ONTARIO TEACHER CERTIFICATION (BPS)
A Powerful Educational Experience
The curriculum for the teacher certification programs will provide future teachers with extensive practical experience in classroom placements. Opportunities to engage in realworld experiences will support students in learning how to differentiate instruction and tailor teaching methods to meet the needs of diverse students. Primary/junior and intermediate/senior programs are each four semesters long, and take two years to complete. Programs take place in the fall with summers off, or can be condensed to weekend-only format for candidates who hold a bachelor’s degree, and work full-time within a school board as an educational assistant, or education care employee.
Those who teach full-time in a private school, and do not hold certification, are also eligible to apply to the paraprofessional program.
Curriculum
The curriculum for the teacher certification programs will provide future teachers with extensive practical experience in classroom placements. Opportunities to engage in real-world experiences will support students in learning how to differentiate instruction and tailor teaching methods to meet the needs of diverse students. Elementary and secondary programs start in the fall, with summers off, and take approximately two years to complete.
FIELD PLACEMENT
Students are placed in the classroom setting beginning with the first semester of the program, allowing students to maximize their classroom experiences.
CONVENIENT
We are conveniently located two blocks from the Toronto subway station at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. Our Vaughan location offers modern amenities, and a comfortable learning environment for students.
QUALITY
Our cohort approach takes a diverse group of students, and creates a community of teacher-learners. A noncompetitive, cohort-based learning model ensures that the learning of each individual will assist the learning of all others in the group.
