Acadia University School of Education@AUSchoolofEd

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 Wolfville, Nova Scotia
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Joined September 2020
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Would you like to learn more about the B.Ed program at Acadia? Join us Thursday, November 7th for our information sessions! Current Acadia students can attend our in-person session from 3-4pm! There wil also be an online session 7:30-8:30pm Hope to see you there! 📚🍎
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Thursday, September 12th is Pink Shirt Day here in NS! This was started by students who wanted to see change and it is important that we continue to highlight the importance of kindness, diversity, and inclusion in our schools. #WatchUsLearn
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Meet Madeleine! She is finishing up her time here at Acadia as part of the secondary 16 month education program. Her teachables are English and Social studies! Madeleine will be teaching English at NKEC this coming fall. Here are a few words about her time in the program;
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Our lovely classroom, SEM 231 has a new art installation! As part of the Deconstructing Space research project in the MEd program, artist Ibe Ananabas created “A Melting Pot: Embracing Shared Stories” which now hangs in the SEM classroom.
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Acadia University School of Education retweeted
Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education@AVRCE_NS
15 Apr 2024
April 14-20 is Education Week in Nova Scotia! This year’s theme is Connections to Community, recognizing those who empower and enhance their communities by building strong school-community relationships that benefit students. Watch for more on our award recipients this week!
Image with blue background. Photo on left shows an outstretched arm and hand reaching toward the centre, photo on right shows several outstretched hands and arms reaching toward the centre. White and orange text in the upper left says, "Education Week 2024: Connections to Community." A white text box in the bottom half of the image contains black text that says: Congratulations to our 2024 AVRCE Education Week Award Recipients! We will be sharing more about these outstanding staff members during Education Week, April 14-20: Tara Balcome, Grade 4/5 Teacher, LCS, Annaliese Blois, Resource/Learning Centre Teacher, AVHS, Gina Graves, Grade 6 Teacher, PRMS, Leah Marshall, SchoolsPlus Outreach Worker, SchoolsPlus Annapolis, Michele Montalbetti-Ewing, Lead ECE, Wolfville School Tammy Morrison, Native Student Advisor, AWEC/CES/CRMS, Lawrence Parker, SSW, HHS/EMS/NMES, Holly Rand, Vice Principal, GES.

ALT Image with blue background. Photo on left shows an outstretched arm and hand reaching toward the centre, photo on right shows several outstretched hands and arms reaching toward the centre. White and orange text in the upper left says, "Education Week 2024: Connections to Community." A white text box in the bottom half of the image contains black text that says: Congratulations to our 2024 AVRCE Education Week Award Recipients! We will be sharing more about these outstanding staff members during Education Week, April 14-20: Tara Balcome, Grade 4/5 Teacher, LCS, Annaliese Blois, Resource/Learning Centre Teacher, AVHS, Gina Graves, Grade 6 Teacher, PRMS, Leah Marshall, SchoolsPlus Outreach Worker, SchoolsPlus Annapolis, Michele Montalbetti-Ewing, Lead ECE, Wolfville School Tammy Morrison, Native Student Advisor, AWEC/CES/CRMS, Lawrence Parker, SSW, HHS/EMS/NMES, Holly Rand, Vice Principal, GES.
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Acadia University School of Education retweeted
Justin Oliver@PEnerds
16 Apr 2024
Congrats to @AUSchoolofEd student Hannah Stoddart on winning the @PHECanada #StudentAward for @AcadiaU ! Joining us the the award presentation is Hannah’s dad Mike, another PE teacher! @AVRCE_NS @taphens
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Our Fulltime 2023 cohort is in the middle of their practicum. One of the requirements is to accumulate some group therapy hours. Two of our students are offering a parenting group that focuses on supporting your kids in their online worlds.
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The Red Spruce Mental Health Centre hosts bimonthly lunches for our School of Education community. Last month, Dr. MacKinnon warmed tummies with good old fashioned seafood chowder and biscuits. A shout out to Dr M's mom for the delicious cookies!🍪
Folks gather in the lounge and enjoy soup and cookies. Pictured are lots of smiles and yummy food!

