Current Events

Outstanding Teacher Awards 2008

In 2008, the Professional Experience Program made a concerted effort to raise the profile of those who participate as mentoring teachers in the program. Quality mentoring means quality learning for preservice teachers.

Nominations for ‘Outstanding Mentoring Teacher Awards 2008’ were called for from Preservice Teachers, UC Liaison staff and School Professional Experience Coordinators. Based on the nomination criteria, an independent judging panel selected seven winners. In addition to the mentoring teacher awards, four awards were given in recognition of their contribution to the program to School Professional Experience Coordinators.The awards were announced on World Teacher’s Day.

The event along with the winners as reported in the Monitor.

Mentoring Teacher Workshops 2009

The Faculty of Education Professional Experience team is offering a FREE WORKSHOPS for all interested teachers on:

Wed February 18th (Early Childhood/Primary)

Thu February 19th (Middle School/Secondary)

Professional Experience Bulletin

Semester 2 2008 End of Year Edition (PDF 80 kb)

• Another year rolls by 
• Clarifying expectations 
• UC Liaison role
• Particualrly for secondary settings
• The mentoring teacher role  

Semester 2 2008 No 1 (PDF 53 Kb)

• Partnership improvements
• Request for offers goes electronic
• New staff member
• Policy/procedure additions and amendments
  ...Preservice Teacher conduct on professional experience
  ...Making contact before the placement
  ...Making judgments 

Updates

Professional Community Days (PCDs)
An initiative to provide wider educational experiences for preservice teachers has being introduced in Semester 1, 2008. For more information refer to the Professional Community Days pages on this site.

Especially for Teachers 
Interesting information and support materials for mentoring teachers and school professional experience coordinators have been added to this site (Especially for Teachers).  A log-in and password is required.  Please contact the Professional Experience Office if you would like access to this material.