The Faculty of Education at Laurier is committed to utilizing and researching collective and inclusive approaches that address the complex challenges associated with teaching and learning. We actively build authentic and meaningful connections, collaborations and partnerships with our students and our community.As a graduate of Laurier’s Education program you will be knowledgeable, highly skilled and confident as you begin your teaching career. We welcome you to join us in this journey to a career in education – the hardest job you will ever love.To support the transition from teacher candidates to practicing professional, teacher candidates complete an extended, 10-week Laurier Professional Placement (LPP) at the end of second year. In the LPP you will work hand-in-hand with an associate teacher, assigned to you at your school site for the second year of the program. During the LPP, you will meet with a small seminar group on a regular basis to reflect on your practice and construct professional knowledge as a community of learners. The LPP provides extensive opportunities for varied classroom and school experiences that will deepen your knowledge of current Ontario curriculum and policy and allow you to demonstrate and build your professional teaching skills.Our Education faculty members love their jobs. It’s evident in the dynamic way they conduct their programs and learning seminars. Our classes are engaging, interactive and have a favourable pupil-to-teacher ratio.During your time here, our instructors will teach you how to encourage literacy in children barely big enough to hold a book themselves, how to make connections with children who are not yet old enough to think abstractly, and how to flourish in a multicultural classroom where English language skills may not be strong. By nurturing these skills in you and by modelling excellent teaching in Laurier’s classrooms, we know the next generation of teachers will be outstanding.