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After that date, there will be no access to the tool. Please ensure that you have your data exported and backed up from FluidSurveys.
Training sessions for the new survey tool, Qualtrics are still available and will be running until March. To sign up for a session, please click here.
For information on how to back up your surveys and about the new UBC Survey tool, please visit www.it.ubc.ca/surveys.
By: Jesse Ferreras and Tanya Beja
February 9, 2018
Dr. Wendy Carr, Associate Dean in UBC’s teacher education program, spoke to Global about government funding that will help UBC teach about 20 students in its Indigenous teacher education program in Williams Lake and Quesnel.
She said the money will help BC meet a demand for teachers.
A similar story by the Canadian Press appeared on News 1130.
Link to full text.
Story via UBC News.
The Faculty of Education extends congratulations to Dr. Shelley Hymel on her reappointment as the Edith Lando Professor in Social and Emotional Learning, effective January 31, 2018. This Professorship is charged with the mandate of advancing and engaging in research to support evidenced-based practices in the area of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), which includes teaching young people how to recognize and manage emotions, make responsible decisions, establish a caring attitude, and handle challenging situations effectively. This Professorship also has the mandate of developing, translating and mobilizing knowledge related to research in SEL in academic, education and community settings.
We thank Dr. Hymel for all of her accomplishments and advancements in the area of SEL over the past five years and offer our sincerest congratulations on her well-deserved reappointment.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Teacher Education is pleased to introduce six new Aga Khan Academy (AKA) Teacher Interns with whom they will have the pleasure of working over the next 18 months.
Last year, the Aga Khan Academy, International Baccalaureate Organization and University of British Columbia entered a partnership agreement to recognize the AKA’s Teacher Preparation Programme (TPP) in Mombasa, Kenya. Within this agreement, UBC faculty members will evaluate teachers engaged in the TPP in order to be recognized as IB educators.
During the fall, Meredith Fenton, Director of IB for the Faculty of Education, together with past Director, Gary Little, and UBC IB adjunct faculty, Shanaz Ramji-Motani, Isobel Willard, David Andrews, Glenda Kukulowicz and Luke Modder developed assessment criteria which will be piloted with these new teacher interns.
The UBC IB team also looks forward to building relationships with the AKA mentor teachers and providing opportunities for UBC and AKA teacher candidates to connect and learn from one another in different cultural contexts.
Learn more about the 2018 Aga Khan Academy Mobasa TPP interns
The Ministry of Education is providing $831,000 in one-time funding to four of B.C.’s public post-secondary institutions to increase the number of available teacher training spaces. These spaces will support the development of specific teaching skills that are in immediate high demand in B.C.
$571,000 will be used to create 107 new spaces in specialty teacher education programs over the next two years.
UBC Teacher Education Program
The remaining $260,000 will be used to increase the number of Indigenous teachers throughout B.C.
UBC NITEP (Indigenous Teacher Education Program)
Dr. Shauna Faber will join the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS) as a tenure-track Instructor in Human Development, Learning and Culture (HDLC) on May 1, 2018. Dr. Faber is already a valued member of ECPS where she has served as a 12‑month lecturer since 2012.
Dr. Faber has years of teaching experience at the university level in both graduate and undergraduate courses, and received an award for teaching excellence from UBC’s Faculty of Education. Dr. Faber is involved in research and knowledge mobilization in the medical field which focuses on education for people living with Kidney Disease.
Attention UBC Faculty of Education doctoral candidates:
Think you can sum up your thesis in just three minutes? Communication skills are key to becoming a successful graduate – hone yours now by signing up for UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT)!
To participate in 3MT @UBC you must currently be registered in a graduate program at UBC. PhD students who have defended but have not yet graduated are eligible. Students must not have graduated prior to the date of the competition final.
The finalist will have the opportunity to represent UBC at the Western Regional 3MT competition hosted by the University of Regina in April 2018.
For more information/to register, visit: 3mt.grad.ubc.ca.
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience. Founded by the University of Queensland in 2008, the popularity of the competition has steadily increased and 3MT competitions are now held in over 350 universities across 59 countries worldwide. UBC, one of the first universities in North America to host a 3MT competition, has been presenting 3MT since 2011.
The UBC Faculty of Education extends congratulations to New Westminster Secondary School Principal and UBC Faculty of Education alumnus John Tyler (BA ’96, BEd (Sec) ’04 and MEd ’10) on being named one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals for 2018.
The Learning Partnership honours principals from across Canada for exemplary leadership and recognizes the “unique and vital contributions of principals in publicly funded schools.” Principals are nominated by parents, colleagues and community members, and chosen by a national selection committee. This year’s winners will be awarded for their accomplishments at the annual Canada’s Outstanding Principals gala on February 27, 2018, at The Carlu in Toronto, Ontario.
John Tyler is an experienced educator who endeavours to make learning more accessible for his students. John restructured New Westminster Secondary School’s (NWSS’s) Learning Support Services to better support inclusionary practice throughout the school, providing opportunities for all students to learn and improve on individual pathways to success. John champions digital learning as part of 21st Century competencies. NWSS now boasts a Learning Commons, makerspaces, 3D printers, and several hundred laptops in order to better support the effective implementation of the revised Provincial curriculum. John leads by example, integrating technology into practice as a model for enhancing the learning environment. Through John’s commitment to meeting the needs of the modern world and workplace, he supports a range of pedagogies that combine to move student learning forward.
Have a bright idea to advance equity and inclusion at UBC? Apply to the Equity Enhancement Fund. The fund supports student, staff and faculty projects that enhance equity, diversity, and inclusion at UBC. Up to $25,000 is available.
Apply by February 28, 2018 at equity.ubc.ca/eef.
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UBC’s staff make outstanding contributions to the university community. Recognize these individuals and their achievements by nominating them for the 2018 President’s Awards for Staff.
Download the nomination package
Nomination deadline: 4 p.m. on March 16, 2018
This award is open to all UBC staff with 10 or more years of service. Up to five recipients are selected each year. The awards are presented during graduation ceremonies, and each recipient receives a medal and $5,000.
Open to all staff at the Vancouver campus with three or more years of service, the President’s Staff Awards recognize contributions in the following categories:
Up to 14 recipients are selected each year (two per category), and recipients receive $2,000.
New this year, the wellbeing category recognizes those who demonstrate leadership to advance wellbeing at UBC.
