For teachers, learning never ends. There are always new questions and new answers to those questions. Learning is a part of your commitment to your profession. At Brock, you will have access to numerous professional development (PD) opportunities uniquely available to teacher candidates and others available to wider Brock audiences.

Professional development augments your course work and your practicum experiences. It can help you focus on areas of interest and open your eyes to new ideas. The ideas, skills and connections you make during PD can add to your confidence and your “toolbox” as a beginning teacher. And when it’s time to show off your resume, your PD can be a proof point of your commitment to professional learning. PD can help differentiate you as job candidate.  

We encourage you to take advantage of the PD provided by your program, the opportunities available in the wider Brock community, and those provided by education stakeholders outside of Brock. At the same time, we encourage you to pace yourself! The goal is not to accumulate a list of workshops you attended, but to select two or three opportunities each term and enjoy, learn from, and then apply these ideas and skills to your practice. 

Your Schedule: What you need to know

The schedule provided is for all teacher candidates. Always confirm the event you plan to attend is for your year, campus and program: Concurrent Teacher Education students are referred to as Y5 and Y6. Consecutive Teacher Education students are referred to as Y1 and Y2. Campus short forms are: BUR for Burlington and St.C for St. Catharines.
1. Unless otherwise stated, you will register in advance for events.
2. You must attend events identified as REQUIRED for your program and only students in that program can attend those events. Events not identified as REQUIRED (see above) can be attended at the teacher candidate’s discretion. (Totally your choice which to attend and which not to attend.)
3. Events are scheduled with professionals from across the education field. Often these colleagues cannot confirm their availability until the beginning of each school term. Therefore, times not listed today will be updated as soon as possible.
4. Not all teacher candidates will be available at the time of an optional event. This cannot be avoided.
5. For events requiring fees, refunds are NOT given. Tickets can be sold/given to another teacher candidate.
6. Teacher candidates may attend optional events in which they are not a member of the targeted audience but should be aware that content and the activities will focus on the program listed.
7. Attendance is recorded at all events.