New to Teaching - Special Education, Part 1

Course Code: YU18SP1N

The New to Teaching – Special Education Part 1 Additional Qualification Course is an introductory course that develops candidates’ theoretical, professional, ethical and practical understandings of special education in Ontario today. This course is designed to meet the needs of educators with some or little Ontario classroom experience.

You will become familiar with the process by which students become identified as exceptional in the province of Ontario and ways of programming and planning for these students. Regulatory requirements such as writing I.E.P.s and the I.P.R.C. process, as well as instructional strategies for identified and non-identified students, including technological and community supports will be examined.

Prerequisites

  • An undergraduate degree acceptable to the Ontario College of Teachers
  • Be a member in good standing with the OCT

Documents Required

  • NONE
Session Dates
Start Date: Jul 04, 2018
End Date: Jul 31, 2018
Online: July 4 - 31, 2018. This 125 hour course consists of 75 hours of online participation, 25 hours of self-directed professional learning and completion of a 25 hour independent study. Times of participation are set by you. There are scheduled deadlines for assignments. Contributions to on-line discussions are expected. Participation in any full-class simultaneous discussions (i.e. Chat) is always conducted on an "as able" basis.

Location
Online

Instructors
Craig, Alexandra (Charlie) R.