The Department of EC/ELE/MLE and the Department of Secondary Education and Foundations, Eastern Illinois University, are proud to offer a study abroad experience to enable undergraduate and graduate teacher education candidates to interact, communicate, and reflect with teachers and children in multicultural and multilingual, international school settings.  The host country, Canada, and the city of Toronto, Ontario, are known for excellent, innovative international education programs.  Toronto offers exceptional cultural diversity and a safe, clean, and beautiful cosmopolitan environment. 

York University has an enrollment of 40,000 students with 2000 in the B.Ed. program. York U. Faculty of Education maintains partnerships with exemplary schools throughout the city.  EIU travelers will participate with educators and children and youth in these model schools! Directors of international programs for the Faculty of Education at York coordinate the EIU Toronto for Teachers program.  Workshops and tours of schools and neighborhoods for mind-expanding introductions to the global cultures of the city are provided. Curriculum opportunities include ESL and ELL, special education, balanced literacy, equity education, French immersion, religious accommodations, school for the arts, secondary technical, secondary collegiate institutes, community involvement, and much more!


In this environment of international education, EIU credits can be earned from the following selection of courses:

EDF2555, Diversity of Schools and Societies, 2 credits
ELE3350, Language Arts in the Elementary School, 2 credits (Block I)*
ELE5650, (Graduate) Language Arts Methods*
STG4000, Multicultural/Disabilities Practicum, 1 credit*
EIU4107G, Senior Seminar: The Idea of the University: Yesterday and Today, 3 credits
EIU4105G, Senior Seminar: Controversial Issues in Education, 3 credits
ELE4741, SED4741, ELE5990, Independent Study, 1-3 credits,
ISEP units -- see Mrs. Paulson*

Eligibility for all Toronto for Teachers coursework requires an up to date criminal background check filed in the dean's office.
* asterisk indicates coursework for those who have a passing score on the Basic Skills test and who have been admitted to teacher education. Toronto for Teachers is approved for a minimum of 1 credit of coursework to a maximum of 4 credits.

Dr. Rose Gong, Secondary Education and Foundations, and Dr. Dan Carter and Judy Barford, Department of EC/ELE/MLE, will be your instructors and co-directors,Toronto for Teachers, 2012.


Your Toronto program includes:

• York University sponsored workshops on multicultural curriculum. ELL/ESL, equity, creative dramatics
  
• City and university tours.
• Three full days in your personal placement classroom in a Toronto District School Board school.
• ML Blue Jays Baseball at the Rogers Center
• Weekend excursion: Niagara Falls day trip                                                                                                                  including Niagara-on-the-Lake and an Ontario vineyard and winery.
• Free time and your own TTC pass.

Housing will be private rooms at the 45 Willcocks Residence on the University of Toronto downtown campus. This ideal location puts the EIU group close to several placement schools and to many downtown cultural attractions.

 
Program fee for 2012: $2110.  Includes round trip airfare, airport to dorm transportation, your personal TTC pass for all Toronto city transportation, excursions, some meals, housing at U. of T., all York University program events and tours,  school placement fees, and your TDSB identification card.  EIU tuition is not included.  Program fee and tuition payment is due in August 2012.
Note: EIU Study Abroad Toronto site, gives you maximum cost estimates for the trip: $2110 program fee plus tuition and fees for maximum credit hours (4).