EU453
August Professional Teaching Orientation Week
0.0 Credit - Summer session

Teacher Education Candidates (TECs) start their education careers at Laurier with a mandatory Professional Teaching Orientation Week (PTOW) experience before classes begin. They meet other students and instructors, participate in interactive team-building activities, tour the campus, train on their laptop, become acquainted with their Professional Development School (PDS), and learn about other resources at Laurier. TECs experience their first PDS Field Days during PTOW. This enables them to immediately begin the process of integrating their on-campus, academic learning with their professional, school-based experiences.

Teacher Education Candidates (TECs) attend the mandatory Professional Teaching Orientation Week (PTOW) again at the start of Year Two. They meet new Year One students and instructors, participate in interactive team-building activities, and provide support and guidance for the new Year One TECs. Year Two TECs experience their first PDS Field Days at their new PDS to become acquainted with the site and begin building professional relationships as they immediately begin to integrate their on-campus, academic learning with their professional, school-based experiences.