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  • Academic Writing Retreat

    Sunday, November 17, 2019 | By

    Writing, Mindfulness, & Memoirs

    December 8-12, 2019 at Crieff Hills Community in Puslinch, ON.

    Join retreat facilitators Snežana Ratković, Michelle McGinn and Dragana Martinovic for a chance to hone your academic writing skills. Melinda Burns and Pinar Sen will be guest facilitators at the retreat. The retreat will include:

    • Individual Writing Time
    • Workshops & Mindfulness Activities
    • Group Editing
    • One-on-One Consultations
    • Informal Gatherings in a Natural Environment

    Food, Accommodation & Facilitation fees are $650.00 per writer. Enrolment is limited and closes on Nov. 22, 2019. Email snezana.ratkovic@brocku.ca to register.

  • Event: Book Launch and Signing

    Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | By

    Lissa Paul recently published a book tracing the journey of Eliza Fenwick (1766-1840) from being a promising writer at the centre of radical London in the late 1700s to running a school in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

    Eliza Fenwick: Early Modern Feminist by Dr. Lissa Paul

    Thursday, Nov. 21st, 2019
    7 to 9 p.m.
    Niagara Historical Society Museum
    43 Castlereagh Street
    Niagara-on-the-Lake

    Join Dr. Lissa Paul to celebrate the release of Eliza Fenwick, Early Modern Feminist.

    More than a century before feminism was invented, British author, teacher and single-working grandmother, Eliza Fenwick (1766-1840) was making it on her own. In tracing Fenwick’s odyssey to 240 Centre Street in Niagara-of-the-Lake in the 1830s from radical London of the 1790s (via Barbados and New York), Dr. Paul reveals Fenwick as a Canadian heroine and author. Learn more about this fascinating book.

    Research for Eliza Fenwick, Early Modern Feminist (U Delaware Press, 2019) was generously supported by SSHRC.

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  • CUPE Job Action Updates for Teacher Candidates

    Friday, October 04, 2019 | By

    The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) confirmed that job action will begin across the province on Monday, September 30 and they will be on strike on October 7, 2019. CUPE members include custodians, maintenance staff, office administrators, clerical staff, early childhood educators (ECE), educational assistants (EA), and information technology technicians.

    At this time, each School Board is reviewing the job action directive from CUPE provincial to its members to determine the impact these will have on schools, to learning and working, and to safety in schools for students, staff and teachers.

    Boards are committed to providing our school communities with additional details on the job action as soon as they can. Please monitor the web site of your school district for its decision on whether schools remain open during the CUPE job action.

    Undergraduate Concurrent Education students involved in school‐based experiential learning placements and Teacher Candidates who begin structured experiences on Wednesday October 9, 2019 and practicum as early as the week of October 21, you need to be aware of the following specific issues:

    1. If a school district closes its schools, you are not to report to the school.
    2. If schools remain open, teaching staff are expected to be in attendance. Teachers’ contracts oblige them to report to work during job action by other bargaining units, unless they are absolutely unable to do so, in which case they need to report this to their administrator.
    3. Teacher Candidates are expected to attend schools if they remain open. If you are absolutely unable to attend, please report this to your Associate Teacher and to the Brock FOE Placement Office.
    4. If you are at a school during the CUPE job action, please be respectful of the rights of CUPE members and the normal practices for crossing any lines.
    5. As a teacher candidate, you need to be clear in your role within the school and you should not be performing a role that would otherwise be the direct responsibility of a CUPE worker.

    If you need clarification about the specific roles performed by the ECE or EA in your school/classroom, ask for guidance from your Associate Teacher or Practicum Advisor.

    The Faculty of Education Placement Office will endeavor to keep you informed of the status of specific school districts through periodic emails and our website updates.

  • Meet our graduates: Nicole Tsitsopoulos

    Wednesday, June 12, 2019 | By

    Nicole Tsitsopoulos at the Brock University Convocation on June 12, 2019.

