Orientation is an important and mandatory starting point in the teacher education program. For the Student Orientation, we have a day of engaging learning activities planned. You will find out how to prepare for the year ahead, consider important issues in education, and connect with your colleagues.
Click the accordions below to view the day’s schedule for your program option.
Student Orientations Dates:
Thursday, August 29, 2024:
Navigating the BEd & Alumni Panel (online & mandatory)
Tuesday, September 3, 2024:
Secondary Student Orientation (in person and mandatory)
Thursday, September 5, 2024:
Elementary & Middle Years Student Orientation (in person and mandatory)
IB students only: IB orientation August 26-29, 2024
Navigating the BEd & Alumni Panel Schedule
NAVIGATING THE BEd & Alumni Panel Schedule
Thursday, August 29, 2024 | Online
(Zoom link will be sent via BEd Newsletter email on July 18)
Please note, this schedule is subject to change.
10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Land Acknowledgement | Dr. Karen Ragoonaden, Associate Dean, Teacher Education
10:05 a.m.
Overview of Session | John Yamamoto, Director, Teacher Education Office
- Rod Brown, Associate Director, Teacher Education Office
- Greta Bartsch, Program Manager, Practicum
- Graham Setters, Program Manager, Student Services
10:10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
BEd Alumni Panel Presentation | Monika Jandu, MC
- Panelist Moderator: Monika Jandu (BEd’24, Secondary)
- Panelist: Tessa Antone (BEd’24, Elementary & Middle Years)
- Panelist: Tatomme Flanagan (BEd’24, Elementary & Middle Years)
- Panelist: Sandy Henry (BEd’24, Elementary & Middle Years)
- Panelist: Philip Hohol (BEd’24, Secondary)
- Panelist: Jacob Lauzon (BEd’24, Elementary & Middle Years)
- Panelist: Jaskarn Singh (BEd’23, Secondary)
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Question & Answer Period | John Yamamoto, Rod Brown, Greta Bartsch, and Graham Setters
11:00 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Navigating the BEd | Graham Setters and Greta Bartsch, Program Managers
11:25 a.m.
Closing Remarks | Greta Bartsch
11:30 a.m.
Closure
Secondary Orientation Schedule
2024/25 Secondary Schedule
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Room 1013 – 2207 Main Mall, Earth Sciences Building (ESB)
Please note, this schedule is subject to change.
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Welcome | Dr. Karen Ragoonaden, Associate Dean, Teacher Education
Welcome to Territory | Marny Point, Lecturer, NITEP (Indigenous Teacher Education Program)
10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Remarks | Dr. Jan Hare, Dean, Faculty of Education
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Overview of the BEd Program | Dr. Karen Ragoonaden
Professionalism and Attendance Policy | John Yamamoto, Director, Teacher Education Office
Introduction to SLIDO
10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Ed Lightening Talks | Dr. Harper Keenan, Assistant Professor, EDCP, Dr. Melanie Nelson, Assistant Professor, ECPS, Dr. Peter Nelson, Assistant Professor of Teaching, EDCP, and Dr. Sofia Noori, Assistant Professor, EDCP
SLIDO Questions | Graham Setters & Greta Bartsch, Program Managers, TEO
11:10 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Stretch Break
11:20 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Jessica Knott, Director, Office of Indigenous Education
11:25 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Practicum | Greta Bartsch, Program Manager – Practicum, TEO
11:30 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.
Community Field Experience (CFE) | Tricia Murray, Program Manager – Community Field Experience (Local, Rural and International)
11:35 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Michelle Lim, Education Embedded Counsellor
11:40 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Student Services | Graham Setters, Program Manager – Indigenous, Rural & Remote, and International Cohort BEd Program Pathways, TEO
11:50 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.
Learning Design
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Introduction to Campus Quest | Dr. Natasha Boškić, Director, Learning Design, and Eduardo Rebagliati, Learning Technology Specialist, LDDI
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Campus Quest
12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Secondary Inquiry Meetings (please click for more info)
Following lunch, secondary teacher candidates will gather with their inquiry groups. This is an opportunity to connect, ask questions, and form community. Find your section number for EDUC 450 in Workday.
