| Queen's University Faculty of Education | |
| Affiliation: | Queen's University at Kingston |
| Type: | Faculty |
| Dean: | Rebecca Luce-Kapler |
| Academic Staff: | 117 |
| City: | Kingston |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Country: | Canada |
The Faculty of Education at the Queen's University at Kingston in Canada was founded in 1907. Over 23,000 teachers and education professionals have graduated from the Faculty since 1907. The Faculty is located at Duncan McArthur Hall, an integrated educational complex that provides teaching and learning facilities, support services, and administrative offices under one roof on West Campus.
Queen's first Faculty of Education was founded in 1907, but it was closed in 1920 when the training of teachers in Ontario was centralized in Toronto. The present Faculty dates from 1965, when the province approved Duncan McArthur College, a Queen's-affiliated college temporarily located at 131 Union Street (now the site of Stauffer Library).
Named after Duncan McArthur, the former head of Queen's History Department who became Ontario's Minister of Education, the College registered its first 40 students in the 1968-1969 academic year under the deanship of Queen's alumnus Vernon Ready.
By 1971, the college was renamed the Faculty of Education to clarify its relationship to Queen's and moved to its present home in Duncan McArthur Hall on West Campus.
Programs
Concurrent Education: One Program, Two bachelor's degrees at the same time. A five-year + 1 summer term program for secondary school graduates. In years 1-4, students complete Education courses and in-school placements concurrently with courses in their four-year undergraduate degree. The entire fifth year of study is spent completing the Bachelor of Education in three successive terms, from September to August. Most other faculties of education offer their program in six years, with typical fall and winter semesters.
Consecutive Education: A second bachelor's degree. The new successive term program for university graduates starts in May and ends in August of the following year. Most other faculties of education will offer their program over two years, with typical fall and winter semesters.
Concentrations
Concentrations are offered to both Primary-Junior and Intermediate-Senior teacher candidates (Concurrent Education students complete concentration courses in their final year).
By combining a Focus course, an Educational Studies course, and the Alternative Practicum, teacher candidates can tailor their program to their interests and form a concentration in areas such as:
The Diploma in Education is for those with a secondary school diploma. Similar to the Bachelor’s program with the exception of the admission requirements, the Diploma in Education prepares candidates for teacher certification only in the following concentrations.
Programs are administered by the Queen's School of Graduate Studies. Major fields of study include curriculum studies, cognitive studies and cultural and policy studies. Both master's and doctoral programs are available.
The Graduate Diploma and Professional Master of Education are accredited part-time programs designed for current teachers and education professionals who wish to improve their professional practice and/or take their careers to the next level. These programs will help improve inquiry, decision-making, team and leadership skills.
To accommodate work schedules, the courses are 7 weeks in summer and 10 weeks in fall and winter.
There are two options: students can enroll in the graduate diploma program & then decide whether to apply to the professional master's or they can enroll directly in the professional master's degree program.
Additional qualification and professional development courses for teachers provide opportunities for career advancement in education.