Glendon BEd

York University’s Faculty of Education, in collaboration with Glendon College, offers an innovative Bachelor of Education (BEd) with an emphasis on French Immersion. This unique bilingual BEd program aims to prepare future French Immersion and Extended French teachers, who are well equipped to work with the growing student population enrolled in these programs. This program will also be attractive to those interested in creating dynamic and authentic Core French learning environments.

The program will be offered at the Glendon campus, and at least 50% of the courses will be taught in French. Considerable emphasis will be placed on ensuring excellent French language proficiency, and a deep understanding of Francophone cultures. It will be of interest to future educators at all divisions: primary/junior, junior/intermediate, and intermediate/senior.

Salutations! Bienvenue dans votre programme de BEd!! J'espère que vous passerez une merveilleuse journée!!

The Structure of the program
The program has been carefully designed to allow you time to fully engage with your learning, and to commit yourself to the demanding requirements of becoming a teacher. You should, therefore, expect to use non-scheduled time for reading, completing assignments, preparing for practicum and of course, for reflection. Expect these days to be busy - but interesting, and stimulating.

My name is Marc Powell and I am your BEd Program advisor. I can be reached via email to mpowell@edu.yorku.ca and please include "Glendon BEd" in the subject line, and include your name and student number in the body (or as your email signature).

Updates

June 27: VSS for Toronto Residents!! My apologies for this, but there was an error in the advising package. I missed a digit for the Institution code you need for your Police Record checks - there's supposed to be another "1" at the end, so the Institution code should end with "011".

June 4:  I am pleased to share that your Year 1 Glendon BEd enrolments are complete! You can now Plot Your Timetable. Please note that your EDPR 2000 G course will not show up on the plotted timetable, but instead will be referenced in the Important Note section.

May 5: Here's a recording of one of the sessions, this one is for Keele J/I but other than reference to the specific courses, all information is relevant: https://youtu.be/M93MDIlymDE

May 1: When enrolling in your courses, ignore EDPR 1000 G!! We are changing your enrolment requirements. You will only need to enrol in EDPR 2000 G and EDFR 2000 G.

April 30:  As promised, here is the advising package (updated July 9) that was sent to you, as well as the slide deck that we shared!!

August 18:  Welcome BEd Teacher Candidates to Year 1

How to figure out the week of August 25th with your course schedule.

  • Monday, Aug 25th Orientation – All day
  • Tuesday, August 26th EDPR 2000 In School Practicum Facilitator meetings being held in person.  Practicum Supervisors will be sending out emails to their student groups by Thursday, August 21st to share the time and room location. Please check your junk mail/spam.
  • Wednesday, August 27th Ontario College of Teacher Presentation (Virtual meeting) morning or afternoon. Schedule will be posted in EDPR2000 eCLASS.

Become familiar with these sites to help you through the first few weeks of classes.

  • Visit BEd Program Calendars at https://www.yorku.ca/edu/students/undergraduate-programs/bed-program-calendars/. Please note you will just see the course sections but not the rooms courses are held in.
  • Log into eClass at https://eclass.yorku.ca/ and look at Course Announcements and what instructors have/or will be posting. Students can turn on notifications for the course announcements that will go directly to emails. Please check the eClass Course Announcements regularly to ensure you have all recent updates.
  • Check student course schedule. Visit https://registrar.yorku.ca and then select "Plot My Timetable" under Courses & Enrolment.
  • In School Placement: Log into School Placement (PIMS) using your Passport York credentials https://practicum.edu.yorku.ca/gateway/Login.aspx and select View Profile and access Study Level 1 - EDPR XXXX to see Practicum Facilitator.

Getting to the York U. Campus

PARKING: If you are planning to drive to the campus, there is a cost for parking, and we encourage you to park at the Bennett Centre for Student Services / Admissions. The Orientation sessions are being held in the Accolade Building (west and east) across from the BCSS.

SUBWAY: If you plan to come via subway, get off at the York University station and go south and turn west onto Fine Arts Rd or off Harry Arthurs Commons.

Campus Map: https://acmaps.info.yorku.ca/files/2021/06/KEELE_Map_Colour-2018.pdf?x56546

DB = Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building on PDF map # 39
MC = McLaughlin College on PDF map # 51
WC = Winters College on PDF map # 53
YL = York Lanes on PDF map # 24
ACE = Accolade East PDF map # 92
ACW = Accolade West PDF map # 93

Feel free to ask me questions. I'm here to help! 😉