The Department of EC/ELE/MLE and the Department of Secondary Education and Foundations, Eastern Illinois University, are proud to offer a study abroad experience to enable undergraduate and graduate teacher education candidates to interact, communicate, and reflect with teachers and children in multicultural, multilingual, and international school settings.  The host country, Canada, and the city of Toronto, Ontario, have long been known for excellent education programs.  Toronto offers exceptional cultural diversity and a safe, clean, and beautiful cosmopolitan environment.  

York University has an enrollment of 40,000 students with 2000 in the B.Ed. program. York U. Faculty of Education maintains partnerships with exemplary schools throughout the city.  EIU travelers will participate with educators and children and youth in these model schools! Tove Fynbo, director of international programs for the Faculty of Education at York coordinates the EIU Toronto for Teachers program.  York professors provide workshops and tours of schools and neighborhoods for mind-expanding introductions to the global cultures of the city. Curriculum opportunities include French immersion, ELL, seamless special education integration, balanced literacy, anti-bias education, the international  baccalaureate, middle level QUEST, multi-age classrooms, community involvement, and much more!

In this environment of international education, EIU credits can be earned from the following selection of courses:

ELE3350, Language Arts in the Elementary School, 2 credits
STG4000, Multicultural/Disabilities Practicum, 1 credit,
ELE4741, Independent Study, 1-3 credits,
SED4741, Independent Study, 1 - 3 credits,
ELE5990, Independent Study,1-3 credits

Dan Carter and Judy Barford, Department of EC/ELE/MLE, and Dawn Paulson, Department of Secondary Education and Foundations will be your instructors and co-directors,Toronto for Teachers, 2009.

EIU travelers must have attained Admission to Teacher Education, junior status for education majors, and must have passed the first criminal background check.  They may sign up for a minimum of 1 up to a maximum of 4 credits.  See the flyer for a summary.

Weekday excursion, ML Blue Jays Baseball at the Rogers Center
Weekend excursion: Niagara Falls day trip
including Niagara-on-the-Lake and an Ontario vineyard and winery. 


Housing at Tatham Hall on the York U. Campus Note:academic year conditions will not apply in May.