Graduate Studies
Short-Term Non-Credit Programs
Field Programs in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University offers non-credit learning opportunities for experienced educators. The focus for each program is developed collaboratively in response to needs identified within a district or districts. Needs often arise from policy and curricular changes or the desire to improve educational services in specific areas.
Field Programs will:
- meet with district representatives
- collaboratively develop the program
- develop advertising
- identify appropriate instructors/mentors
- provide liaison with instructor and district representatives
- monitor program implementation
The school district will:
- identify local needs
- meet with Field Programs staff to design program framework
- provide instructional space
- distribute advertising throughout the district
- coordinate registration
- reimburse Field Programs for services provided
Possible opportunities:
- Aboriginal Perspectives
- English Language Arts (Literacy)
- Special Education
- Behaviour Management
- English as a Second Language
- Education Technology/ICT
- Second Languages (Punjabi, Chinese, Mandarin, First Nations)
- Personal Planning & Career and Personal Planning
- Pro-D for French Immersion, francophone or FSL teachers
- Science
- Mathematics
- Social Studies
- Critical Thinking
- Student Assessment
Frameworks for in-service design:
Non-credit programs, totalling 15 to 20 contact hours, are offered in a variety of formats:
- four to six non-credit sessions (evening or weekend)
- three- to five-day summer institutes
- one- or two-day conferences with a two- to three-session follow-up
- other possible formats to accommodate district needs
Requests may come from a single district or from a group of districts. All sessions would be offered off-campus, hosted by the sponsoring district or region.
For further information about non-credit possibilities, please contact our Inservice Coordinator Marlowe Irvine.
For information regarding French Immersion or Second Language non-credit workshops, please contact our French Inservice Faculty Associate Luba Banuke .
