TEACHER EDUCATION

UCFV hosts the Simon Fraser University Professional Development Program (PDP) in partnership with SFU, and the Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, and Fraser-Cascade school districts. This PDP module is located at UCFV, but is offered and administered by SFU. Over the next few years, UCFV will take increasing responsibility for the program, culminating in an independently certified Teacher Education Program (TEP).
    The UCFV module, located at the Chilliwack campus, consists of 32 students led by an instructional team of two faculty associates (seconded from local school districts), a faculty member and a coordinator.
    Over the course of 12 months, students will complete education courses and will be placed as student teachers in classrooms in Fraser Valley school districts. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be recommended to the B.C. College of Teachers for the British Columbia Professional Teaching Certificate.
    Once UCFV takes full responsibility for the Teacher Education Program, preference will be given to students with background and interest in the areas of greatest current need in B.C.’s school districts, which may include business education, chemistry, computing science, French language and literature, mathematics, and physics, all at the intermediate and secondary levels.
    UCFV students who have completed a bachelor’s degree in a teachable subject or subjects may apply to SFU’s PDP. The deadline for the program starting in September is January 15. Students may indicate a preference for the UCFV module during the application process. To find out more about entrance requirements and a program outline, consult the Simon Fraser University calendar, or check the SFU PDP webpage
at www.educ.sfu.ca/pdp/admissions/. To view a list of frequently asked questions about the program
(and their answers) please see www.ucfv.ca/stuserv/education/home.htm

For more information
For further information on admission requirements to the SFU Professional Development Program, please make an appointment with an educational advisor by calling UCFV Student Services at 604-854-4528 or
604-795-2808. You may also contact Allan McNeill, UCFV’s acting Teacher Education Program coordinator, for more information (allan.mcneill@ucfv.ca or 604-854-4555).
 

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