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Time Commitment and Delivery
The Consecutive Bachelor of Education Program is a full-time, 12-month (three term) program held at our main campus in Peterborough, Ontario, beginning the first week of May through to the end of April of the following year. 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).
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:
| Anishnaabemowin (Ojibwe) | French (Second Language) |
| Biology | Geography |
| Chemistry | Health and Physical Education |
| Dramatic Arts | History |
| English | Mathematics |
| Environmental Science | Physics |
| First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies | Visual Arts |
Practicum
Practicums 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 approximately 90 days of practicum.
Practicums 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.