Aboriginal Teacher Certification
Aboriginal Teacher Certification Program
Program Requirements:
The program consists of two onsite summer sessions to be held at Nipissing University in North Bay, online courses held during the fall, winter and spring sessions, and two in-school internships under a Transitional Certificate of Qualification and Registration.
Students must complete 60 credits as follows:
- EDUC 4717: Languages and Literacies for the Primary and Junior Divisions
- EDUC 4716: Legal and Social Foundations of Education
- EDUC 4726: Diversity and Inclusion
- EDUC 4727: Emergent and Early Literacies for the Primary and Junior Divisions
- EDUC 4736: Introduction to Curriculum Design and Teaching
- EDUC 4737: Health and Physical Education for the Primary and Junior Divisions
- EDUC 4746: Assessment, Evaluation and Communication of Student Learning
- EDUC 4747: Mathematics for the Primary and Junior Divisions
- EDUC 4756: Curriculum Design and Inquiry
- EDUC 4757: Music for the Primary and Junior Divisions
- EDUC 4766: Technology Enriched Teaching and Learning
- EDUC 4767: Science and Technology for the Primary and Junior Divisions
- EDUC 4776: Special Needs of Students
- EDUC 4777: Social Studies for the Primary and Junior Divisions
- EDUC 4787: Visual Arts for the Primary and Junior Divisions
- EDUC 4946: History, Policy and Aboriginal Education
- EDUC 4947: Understanding Indigenous Pedagogies
Practicum Courses:
Internship One
Students enroll in EDUC 4714 Practicum I. Students are placed in a primary or junior division classroom. ATCP students are required to successfully complete one internship session in each of the primary and junior divisions. For example, if you intern in the junior division during the first session, then you must intern in the primary division during your second session.
At the end the first session and Internship one, successful students can apply to the Ontario College of Teachers to be eligible to receive a Transitional Certificate of Qualification and Registration that allows students to teach for up to six years. Students must complete the program within six years and must also maintain good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers during this time by paying the annual membership fee.
Internship Two
Students enroll in EDUC 4858 Community Leadership Experience, and EDUC 4855 Practicum II. Students are placed in a primary or junior division classroom. ATCP students are required to successfully complete one internship session in each of the primary and junior divisions. For example, if you intern in the junior division during the first session, then you must intern in the primary division during your second session.
Note:
Students who complete an undergraduate degree within 10 years of completing the requirements for a teaching certificate and who obtain an overall average of 70% on the required courses in the Aboriginal Teacher Certification Program will be eligible for a Bachelor of Education degree. Contact the Office of the Registrar for graduation procedures upon completion of the undergraduate degree.