my minor is Social Studies. I have enough open space in my program to add a second minor so I am going to learn more about teaching French as a second language. I already have the language proficiency so am looking forward to taking courses in linguistics and anthropology as well as learning more about French culture. I am also going to take a course in French-English translation. 

I am looking forward to my IPT and APT terms and hope I can do either my IFX or AFX in a French Immersion classroom.

Hi! My name is Andy and I was born in the Edmonton area. I spent a few years when I was in Elementary school in Montreal where I learned French and continued in French Immersion until Grade 9. I didn’t love school so decided to pursue a program in construction and renovation technology. I moved out of ß÷ßäÉçÇø to complete that program and then moved back to Edmonton. I have been working for a construction company for a little over a year. During that time, I started to volunteer as a coach for badminton, volleyball, and curling at a neighbourhood junior high school. I discovered that I really like working with junior high kids. I did a bit of volunteer work with a CTS teacher at a local junior high school and that confirmed that this might be the career for me.

I decided to apply to the Faculty of Education to be a CTS Construction teacher with a minor in French as a Second Language. I am early in my program but my diploma transferred into the program to count for some of my major courses. I am doing my EDFX 200 in the winter term. I am excited to see what is happening in K-9 classrooms. I am taking my English and some French courses this year as well as some more early education courses.

My name is Maryam and I am in the elementary program. I was born in Edmonton but my older siblings were born in Pakistan. My parents came to Canada in 1999. I went to school in north Edmonton and loved that there was a lot of diversity in my classrooms. My minor is science and I love hands-on learning. I did my Orientation Field Experience at Dr. Donald Massey school and realized then that I was really interested in working with students in the early grades and so I have decided to do a CTA in early childhood education to learn more about early literacy and numeracy. I loved seeing students from so many different countries who were newcomers to Edmonton. I am going to take EDPS 411 - Cross Cultural Studies in Education - to help me better understand how to support all of the students and families in my class.

I am hoping to get my AFX in a kindergarten or grade 1 classroom. I am hoping I get to develop and teach a science unit.

Hi! My name is Nomusa and I am in the secondary program. I didn’t start there, though! I started in a BA program with an English major and an Anthropology minor. A friend of mine in Education was taking EDU 100 and I decided to take it with her as an open option in my program. For the CSL assignment, I volunteered in a junior high and found out that I loved helping students work on writing poetry. When the students participated in a slam poetry event, it was amazing to see how their dramatic delivery impacted their peers.

The next year, I transferred into a Secondary Education program, keeping my English major and switching to a Drama minor. With the CTAs, I was able to use my first anthropology course toward my CTA in Black Studies in Education and I’ll still be able to graduate in 4 years. I’m really looking forward to a teaching career where I can mentor Black students to find their voice in junior high through literacy practices like poetry and drama.

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