ALT Folks gather in the lounge and enjoy soup and cookies. Pictured are lots of smiles and yummy food!
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Very exciting news for the School of Education!
Acadia University@AcadiaU
16 Feb 2024
We’re partnering with @dbdli to establish an Africentric Bachelor of Education program this September! Supported by @nsgov this initiative aims to address the under-representation of African Nova Scotian educators in the public school system. Learn more ow.ly/m3Io50QCIgI
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Acadia University School of Education retweeted
Justin Oliver@PEnerds
16 Feb 2024
What a night at @AUSchoolofEd last evening as EDUC 4703 students were introduced to Educational Gymnastics. No fun was had at all! Hey @Acadia_Kine , we look forward to having some of your students join us next year! @taphens @PHECanada @AcadiaU
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Thanks to Dr Alicia Noreiga-Mundaroy for joining our Brown Bag Series. 🤗🤩 Her presentation prompted an interesting discussion on how colonization impacts how BIPOC people visually represent their experiences.
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This Lunchtime Chat is about the significance of Africentric and Ubuntu love in Black communities and how we can embrace, include, and learn from it in research, scholarship, and student-staff-faculty relations to foster a more human-centred and equitable learning community.
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The Red Spruce Mental Health Centre has the third therapy room renovated, decorated and ready to go thanks to the generosity of the Valley Credit Union and the ongoing support of Payzant Home Hardware in Windsor! 💞👏
Pictured is the newly renovated room, with a large comfy couch and cozy lighting.

ALT Pictured is the newly renovated room, with a large comfy couch and cozy lighting.
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Acadia University School of Education retweeted
Justin Oliver@PEnerds
2 Feb 2024
EDUC4703 got out for an evening class on snowshoeing. Great group to work with! @AUSchoolofEd @Acadia_Kine @AcadiaU @taphens @PHECanada @nseducation @NSTeachersUnion @NSMoves @EcologyAction @portiaclarkcbc
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Acadia University School of Education retweeted
Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education@AVRCE_NS
1 Feb 2024
The 2024 African Heritage Month theme--Our Smiles, Our Joy, Our Resilience as African Nova Scotians--honours the perseverance of people of African descent over the centuries in Nova Scotia. This month's celebrations add to the learning that happens in classrooms all year long!
Black background with a poster image in centre showing a young, smiling African Nova Scotian boy. Behind they boy are photographs tinted red, yellow and green, showing people of African descent of different ages. The poster title is "Our Smiles, Our Joy, Our Resilience". At the bottom there is white, red, and green text that says "Celebrate African Heritage Month 2024". The AVRCE logo is placed below the text.

ALT Black background with a poster image in centre showing a young, smiling African Nova Scotian boy. Behind they boy are photographs tinted red, yellow and green, showing people of African descent of different ages. The poster title is "Our Smiles, Our Joy, Our Resilience". At the bottom there is white, red, and green text that says "Celebrate African Heritage Month 2024". The AVRCE logo is placed below the text.
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It's Model Day in Science Methods at Acadia University! Models are important tools for students developing conceptual understanding of scientific ideas, structures, and processes. Preservice teachers shared models to teach important concepts found in the NS Science curriculum
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Acadia University School of Education retweeted
Justin Oliver@PEnerds
30 Jan 2024
Hey @AUSchoolofEd EDUC 4703, here is a preview of part of our class scheduled for this Thursday. @AcadiaU
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A group of past and present School of Ed members gathered to celebrate Dr Heather Hemming’s retirement after 36 years at Acadia. 🎉 Dr Hemming was the first woman to achieve the rank of Full Professor in the School Ed. Congratulations Heather! ❤️🥳
The group gathers around a table in a restaurant. Lots smiles and food!

ALT The group gathers around a table in a restaurant. Lots smiles and food!

Cathy MacDonald (left) and Dr Hemming (right) smile beside the celebratory cake.

ALT Cathy MacDonald (left) and Dr Hemming (right) smile beside the celebratory cake.

A lovely cake with decorative flowers and butterflies on it. It reads “to new beginnings”.

ALT A lovely cake with decorative flowers and butterflies on it. It reads “to new beginnings”.
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Exciting times at the Red Spruce Mental Health Centre. The full-time cohort practicum students are ready for referrals. 🥳👏 You can reach the Centre Coordinator for appointments by contacting redspruce@acadiau.ca
Jocelyn Mabson, Dani Kerr, and Heather MacDonald stand and smile in front of the Red Spruce door.

ALT Jocelyn Mabson, Dani Kerr, and Heather MacDonald stand and smile in front of the Red Spruce door.
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Please join us in welcoming Erika Kirk, who has accepted a six-month term appointment as the Red Spruce Centre Coordinator, from December 2023 until June 2024. 👏😃 Erika is a valued member of the School of Education and we are excited to have her for this term appointment!
Erika smiles beside a frame that reads “Red Spruce Coordinator: Erika Kirk”.

ALT Erika smiles beside a frame that reads “Red Spruce Coordinator: Erika Kirk”.
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