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| York Launches New Teacher
Education Site in Durham Region TORONTO, November 24, 2000 -- York University’s Faculty of Education has launched a new teacher education program in Durham region in a unique partnership with both the public and Catholic district school boards that will not only benefit Durham, but feeder schools in Scarborough and Peterborough. The program is scheduled to begin in September 2001 with Notre Dame Catholic High School and J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate, both slated to open next fall in a new school building on Harwood Avenue in Ajax."We've always enjoyed a very strong professional relationship with both Durham Boards," said Terry Piper, Dean of York’s Faculty of Education. "We share the view that the education of teachers is a jointly held professional responsibility, and I am excited about extending the York model of teacher preparation into Durham Region’s intermediate and secondary schools." York already operates a teacher education site in the region for primary, junior and intermediate level teaching at the Giffard Centre in Whitby. An estimated 70 York students are training at that site this year. The new Durham site offers a one-year course for students who have completed an undergraduate degree, and leads to a Bachelor of Education degree (BEd) and recommendation for the Ontario College of Teachers' Certificate of Qualification and Registration. An estimated 45 to 60 York teacher candidates -- many of whom live in the area -- will benefit from the program, which enables them to practice teach in both schools, and in surrounding feeder schools for up to 120 days. York's Consecutive Teacher Education Program currently has nine sites across the GTA. Grant Andrews, director of education for the Durham Catholic District School Board, said the partnership is a positive development for the rapidly growing region, as well as for neighbouring communities such as Scarborough and Peterborough. "As of next September, teacher candidates will be able to study and practice teach closer to home. Our teachers and schools will have the opportunity of playing a major role in the preparation of young men and women to teach our children at all levels, from junior kindergarten through to secondary school graduation," say Andrews. Grant Yeo, Durham District School Board director, also praised the partnership with York and the Catholic District School Board. "With the present demographic shift, the retirement of teachers, and the significant residential growth in the 905 region of the GTA, we need to attract the brightest and best new teachers into the profession. This innovative partnership will help us achieve that goal." More than 1,200 students from the Durham region are currently studying in York’s Faculty of Education, which also offers a wide range of professional development courses, such as the Additional Qualification and Principal's Qualification Programs. -30- For more information, please contact: Terry Piper, Dean Grant Andrews, Director Grant Yeo, Director Anderson Coward |
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