NEW AFTER-DEGREE PARTNERSHIP WITH YUKON NATIVE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
Photo Above ( L-R ): Back row : Xia Ji ( Fac of Ed ), Shauneen Pete ( Fac of Ed / Indigenization ), Tina Jules ( YNTEP ), Janice Thompson ( SUNTEP ), Kristina Lee ( Fac of Ed ), Wendy Campbell ( Fac of Ed ), Russell Fayant ( SUNTEP ), Mark Connell ( YNTEP ); Front row : Carol Shi ( Fac of Ed ), Nicole Glas ( Fac of Ed ), January Hutchison ( Fac of Ed ), Rechel Leonard ( Fac of Ed ), Dean Jennifer Tupper ( Fac of Ed ), Tamela Friesen ( Fac of Ed ), and Val Mulholland ( Fac of Ed ).
From November 23 to 27 , Yukon Native Teacher Education Program ( YNTEP ) representatives , Tina Jules ( Coordinator / Faculty Advisor ) and Mark Connell ( YNTEP Faculty Advisor ), visited the University of Regina campus to discuss plans for renewed education programming and a new community-based Elementary Education After Degree Program ( BEAD ) offered in partnership with the University of Regina .
Tina and Jules met with Dr . Val Mulholland ( Associate Dean , Student Services and Undergraduate Programs , Faculty of Education ) and Student Program Centre ( SPC ) staff , Nicole Glas ( SPC Manager ), Carol Shi ( Assistant to the Associate Dean ), and Wendy Campbell ( Program Assistant – TEP Programs / Timetable ); Dean Jennifer Tupper ; Dr . Shauneen Pete ( Executive Lead , Indigenization ); and Dr . Xia Ji ( Director of Field Experiences and Professional Development ) as well as Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program ( SUNTEP ) Janice Thompson ( Coordinator ), to iron out details for the new and renewed programs .
With a full schedule , Tina and Mark also met with Dr . Angelina Weenie ( First Nations University ), Dr . Michael Cappello ( ECS Courses ), and attended the JFEC . ( Joint Field Experience Committee ) comprised of stakeholders , including southern SK school divisions , Ministry ,
SUNTEP , STF , Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board , and the Faculty of Education . JFEC meets semi-annually to review and to consult on policy governing field experiences in teacher education .
Jules and Connell also visited the Métis settlement at Lebret with SUNTEP faculty Russell Fayant , Janice Thompson , and Knowledge Keeper Irma Taylor , and consequently revised one of their field courses based on the visit that day . The group also enjoyed the screening of the film , The Pass System , at the University of Regina , which YNTEP hopes to bring to the Yukon .
Though much was accomplished in terms of programming through the visit , in her farewell speech , Tina spoke of the value of the relationships that have been formed as a result of the collaboration .
In a recent Yukon College news release , Dean Jennifer Tupper is quoted saying , “ We deeply value our longstanding relationship with Yukon College in teacher education and are thrilled to partner with them on the delivery of the after degree program . We are proud of the many ways our education grads are and will contribute positively to the communities across Yukon in which they work .”
Faculty of Education Education News Fall 2015 / Winter 2016 Page 15