    Concurrent Teacher Education (Intermediate/Senior)

    Nicole Tsitsopoulos has always wanted to be a teacher. When she crosses the stage on June 12, she is one step closer to her dream.

    For Tsitsopoulos, Brock offered a chance to pursue teaching along with another passion: chemistry.Read more

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  • World Teachers’ Day 2018

    Friday, October 05, 2018 | By

    Young girl writes on a chalkboard in a classroom

    Oct. 5 is World Teacher’s Day and we want to celebrate the incredible teachers in our communities. Many of them are helping to shape the educators of the future by working with teacher candidates from Brock and other institutions.

    This year’s World Teachers’ Day theme is “The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher.”

    The theme was chosen in honour of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), which recognized education as a fundamental right. Without trained and qualified teachers, this right cannot be fulfilled.

    Around the world, children and youth have limited access to their right to education because of a shortage of teachers. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute of Statistics, the world needs to recruit nearly 69 million new teachers to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of universal primary and secondary education. For girls, children with exceptionalities, children living in poverty, children in remote areas, or refugee and migrant children this “teacher gap” is even wider. Right now, more than 265 million children out of school worldwide. Of those, 22% are of primary school age.

    The first World Teachers’ Day was held in 1994. It commemorates the signing of the 1966 Recommendations Concerning the Status of Teachers by the UNESCO and International Labour Organization’s (ILO). This Recommendation sets benchmarks for the rights and responsibilities of teachers. It also sets standards for the initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment of teachers as well as teaching and learning conditions. World Teachers’ Day is co-convened in partnership with UNICEF, UNDP, the ILO, and Education International.

    We know a great teacher can make all the difference. If you want to recognize an incredible teacher making an impact here in Canada, consider nominating them for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence or the Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence in STEM. The nomination period for the 2019 awards is now open.

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  • New structure launches for Faculty of Education

    Thursday, July 05, 2018 | By

    Students in front of Brock University's Welch Hall

    Brock’s Faculty of Education (FoE) took the next step in its evolution on July 1, with its two departments and two of its academic centres becoming part of the new Department of Educational Studies.Read more

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  • Event: Tecumseh Final Speaker Series

    Monday, June 18, 2018 | By

    Join the Tecumseh Centre for Aboriginal Research and Education for a Speaker Series examining a range of issues running from June 19 to July 31.

    What is Indigenous?

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  • Education prof up for three provincial book awards

    Monday, May 14, 2018 | By

    Associate Professor Kari-Lynn Winters shows off the cover of her recent children’s book French Toast.

    For Kari-Lynn Winters, writing children’s books is a way to stay connected to her days as an elementary school teacher.

    “Being an author allows me to present and to be with kids in an educational capacity,” said the associate professor in Brock’s Faculty of Education, who has more than 20 books under her belt.

    Winters’ picture books and children’s non-fiction works have been recognized with 11 awards — and that number may soon increase.

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  • Event: Dr. Skúlína Hlíf Kjartansdóttir speaks on Maker Literacies

    Friday, April 27, 2018 | By

    Please join us for a talk by Dr. Skúlína Hlíf Kjartansdóttir as she discusses her work on Maker Literacies. The talk will present some preliminary results of observations and research in Europe, particularly in Scandinavia and Iceland. How are global ideas and technical know-how being transferred globally and what characterizes  the digital literacies and pedagogies that are being developed locally? Are these new trends merging easily with the existing culture and school curriculum structures? These and other related issues are up for discussion.

    April 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Centre for Research in Multiliteracies
    Brock Research and Innovation Centre
    130 Lockhart Drive

    Dr. Skúlína Hlíf Kjartansdóttir is Adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland in the School of Education. Skúlína now works as a lecturer/researcher  in the field of educational sciences, specializing in mobile learning, game-based learning, digital literacies and creativity  in various in-and-out-of school contexts.

    If you are interested in attending, please RSVP here: https://doodle.com/poll/r64yqnzr7xak5qih.

     

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