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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
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SENATE UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS BOARD
To
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Subject.
COURSE CHALLENGE FOR EDUC 405
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Date...
JUNE 19, 1.975
MOTION:
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"That Senate approve that Education 405 be made
available for course challenge for students with
a minimum of one years approved teaching
experience at a level corresponding to grades taught in
the B.C. public school system, and subject to the
following:
1.
Applications for course challenge will be
considered according to the generally established
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requirements and procedures;
2.
Students will be allowed to register in course
challenge for Education 405 only while registered
in EDUC 401/402;
3.
Course challenge credit for EDUC 405 will not be granted
until successful completion of EDIJC 401/402;
4.
The maximum amount of credit allowable through a
combination of course challenge and transfer credit
for those who are successful in challenging EDUC 405
shall be 75 hours rather than the normal 60 hours."
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If the proposal is approved, details of course drops
and fee refunds are to be arranged between the Faculty
of Education and the Registrar's Office.
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At its meeting of 22nd May, the Senate Under-
graduate Admissions Board discussed the proposal from the Faculty
of Education that Education 405 be made available for course
challenge for students with a minimumof one year's approved
teaching experience at a level corresponding to grades taught in
the B.C. public school system.
The representative of the Faculty of Education
indicated that it was the intent of the Faculty to give individuals
who are teaching in the public school system on letters of permission
or in the private school system and who would not otherwise be able
to do so to acquire credit for Education 405 by the mechanism of,
course challenge. During
disc1
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sion
of this proposal, some members
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of the Committee expressed the view that a more appropriato mechanism
would be to grant transfer credit rather
than
course challen
ge
credit
for this purpose; but it was emphasized that this would be-contrary
to the University's intent in allowing transfer credit and course
challenge credit since the former was based on course work at
another institution while the latter was based on experiences outside
the college or university
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setting.
During discussion of this proposal, the Board
agreed to add the following requirements and procedures to those
set out in the attached documentation
1.
Students will be allowed to register in course challenge
for Education 405 only while registered in Education 401/
402.
2.
Course challenge credit for Education 405 will not be
granted until completion of Education 401/402.
3.
It was emphasized that, if this proposal is approved,
it would be necessary to increase the amount of credit
allowable through a combination of course challenge
and transfer credit from sixty to seventy-five hours.
It was therefore agreed that such a provision would be
regarded as an exception to apply only to those students
who are successful in challenging Education 405.
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4. It was indicated that details of course drops and fee
refunds were to be arranged between the Faculty of
Education and the Registrar's Office if this proposal
is accepted.
With the additions indicated in 1, 2 and 3 above,
this proposal is now forwarded to Senate for its consideration, with
the Committee's recommendation that it be approved
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To Al an MacMi Ian, Secretary,
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Subod. Course Cha 1. 1.cnge for Fduc. '105
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May s,
At its meeting of March 17, 1975 the acul t.y of Iducat.i on passed the
foil owing motion:
'that Education ?
405 he mde
a
available for course c.hn I lciigc
for students with a ml nimuin of one
y
ear' s aprovod teach I ng
eXperience at a 1 e
y
c.1 correspond i n to r;idc taught in the
BC. pl I csc.hool sySten).
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COU1'SC
dui I I c'nc
w:i 11 1)0
conS dered accord!ng to
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st;ihl ,j shod reI1I rCnleIlt
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a'id
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procedures."
I have attached a copy of the Faculty of Eiducat.i on paper FE 75 - 14
which
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sots out
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the
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rcqui
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present
and procedures
tb i s motion
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Senate
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Undergraduate Adm:i ss i ons B08"(1 on cur beha 1 f.
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FACULTY or Twm'ATION
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MOTION: That 1ducati0fl 40S be made availahe for course
a1lengt' for students with a
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.n!rium of one
ei r;ipproved t
each
i ng experienc
e
3t
a 1 evC 1
correspond i ng to
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r ad s taught i n the
pub 1
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c school svs t
App I ica t i cus for con rse cha1 1 eng
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COIISidC
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aCC.OIdIRg to the
rcqUire11Rflts
and
proccth1
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set out below.
REQU I. Rhi1LN IS
1.
A minimum of one years ppr'v.d teaching
expeii.CflCC at a level corresponding to gradcs
taught in the B.C.
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would normally be taken to mean
Coll tifltlOtis full
t iiflC Cfl
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a t CaChCI with respon sib ii. i ty
for a class of pupils.
2.
App Ii cation for course ch I lenge fc r Educa t ion
405 not latel' than the end of the second week of
Education 401.
3.
L:'tters of recommendation from at least two
persons able to make informed jUdgemCflts about
the quality of the students prior reaching
experience.
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4. Strong recomendati0n
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from school and faculty
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associates during Education 401.
S. Approval of the Director of Professional, Prog
PROCEDURES:
1.
Students
admitted to the P.D.. who meet
the reqtiren1flt listed above will,be given a'
opportunitY to
apply for course c'a1lenC before the
end of the second week of LducatiDfl 401.
2.
School and faculty associates will be as1ed
to make a recommendation on the course chal lenge
based on the qual i
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ty' of stuets
dn
teaching during
Education 401.
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Students may be required to take
slightly .
greater r
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esosibil
pn
ity for teaching than
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wou 1(1 normally be the case for
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Cli
t s in
Education 401.
3.
The Director of Professional Programs or his
designate
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cpa re a repo i t on t he course
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of two
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obser vat i oiu of the s
tlIdcn t
s teach i n' dur i nc'
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Will
he
sought b
y
the applicants
from people who arc able to mak informed judgements
about
the quality
of their teaching
pri'fl'
to e!tering
the
prnpram.
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dec
ision to approve
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the courle
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P ro rams pr
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to the s
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Education 402.
RATIONALE:
Each year a number of students enrolli
ng
in the
Professional
DeVClOP(t
Program have already
coppl
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ted.substanti
nj
poriodn o
f
classroom teachin
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or in publicschool"
on
let t ci' of pe lin i s i on .
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C rum a 4 month supe rv i H
pt
ic t i cu
derive ht'ne fit
order to
they really do not requ i re this experience
ill
achieve a standard of per fo rmanc c that i s compa r
a
bl e
to that of other students graduating from the program.
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Education 401 carrieS the label ''inroduct10n to
Teach i n" and it might
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ppear
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hallenging this course in i ght he the appl'opr ia
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means
of
rCCh11iZiiI
Previous work that students have
completed.
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However,
Education
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tid
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are likely to have
respects from experiences st
had previously.
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For example, the team
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semifla
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associatOd with the in-school experience.
In addition, comp
leti0i of Education 401 under super-
ViSIOR
provides the university wJth an
O1)pOl't\lfltY
to
assess the quaiitt Of students reaching
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