2025 BEd Faculty Orientation | August 27, 2025

9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks | Dr. Karen Ragoonaden, Associate Dean, Teacher Education

9:05 a.m.
Welcome to Territory | Marny Point, Lecturer, NITEP (Indigenous Teacher Education Program)

9:10 a.m.
Remarks | Dr. Jan Hare, Dean, Faculty of Education

9:20 a.m.
Developing Diverse Perspectives in Teacher Education | Dr. Glory Ovie, Assistant Professor, EDST and Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm, Associate Professor, EDCP

9:50 a.m.
Round Table Discussions

10:30 a.m.
Teacher Education at UBC

• Overview of the BEd Program | Dr. Karen Ragoonaden
• Introduce seconded teachers/adjunct professors/faculty advisors
• Roles and Responsibilities of the Teacher Education Office (TEO)

10:45 a.m. | John Yamamoto, Director, Teacher Education Office

10:50 a.m. | Jessica Knott, Director, Office of Indigenous Education

11:00 a.m. | Graham Setters, Program Manager – Student Services (Secondary) and Hazel Ryan Sheehan, Program Manager –
Student Services (Elementary & Middle Years)

11:20 a.m. | Tricia Murray, Program Manager – Community Field Experience (Local, Rural and International)

11:25 a.m. | Dayna McCracken, Education Embedded Counsellor

11:30 a.m. | Greta Bartsch, Program Manager – Practicum (Elementary & Middle Years) and Jody Billingsley, Program Manager – Practicum (Secondary)

11:40 a.m. | Dr. Sonya Woloshen, Program Manager – Learning Design, Teacher Education and Dr. Jamilee Baroud, Curriculum and Evaluation Consultant

11:50 a.m.
Closing Remarks | John Yamamoto

1:00 p.m.
Cohort/Subject Area Faculty Advisors Meetings 

• Elementary & Middle Years Cohort and Course Coordinators and Faculty Advisors (West Point)
• Secondary Curriculum Coordinators and Faculty Advisors (Salon)