CONT773: Senior Biology
The Senior Science–Biology AQ will help you feel prepared to create an inclusive and welcoming environment, to meet your diverse class of Senior Science students where they are, to engage them, and to help them succeed. Through analysis of the curriculum and other Ministry documents and exploration of student-centred teaching strategies including labs, you’ll develop culturally responsive and inclusive activities and a variety of assessment and evaluation tools, rubrics, and success criteria for use in your classroom practice. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to approach Senior Biology teaching through a holistic lens, and you’ll leave with either an outline for a Senior Biology course or a detailed plan for a full Senior Biology unit.
Learning Outcomes
What You Will Learn and Do
In this course you’ll have the opportunity to
- understand, analyze, and evaluate the Senior Biology curriculum document, with a focus on curriculum expectations and learner assessment and evaluation
- create a variety of differentiated teaching and learning resources for Senior Biology
- apply principles of equity and inclusion and culturally responsive pedagogy in the Senior Biology classroom
- apply the OCT Standards of Practice and Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession to the teaching practice
- analyze and apply Growing Success to inform assessment and evaluation in Senior Biology
- plan for and apply lab safety
- collaborate with colleagues and engage in professional dialogue and resource sharing
Assessments
Module 1
Creating an Inclusive Biology Classroom
Module 2
Instructional and Planning Strategies
Progress Update 1
Module 3
Student-Centred Approaches
Module 4
Biology Labs
Progress Update 2
Module 5
Descriptive Feedback and Formative Assessment
Module 6
Assessment and Evaluation
Progress Update 3
Module 7
Course Culminating Task
Final Report