Online Practicum Registration - 2012-2013

For candidates coming into the Final Year of Concurrent Education or the Consecutive BEd program only

Frequently Asked Questions

To assist the Practicum Office in finding a placement, you must:

1. Register for your practicum online.

2. Obtain a Police Check that includes a Vulnerable Sector Screening. 

2012-2013 Practicum Dates

A proposed format change for the 2012-2013 BEd program is currently being put forth for approval.  Format A below is the current BEd program format for 2012-2013, and Format B is the proposed BEd format for 2012-2013.  The approved format will be posted on or before May 1, 2012.

 

Format A

 

Candidates in the 2012-2013 BEd/DipEd program are required to complete a twelve week practicum that is divided into three (3) teaching blocks (normally all within the same Associate School).

Practicum Block One - October 9 - November 2, 2012 (4 weeks) (October 8 - Thanksgiving)

Practicum Block Two - November 26 - December 21, 2012 (4 weeks)

Practicum Block Three - February 11 - March 8, 2013 (4 weeks) (February 18 - Family Day)

Alternative Practicum - March 18 - April 5, 2013 (3 weeks) (March 29 - Good Friday)

Format B

 

Candidates in the 2012-2013 BEd/DipEd program are required to complete a ten week practicum that is divided into two (2) teaching blocks (normally both within the same Associate School).

Practicum Block One - October 9 - November 16, 2012 (6 weeks) (October 8 - Thanksgiving)

Practicum Block Two - February 11 - March 8, 2013 (4 weeks) (February 18 - Family Day)

Alternative Practicum - March 11 - 28, 2013 (3 weeks) (Includes March Break; March 29 - Good Friday)

1. On-line Registration Form

Deadline — April 20, 2012. You must complete your Practicum Registration on-line. (Late offers of admission can register on-line upon accepting the offer.)

• Registration Form Template - Before registering for your practicum online, download the PDF version of the on-line forms, review them, and gather all the information you will need for the on-line registration (do not send hard copies).

• On-line Registration Form — NB: You may receive a security alert. It is safe to ignore this alert and proceed with the registration process. For security reasons, once you begin registration on-line, you must finish it; you will not be able to return to the on-line forms later.

Note for WebCT users: On-line registration does not work through WebCT. You can register on-line through any web browser as long as it is NOT through WebCT

Maps of Available School Districts

• Public School Map
• Catholic School Map

Each Teacher Candidate requires a Police Check that includes a “Vulnerable Sector Screening” in order to work with children in schools.  This record must be verified for authenticity by the Faculty of Education, prior to starting a practicum in a school.  You are required to bring your original Police Check that indicates a negative "Vulnerable Sector Screening" to the Faculty of Education for your first PROF 190/191 class.   Please read the following information very carefully!

Apply for a Police Check that includes a “Vulnerable Sector Screening”, through the Police Department in the city/town in which you are residing at the time of application.  The "current/home" address on the application must be in the same area as the Police Department to which you are applying.  This must be started after May 1, 2012 so your Police Check will be no more than 6 months old prior to starting the first practicum block in October. 

Some Police Departments will require Queen's Faculty of Education to complete a "Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information" form as the agency requiring the Police Check.  If your home Police Department requires this, please send the documentation (with your sections of the form completed) to the Education Registrar's Office with a self-addressed stamped envelope. The Education Registrar's Office will complete the sections of the form required of the Faculty and return the document to you in the provided envelope. 

Candidates applying for a Police Check through the Toronto Police Department need a signed “Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information” form as we are registered with them as an Agency of Record.  Email the Practicum Office practicum.office@queensu.ca for this form.  It must be printed on "legal sized" paper for the Toronto Police Department to accept it.

In some instances, a Teacher Candidate may be required to have their fingerprints taken prior to having a Vulnerable Sector Screening processed.  This is due to the gender and a date of birth or last name matching a person in the Sexual Offenders database.  The fingerprinting process is needed in order to eliminate you as the person in the database.  The fingerprint process can take up to 4 months for results to be released to the Police Department in order for the Vulnerable Sector Screening to proceed.

If you have resided in another country for more than one year, you must also get a Police Check that includes a Vulnerable Sector Screening, from that country.  If the out-of-country Police Check is documented in another language, you must then have it translated to English. 

Bring the original copy of the Police Check with you in September.  You will be asked for it in your first PROF 190/191 class, and it will be returned to you in the same class during the last week in September.