When: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 | 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: UBC First Nations Longhouse, 1985 West Mall
The Association of British Columbia Deans of Education (ABCDE) and the Aboriginal Working Group invite you to attend a symposium on Aboriginal Student Recruitment and Retention in Teacher Education.
This one-day symposium engages participants in:
- Group dialogues that focus on access and recruitment policies and practices that support Aboriginal student recruitment and retention.
- Presentations from Indigenous pre-service teachers and early career educators with attention to creating successful completion experiences.
- Strategizing partnerships to support Aboriginal student recruitment in teacher education.
- Sharing innovative practices and curriculum concerning that support all pre-service teachers and faculty/instructor/staff development to engage with Indigenous perspectives, content, and approaches.
Teacher Education staff, student coordinators, faculty, instructors, administrators, recruiters, and educational government, organization and community leaders are encouraged to attend.
Please register: nitep.educ@ubc.ca
Light refreshments and lunch will be served.
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