Program Structure

Time Commitment and Delivery

The Consecutive Bachelor of Education Program is a full-time, 2-year program held at our main campus in Peterborough, Ontario, beginning the first week of September through to the middle of April. There are NO alternative start dates. Classes normally take place between 9am and 6pm, with a small number of classes scheduled in the evening (6pm to 9pm). You will have a winter, March break, and the summer between Year 1 and 2 off.

Please click on the B.Ed. Calendar link in 'Related Links' on the right hand side of this webpage.

Teaching Divisions

Primary/Junior
This option is designed for candidates who intend to begin their teaching careers in elementary schools. Candidates are prepared to teach all subjects in the Primary division (Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3) and the Junior division (Grades 4 to 6).

Intermediate Senior
This option prepares candidates to teach in the Intermediate division (Grades 7 to 10) and the Senior division (Grades 11 to 12). Applicants are required to choose two teaching subjects:

Courses and Focus Area

While most of the courses for the Bachelor of Education program are mandatory, you will also have the option of choosing elective courses. Elective courses will allow you to develop further skills and knowledge by focusing on an area of interest such as Indigenous Education, Experiential and Adventure Education, Teaching Through Drama, Digital Citizenship, and Science and Technology Education. 

Practicum/School Placements

School placements offer teacher candidates the opportunity to synthesize learning from their course work and apply it in ways that reflect their own talents and beliefs about teaching and learning. Classroom associate teachers work closely with faculty to help teacher candidates build comfort in expected teaching competencies as well as to develop mechanisms for reflecting on their own practices and constructing their own understandings and theories.

Students enrolled in Trent's Bachelor of Education programs will complete a total of 115 days of teaching experience. Practicum/school placements will consist of: 

• 90 days of classroom placement in four different classrooms
  • First Year:  Block A (4 weeks in fall) and Block B (5 weeks in winter)
  • Second Year:  Block C (4 weeks in fall) and Block D (5 weeks in winter)
• 15 days of placement in a school or 75 hours in a non-school setting
• 10 days (equivalent) of tutoring in the Literacy Support Program.

Placements are arranged through the Practicum Coordinator and can be completed with any of our partner school boards - Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, Trillium Lakelands District School Board, Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board, and designated schools within the Hastings and Prince Edward District, Durham District and Durham Catholic School Boards.