Section 305 – Technology Education
SCRF 1106 | Presenter: Kieran Forde
Section 306 – Business Education | Home Economics | Career Education (Chef Ed)
SCRF 1214 | Presenter: Chrissy Smith
Section 307 – Art
SCRF 1107 | Presenter: Marie-France Bérard
Section 308 – Mathematics | Physics
SCRF 1210 | Presenter: Susan Gerofsky
Section 309 – Music
SCRF 1317 | Presenter: Karen Lee
Section 311 – Science
SCRF 1207 | Presenter: Sandra Scott
Section 312 – Science
SCRF 1204 | Presenter: Douglas Adler
Section S14 – Physical Education
SCRF 1128 | Presenter: LeAnne Petherick
Section S17 – English | English Language Learner Education | Modern Languages | Theatre
SCRF 310 | Presenter: TBA
Section S18 – English | English Language Learner Education | Modern Languages | Theatre
Room TBA | Presenter: TBA
Section S19 – Social Studies
SCRF 1130 | Presenter: Stephanie Anderson Redmond
Section S21 – Social Studies
TBA | Presenter: Chris Stemo
Section S22*
IB-Diploma Programme
Room TBA | Presenter: May Ng
Section S23* – IB-Middle Years Programme
Room TBA | Presenter: Carole Paquette
Section S24 – Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization (EDI-D) Cohort
Room TBA | Presenter: Farah Meralli
Section 320 – French
SCRF 1007 | Presenter: Sonya Woloshen
*May not be held due to IB orientation one week prior
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
BEd Social at the Gallery, AMS Student Nest
Elementary & Middle Years Orientation Schedule
2024/25 Elementary & Middle Years Orientation Schedule
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Room 1013 – 2207 Main Mall, Earth Sciences Building (ESB)
Please note, this schedule is subject to change.
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Welcome | Dr. Karen Ragoonaden, Associate Dean, Teacher Education
Welcome to Territory | Marny Point, Lecturer, NITEP (Indigenous Teacher Education Program)
10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Remarks | Dr. Jan Hare, Dean, Faculty of Education
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Overview of the BEd Program | Dr. Karen Ragoonaden
Professionalism and Attendance Policy | John Yamamoto, Director, Teacher Education Office
Introduction to SLIDO
10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Ed Lightening Talks | Dr. Joaquin Munoz, Assistant Professor, EDCP, Dr. Melanie Nelson, Assistant Professor, ECPS, Dr. Peter Nelson, Assistant Professor of Teaching, EDCP, Dr. Harini Rajagopal, LLED, Tricia Yurkowski, Adjunct Teaching Professor, LLED
SLIDO Questions | Graham Setters & Greta Bartsch, Program Managers, TEO
11:10 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Stretch Break
11:20 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Jessica Knott, Director, Office of Indigenous Education
11:25 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Practicum | Greta Bartsch, Program Manager – Practicum, TEO
11:30 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.
Community Field Experience (CFE) | Tricia Murray, Program Manager – Community Field Experience (Local, Rural and International)
11:35 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Michelle Lim, Education Embedded Counsellor
11:40 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Student Services | Graham Setters, Program Manager – Indigenous, Rural & Remote, and International Cohort BEd Program Pathways, TEO
11:50 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.
Learning Design
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Introduction to Campus Quest | Dr. Natasha Boškić, Director, Learning Design, and Eduardo Rebagliati, Learning Technology Specialist, LDDI
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Campus Quest
12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Elementary & Middle Years Cohort Meetings – Following lunch, elementary & middle years teacher candidates will gather with their cohort groups. This is an opportunity to connect, ask questions, and form community.
Click for sections & room locations
(You can find your section number in Workday.)
Arts Based & Creativity (ABC) – Section 112
PCN 1008 | Presenter: Danny Bakan
Community of Inquiry in Teacher Education (CITE) – Sections 101 & 111
SCRF 200 | Presenters: Anne Phelan & Ashley House
Critical and Cultural Approaches to Social and Emotional Learning (C-SEL) – Sections 104 & 114
SCRF 1023 | Presenter: Alyssa Kristensen
Education for Sustainability – Sections 103 & 113
SCRF 1021 | Presenters: Patrick Robertson & Alisa Paul
French Specialization – Sections 105 & 115
SCRF 1004 | Presenter: Richard Beaudry
Health, Outdoor, and Physical Education (HOPE) – Section 117
PCN 1302 | Presenter: Joy Fast
Indigenous Education – Section 107
SCRF 203 | Presenter: Carolyn Roberts
International Baccalaureate – Primary Years Programme (IB-PYP) – Section 102
SCRF 201 | Presenter: Meredith Fenton
Middle Years – Self Regulated Learning (MY/SRL) – Sections 110 & 120
SCRF 1003 | Presenter: Christi Livingstone
Primary Years (Kindergarten to Grade 3) – Sections 108 & 118
SCRF 204 | Presenter: Tricia Yurkowski
Teaching English Language Learning Through a Cross-Curricular Case-Based Inquiry Approach (TELL-3C) – Sections 109 & 119
SCRF 1005 | Presenter: Jessica Cassady
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
BEd Social at the Gallery, AMS Student Nest
Reminders:
- September 4, 2024 is the last day for payment of Term 1 tuition. (See UBC dates & deadlines)
- If you are new to UBC, please apply for a student UBCcard.