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Alternative Practicum

Our three-week-long Alternative Practicum provides teacher candidates with an opportunity to explore teaching and learning beyond the traditional school setting, anywhere in the world. Typically completed in March, this practicum is designed to align with a teacher candidate's concentration goals while offering valuable experience in a setting that supports their professional interests. Teacher candidates are encouraged to seek placements outside of a school setting. Alternative practicums have a minimum requirement of 90 hours. 

 

Zoe smiles at the camera. She is stilling in front of a window that is bright with sunlight. She has long dark, straight hair.

The Environmental Education Experience: Zoe Sulisz Builds Kinships at Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Centre

Juliette Silveira - Sep 18, 2025

Jennifer, with long shiny black hair is smiling at the camera.

Inspired by ITEP: Jennifer Fraser’s Beautiful Memories at That Blue Barn

Juliette Silveira - Aug 12, 2025

Maya Davidson holding a large fish in the snow

Teaching, Learning, and Growing in the North: Maya’s Northern Practicum Experience

Meredith Stapon (Teach for Canada) - Apr 16, 2025

A black woman posing in front of a pagoda

Student Experience: Wesberlyne Avril's Alternative Practicum in Korea

Oct 04, 2023

Amy Newnham smiles at camera in Hawaii while on Alt-Prac

Student Spotlight: Amy Newnham - Outdoor and Experiential Education Alum

Aug 03, 2023

Jenny smiling in a classic alleyway

Reflections on the IAP during COVID-19

By Jenny Cui - Sep 11, 2020

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Student Experiences: Alternative Practicum is Unforgettable

By: Emily Kirk - Jan 30, 2019

Brooke smiling at camera while look out on a mountain landscape

Student Experiences: Alt Prac at Banff National Park

By Brooke Jones - Jun 12, 2018