Technological Education Fall/Winter option  

Complete and submit all requirements listed in items 1-7 below.

The Fall/Winter program option runs from the beginning of September to the end of April. Teacher candidates spend about half their time in classes at Queen’s Faculty of Education, and half their time in schools observing and teaching in classrooms. Our Practicum Office determines the candidates’ practicum assignments.

Technological Education Internship option

Complete and submit all requirements as listed in items 1-9 below.

The Internship program is for applicants who have prior teaching experience.  The program option begins in July of the first summer (Summer I).  Interns will take classes on campus for 6 weeks. They will then return to their paid teaching positions during the regular academic year (Fall/Winter terms), while taking on-line courses with Queen’s.  In July of the second (and normally subsequent) summer (Summer II), they return to Queen’s to finish course work for 4 weeks in order to complete the Education program requirements.

Between Summer I and II, interns are expected to teach in their broad-based technology subject area in an Ontario secondary school. Interns must submit proof of employment with their application. To meet the regulations, interns must teach 5 out of 6 courses over the fall and winter semesters in school in their broad-based technology subject area. Admission to Summer II is dependent upon successful completion of Summer I and a full year of paid teaching in one’s broad-based technology subject area.

Applicants are welcome to apply to both program routes but should rank their choices. Only one offer will be made. The Education Registrar will make every attempt to make an offer of admission for the applicant’s first preference. No further changes will be considered once the summer internship program begins.

Applicants entering without an undergraduate degree who complete Technological Education are awarded a Diploma in Education (DipEd). Those entering with an undergraduate degree and who complete the program option are awarded a Bachelor of Education degree (BEd). The same courses are taken in both the BEd and the DipEd programs. 

Holders of the Diploma in Education who later submit to the Education Registrar proof of having been granted an acceptable degree (i.e., by submission of a university transcript indicating that the degree has been conferred) will be awarded a Bachelor of Education degree. In order for the undergraduate degree to be considered in this process, the undergraduate degree must have no transfer credit that was counted toward the program requirements for the DipEd.

To help guide you in describing how the type of work reflects the Broad-Based Technology curriculum teaching subjects, please refer to the following links:
a) To Which Broad-based Technology Subject Area Should I Apply?
b) The Technological Education Information Package describes the different courses in the broad-based technologies, Grades 9-12.

Admission Requirements for Technological Education:

Academic

One of:

a) Minimum five (5) years* of wage-earning experience, including business or industrial experience, where the applicant used skills and knowledge in the area of Technological Education selected for his/her Broad-based Technology; OR

b) At least two (2) years* of wage-earning experience and successful completion of a postsecondary education program in the area of Technological Education selected for his/her Broad-based Technology.  The postsecondary education program must be a minimum of six (6) semesters of academic studies where the experience and education use the applicant’s skills and knowledge in their Broad-based Technology. OR

c) A combination of wage-earning experience and education that totals five (5) years*, of which at least two (2) years* must be  wage-earning experience in their Broad-based Technology and at least four (4) months in this two years must be continuous.

Proof of Competency

Applicants to Technological Education must provide proof of competency in their same broad-based technology area to which they are applying in order to teach. This proof is a combination of both academic background and work experience in the same broad-based technology.

Examples of activities that are not counted towards your skilled wage-earning experience are teaching, supervisory functions, management activities, customer service, sales activities, etc. Activities such as these cannot be counted even if they require knowledge of the broad-based technology area.

Proof of competence in the broad-based technology subject area to which application is made, as follows:
• a minimum of 2 years of related** postsecondary skilled work and/or wage-earning experience or
• an acceptable combination of related academic studies and related skilled work and/or wage-earning experience

**"Related" means:
1. in the same area of trade certification, and
2. in the same broad-based technology subject area where the applicant is seeking qualification

Required Academic/Work Experience Combinations
Qualifications and assessments of individual academic/experience combinations are made by the Faculty.

