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Course Description:

This course will extend skills and knowledge and develop and in-depth understanding in the design, delivery and assessment of the Ontario Curriculum for the Junior Grades 4-6. It focuses on the belief that effective junior programs include active, play-based learning and develop an individualized curriculum to enhance and support social and language development of junior-aged students.

Topics in this course include:

•  Role of the teacher at the junior level
• Theories of cognitive development
• Reading and the junior learner (teaching strategies, literacy , attention to boys’ literacy, literature circles)
• Teaching writing, writing development (6 traits + 1)
• Media Literacy at the junior level
• Assessment strategies for literacy
• Mathematics at the Junior Level (instructional approaches, math manipulatives, differentiating instruction for math)
• Accommodations and Modifications, differentiating instruction for students with special needs
• Daily Physical Activity at the junior level
•  General Classroom Management at the junior level

Requirements:

• Hold a “Certificate of Qualification” showing basic qualifications in two divisions:  i.e. Primary, Intermediate, or Senior.
• “Certificate of Qualification” must be in good standing.
•  An acceptable university degree

• Organizer: University of Windsor
• Cost: Three-Part AQ: $685.00, Additional Basic AQ: $735.00, Honour Specialist: $735.00, Tech Studies: $725.00. See https://www.aspire.uwo.ca/fees.html for details.
• Location: Online
• Website: http://www.uwindsor.ca/education/continuing
• Contact: Centre for Executive and Professional Education
• Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 6734
• Email: [email protected]