Focus on the Field - BONUS Conversations

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Full conversations from the Focus on the Field series. Join teacher educators, researchers, preservice teachers and their mentors as we explore current issues, challenges and opportunities surrounding this core component of learning to teach.

  1. 08/25/2022

    Communication and Feedback—Jeff Turner

    We've heard throughout this series about the importance of communication. Jeff Turner is a Sessional Instructor at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. He also acts as a university advisor for student teachers and mentors in the teacher education program. In this conversation, we explore the importance of strong, honest and open communication throughout the practicum experience. Some great insights and strategies!

  2. 08/23/2022

    Coaching and Mentoring in the Teacher Practicum—Dawn Burleigh & Connor Kopp

    Connor Kopp is a recent graduate from the teacher education program at the University of Lethbridge. Dawn Burleigh was Connor's faculty consultant/mentor. In this conversation, Connor and Dawn share insights and perspective on the teacher education practicum, the importance of mentorship and the journey into the teaching profession.

  3. 08/23/2022

    The Teaching Quality Standard—Elders Jerry and Jo-Ann Saddleback

    Jerry and Jo-Ann Saddleback are educators and elders from Treaty 6 Territory. They joined me to talk about the Teaching Quality Standard and, in particular, how educators might approach Competency No. 5: "A teacher applies Foundational Knowledge about First Nations, Métis and Inuit for the benefit of all students" Elders Jerry and Jo-Ann share important information about their community's view of child development, the importance learning from elders and knowledge keepers and understanding the protocols around approaching elders and knowledge keepers.

  4. 08/23/2022

    The Teaching Quality Standard—Jason Schilling

    Jason Schilling is the current president of the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA). In this episode, Jason places the Teaching Quality Standard (TQS) in the context of his own teaching career, but also reflects on the importance of the TQS for professional learning and conversations.

  5. 08/23/2022

    The Teaching Quality Standard—Paul McLeod

    Paul McLeod is Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources for St. Albert Public Schools in Alberta. He has intimate knowledge of Alberta's Teaching Quality Standard and, in this conversation, reflects on the development of the TQS, what it means for individual teachers and how it has changed the way that educators talk about their work in Alberta. A very passionate conversation!

  6. 08/23/2022

    The Teaching Quality Standard—Francine Zhou Yuheng

    Francine Zhou Yuheng is a newly-minted teacher and graduate of the teacher education program from University of Alberta. In this conversation about Alberta's Teaching Quality Standard, Francine speaks enthusiastically and thoughtfully about what the TQS has meant in her teacher education program and how she views the Standard as she moves into her career.

  7. 08/22/2022

    Students Who Struggle—Laura Morel

    Laura Morel is an experienced Cooperating Teacher with the Calgary Catholic District School Board. In this episode, we hear about the practicum experience from the perspective of the mentor teacher. We talk about what it's like to welcome another adult into the classroom, the important school-university partnership and we finish up with some advice for new mentor teachers.

  8. 08/22/2022

    Students Who Struggle—Dave Halase

    Dave Halase is a Practicum Advisor at St. Mary's University, Alberta. In what is, arguably, the most entertaining conversations to date, Dave offers some rather poignant insights on what it takes to make a smoother transition between the teacher practicum experience and full-time practice.

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