Academic Background	Proof of related postsecondary skilled work and/or wage-earning experience
Related university degree	A minimum of 2 years
Related college diploma (3 years)	A minimum of 2 years
Related college diploma (2 years)	3 years
1 year of a 2-3 year related college diploma	4 years
Tradesperson (Secondary School Graduation Diploma)	5 years

*Please note that 1 year equals 1850 hours

 

Application Requirements for Both Fall/Winter and Intern options

All Fall/Winter Technological Education applicants must submit items 1 – 7.
All Internship Technological Education applicants must submit items 1 – 9.

1.  Online Application	Submit an online application through OUAC/TEAS.
2.  Personal Statement of Experience	Complete and submit the online Personal Statement of Experience through the Queen's website. Paper, email, and/or fax submissions are not accepted.
3.  Secondary and Post-Secondary School Transcripts	Arrange for transcripts from BOTH secondary school and postsecondary school(s) to be sent to the Education Registrar.   Note that through the OUAC/TEAS application, applicants can request (only) postsecondary transcripts from most Ontario postsecondary institutions, to be sent directly to Queen’s Education Registrar. If your postsecondary institution does not offer transcript requests through OUAC/TEAS, you must contact the institution to request the postsecondary transcripts be sent directly from the institution to Queen’s. We only accept postsecondary transcripts sent DIRECTLY to Queen’s Education Registrar from that issuing institution. Applicants must also arrange for their secondary school transcripts to be sent directly from the school or school board to Queen’s.   ALL Technological Education applicants must have either a secondary school diploma (OSSD) or equivalent* or college diploma (if applying for the Diploma in Education) or a university degree (if applying for the Bachelor of Education). * Some possible equivalencies to the secondary school diploma are: • Ontario High School Equivalency Certificate (the GED) OR • Completion of a 1 year (full-time) of a 2 or 3-year College diploma program where grade 12 (or equivalent) was the admission requirement
4. Resume	The résumé should provide a clear and concise overview of both (a) your academic background, and (b) work experience. (a) Academic background Specify the highest grade of secondary school attained and any postsecondary education, including start and end dates, and diplomas, degrees, and certificates or trade licenses received. (b) Work experience This should include employer names, start and end dates of work, and a brief description of the position held. Relevant work experience is that which clearly reflects the Broad-based Technological subject area to which application has been made.
5. Trade Licenses	Submit copies of trade licenses (if applying to teach a regulated trade). To teach in any of the regulated trades such as Automotive (Transportation), Electrical (Construction), Hairstyling (Estheticians must hold a Hairstyling trade certificate if applying to Hairstyling and Aesthetics) within the Broad-based Technological Education areas, the applicant must hold a valid trade license. Please send copies of your Certificate(s) of Qualification and/or Certificate(s) of Apprenticeship. If you are accepted to the Faculty, we will request that you bring in these original documents for validation by the Education Registrar’s Office on your first day of classes.
6. Letters of Wage Earning Experience	Details
7. Applicant Information Sheet	Complete the Technological Education applicant information sheet.

8. Principal's Evaluation Form	Submit the Principal's Evaluation Form. Please have each principal you’ve worked with complete and send in the form Principal's Evaluation Form.
9. Letters Confirming Teaching Experience	Submit letter(s) from the school board and any other supporting documents to confirm your teaching experience. The letter(s) must include the course codes, course titles, number of sections, and the academic year and semester in which you taught.

 

All documents submitted become property of the Education Registrar’s Office; they cannot and will not be returned. Successful applicants will require the same documentation to be forwarded to the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) when they apply to become a member of the OCT. (The Ontario College of Teachers is the organization that grants you a Certificate of Qualification, your ‘ticket’ to teach in Ontario schools.) Do not mail documents that you cannot replace.

All supplemental documentation should be sent, by regular mail, to:

Education Registrar, Faculty of Education
Duncan McArthur Hall, Room A112
511 Union St., Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario K7M 5R7

Only fully-completed applications will be assessed.