Future
Celebrating Students
Diane Howe was presented with the William Aberhart gold medal in Education at the Spring 2010 Convocation. She is thankful to have had the opportunity to complete the five year Education program. Now teaching Grade 7, she is “daily reaping the rewards” of having been enrolled in a quality program. Lisa Jensen is deeply honoured to be recognized by the Faculty of Education through the presentation of the prestigious Gold Medal for demonstrating exceptional levels of academic excellence. “The Faculty of Education has an amazing program, with excellent professors and top-quality students.”
“Students are not just numbers in a classroom they are individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and expectations. As a teacher, my role is to access this diversity so it can enhance the learning experience. Teaching is about nurturing students to become critical and self-reflective thinkers;
The Faculty of Education is pleased to welcome two of our newest graduate study instructors – provisional psychologist and lecturer Jennifer Thanhausser joins the Master of Counselling program; and Carmen Mombourquette comes to the MEd Leadership program after serving as head of Toronto’s Northmount School for Boys.
the world to a teacher. The teacher must be confident about his own abilities as the task before him is
providing the opportunity to
monumental, nothing short
grow beyond the limits they
of helping to shape lives. In
once thought possible.”
the same vein, developing
Jennifer Thanhausser Faculty of Education
The Future Looks Bright
“The word confidence means
that same sense of confidence in students and their abilities becomes for the teacher, the evidence of success.” Carmen Mombourquette Faculty of Education Th e Le g acy |
2010
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