Teach and Train Pathway

INTRODUCTORY LEVEL

Career and Life 

Duration: 0.5 credit

Prerequisites: None, Required for Freshman

This course will introduce students to the skills and strategies needed to be focused, productive individuals. Emphasis is placed on goal setting, decision making, time and personal management. Development of workplace skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to be successful in various career, community and family settings will be incorporated throughout this course.

Career portfolios will be developed. 

CN1512 

TECHNICAL LEVEL

Family Studies (Child Development and Parenting) 

Duration: 0.5 credit

Prerequisites: None

The Family Studies course explores the roles and responsibilities of parents such as how society, media, technology, and diversity impact their ability to balance work and family. It also includes the development of children and parents as their earliest teacher. Parenting styles and family stages are explored as is the changing demographics which will change the face of the US family. Parenting and behavior guidance skills are strengthened through a study of positive family relationships, child abuse and neglect, safety, and health practices. Occupations related to meeting the needs of families will be analyzed. This course will promote the creation of healthy and sustainable families be they their own or those they work with.

Family Studies supports the Teaching/Training Pathway as an introductory course.

CN1505f/s 

Lifespan Development (Human Growth and Development) 

Duration: 0.5 credit

Prerequisites: None

Life Span Development prepares students for occupations associated with meeting the needs of people by learning about physical, intellectual, emotional and social development from childhood to death. In addition, this course helps students discover how individuals respond to the various stages of the life span with a strong tie to teen years, adulthood and later years.

Lifespan Development supports the Teaching/Training Pathway as an introductory course.

CN1523-12f     CN1523-12s

Teaching as a Career 

Duration: 1.0 credit Fall Semester double block

Prerequisites: Grade 11, Family Studies or Lifespan Development

Teaching Profession courses introduce students to the principles underlying teaching and learning, the responsibilities and duties of teachers, and the techniques of imparting knowledge and information. These courses typically expose students to and train them in classroom management, student behavior, leadership and human relations skills, assessment of student progress, teaching strategies, and various career opportunities in the field of education.

CN1520 

APPLICATION LEVEL

Teaching Internship 

Duration: 1.0 credit Spring Semester double block

Prerequisites: Grade 11, Teaching as a Career

Educational Methodology courses prepare students to teach and guide others. These courses typically provide opportunities for students to develop their own teaching objectives, to design lesson plans, and to experience teaching in a controlled environment. Students examine and practice teaching strategies, learning styles, time management and planning strategies, presentation and questioning skills, classroom management, and evaluation techniques.

CN1521