DCE - Community Programs
The Division of Continuing Education and the Graduate Studies Department at The University of Winnipeg are pleased to announce a new program - The Higher Education Teaching Certificate (HETC). This program will prepare students for teaching responsibilities they may undertake during and/or post-degree. It is intended to be an introduction to the teaching culture of Academia. It will also be useful for undergraduate students enrolled in Honors programs, and others for whom communication and presentation skills are important.
This program consists of the following 3 – 18 hour courses:
Planning & Preparing to Teach -
DMISC 23036 1101
(18 hours)
9 Thursdays, October 6 - December 1, 2011
4:30pm-6:30pm
Cost:
$25.00 for University of Winnipeg students and faculty
$250.00 for non university students
Topics include, but are not limited to: preparation of a course syllabus, including the development of course objectives or course outcomes; preparation for teaching a course; philosophy of teaching and learning; evaluation; creating an assessment rubric; defending your assessment decisions; and issues related to course delivery. As part of this course, participants prepare a Teaching Point Of View (TPOV), Teaching Dossier and Curriculum Vitae (CV).
Teaching & Presenting in an Academic Setting
DMISC 23037 1102
(18 hours)
January 24 - February 28, 2012
(see below for dates and times)
Cost: $250.00
This course provides students with the opportunity to acquire a set of teaching strategies ranging from direct to highly interactive, facilitative ones. As a result, they learn how to teach not just to their students but also, for, with and by them and meet both their cognitive and affective needs in the process. An important feature of this workshop is that all participants are provided opportunities to practice these diverse strategies and receive thoroughgoing feedback including videotape feedback.
Tuesday, January 24 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Thursday, January 26 4:30pm-6:30pm
Tuesday, January 31 4:30pm-8:00pm
Thursday, February 2 4:30pm-8:00pm
Tuesday, February 7 4:30pm-6:30pm
Thursday, February 9 4:30pm-6:30pm
Tuesday, February 14 4:30pm-8:00pm
Thursday, February 16 4:30pm-8:00pm
Tuesday, February 28 4:30pm-7:30pm
Practicum
(18 hours)
Dates & Times TBA
Cost: $300.00
As part of this course, students attend and engage in the following teaching and learning experiences: discipline-related workshops, conferences and/or departmental meetings/events. These experiences will be journaled and students will also participate in a supervised teaching experience of at least 9 hours involving classroom, seminar and/or lecture classes. The teaching experience includes mentored experiences through the processes of the preparation of a teaching plan, an assessment of the teaching and of the students’ progress.
To register for this course, please call 982-6633.
For more information please contact n.stokes@uwinnipeg.ca.