Based in the School of Education, this program provides a flexible pathway to pursue specific areas of interest while taking courses in other departments to broaden your experience. In the graduate diploma, you will explore the significance of power, belonging, motivation, and culture. Faculty members with expertise in a range of specialties will help you discover how you can apply your knowledge in your profession and in the community.
Build your degree around the type of educator you want to become. Trent’s Teaching Education Stream (TES) helps you build the foundations for a career in education while offering the flexibility to select a major aligned with your interests. Placements throughout the program allow you to experience how teaching and learning take shape in different spaces. The program also prepares you for Trent's Bachelor of Education, for which you can earn guaranteed entry if you maintain an 85% or higher average in the last 10 credits of your program.
Trent's Indigenous Bachelor of Education provides a platform for self-identified First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Indigenous students to become exceptional future educators. Through land-based experiences, exploration of Indigenous languages, and classroom and community placements, you'll graduate ready to teach in First Nations, Métis, Inuit, urban, rural, and public-school environments while supporting the next generation of learners.
Launch your teaching career through Trent's intensive B.Ed. program that connects educational theory with meaningful classroom practice. Learn from faculty and educators with a range of expertise while developing the judgement, confidence and professional relationships to support diverse learners and begin teaching in Ontario elementary and secondary schools with purpose.
Explore educational theory and critically analyze current issues in education through research-based approaches that support transformative practice and intellectual independence. Customize your studies and research focus while learning in small classes from expert faculty in areas including literacies, leadership, ecological and social justice, environmental education, curriculum theory, Indigenous education, mathematics education, and critical theory. Develop transferable skills for careers in education, industry, community, or public service.