Judith Barford (jbarford@eiu.edu)
Dan Carter (djcarter@eiu.edu)
Dawn Paulson (dmpaulson@eiu.edu)

Good Academic Standing
Good Judicial Standing
Eligibility for all courses is formal admission to Teacher Education.

Are you an EIU education major looking for an in-depth, in-schools experience of multicultural communities and curriculum for diversity? Toronto for Teachers is for you! Find the world in this city. International education faculty from York University, will lead you into one of the great school systems of North America. Professional skills are applied in workshops, guided tours, and classrooms with the children of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Your placement will be customized for you, in classrooms, pre-K-12 with curriculum featuring ESL, equity and anti-bias instruction, and religious accommodations.  Every day invites you to explore the diversity and beauty of Toronto’s urban culture. Excursions to the countryside, to houses of worship, and to Niagara Falls are highlights. Put some sparkle on your summer and brighten your career in Canada!

Toronto for Teachers 2010, tentative itinerary.

May 10: Arrival, move-in to residence, 45 Willcocks, meet and greet with program directors and York University partners, evening meal at a UT campus restaurant.

May 11: Overview, issues and realities: Education in Ontario, warm up activities and discussions with York U. education partners, ride the TTC to your placement school, explore Toronto’s neighborhoods on a Toronto Ambassador’s tour. Evening, Toronto Blue Jays baseball at Rogers Centre.

May 12 Resources for Teaching Equity and Social Justice, Equity Department, TDSB, Endicott Centre at Central Technical School, Roots of Equity in Canada with Sandy Yep, Canadian Race Relations Foundation, afternoon visit to a model school, meet administrators, model lessons in classrooms and community tour, evening, Canadian Identity tour at the Art Gallery of Ontario, York U. education majors as tour guides.

May 13 Visits to places of worship: An area Mosque with presentations and tour, BAPS Hindu Temple with presentations and tour.  Museum of Hindu culture.  Travel to York U. main campus, tour. Creative dramatics with Kathleen Gould Lundy.

May 14 Full day, school placement with mentor teacher.  Dialogue journal due

May 15 All day excursion to Niagara by the Lake and Niagara Falls

May 16 Free day

May 17 Full day, school placement with mentor teacher. Debriefing with Professor Marcela Duran. Dialogue journal due

May 18 Full day, school placement with mentor teacher.  Debriefing, EIU instructors. Evening free.

May 19 Debriefing with EIU instructors, work on presentations in school placement groups.

Make course and substitution selections on your EIU Program Application. Below are the choices available for this program. All Toronto travelers enroll in the STG4000 practicum for the one credit minimum.  ELE3350, Language Arts, or EIU4107, senior seminar, or an independent study may be selected for additional credit hours not to exceed a total of four credit hours for the program.

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For 2010, accommodations are in the 45 Willcocks dormitory, summer residences, University of Toronto. Students and faculty directors are housed in private rooms. 

At least two pre-departure orientations will be provided and are required for all participants.

Your faculty leader will hold one of these orientations, where he/she will cover information on safety, health, legal, environmental, political, cultural, and religious conditions in the host country(ies), as well as planning logistics.

The Office of Study Abroad (OSA) will hold the other orientation. They will cover general information about traveling abroad to different areas of the world and facilitate a panel discussion composed of students who have already participated in faculty-led study abroad programs.

Full medical services are available for students on campus at York University.

You are strongly encouraged to read the U.S. State Department's Consular Information Sheet on your host countries. It will provide you with a great deal of information to help you prepare for your trip.

**Please be aware that you are responsible for obtaining the most up-to-date information on foreign entry requirements. The Office of Study Abroad only provides general information, as regulations and procedures are always changing. Please consult the Consulate for more information. **