Events

AQ Kindergarten, Specialist (Windsor, Winter 2025, Online)

January 20, 2025 to April 7, 2025

  • Category: AQ, Online
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Kindergarten
  • Grades: JK-SK

This course is based on combining the theoretical and practical knowledge gained in part 1 and 2 to equip candidates with an overview of the ideal program structure. This course is aimed at developing leadership skills for an administrative role in program development and assessment.

Topics include:
·    assisting colleagues to apply knowledge of specific needs of individual children and characteristics of the kindergarten learning environment
·    demonstrating leadership in the application of instructional strategies for children whose first language is different from the language of instruction.
·    providing leadership in the development and implementation of practices that are sensitive to society’s diverse and changing nature
·    providing leadership in differentiated instruction and universal design in the planning, development and implementation of learning experiences
·    sharing with others the understandings of teachers’ roles in facilitating assessment-driven learning in a play-based learning environment
·    providing leadership in adopting a variety of strategies for adapting, modifying and accommodating instruction to meet the needs of all learners
·    showing others how to integrate a variety of strategies for assessing, evaluating and reporting.
·    assisting others in how to collaborate with parents/guardians to determine effective methods to provide continuous, meaningful and detailed information to support student learning

Please visit website for additional information.

  • 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]