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Teaching Combined Grades AQ (OECTA, Fall 2019, Online)

September 26, 2019 to December 13, 2019

  • Category: AQ, Online
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Other
  • Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)

The Teaching Combined Grades AQ course is ideal for any teacher who is assigned to teach a combined grade or anticipates the possibility in the future. It is open to all elementary or secondary teachers who have a basic qualification in general studies who wish to deepen their pedagogical knowledge. The single session AQ course focuses professional learning on:

  • recognizing the vast range of learners in the combined grade classroom
  • exploring, understanding and clustering curriculum expectations to establish enduring understanding across multiple grades and subjects
  • utilizing a variety of planning tools and techniques to effectively plan both short term (day plans, lesson plans) and long term (long range and unit plans) for a combined grade class.
  • focusing instruction on big ideas and/or fundamental concepts and skills that are common between grades.

Please visit website for additional information and registration details.