UOIT to offer in-depth look at teacher candidate selection process

More than 700 potential students to interview for coveted spots with Faculty of Education

OSHAWA, Ont. - Members of the media will have exclusive access to the teacher candidate selection process at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) next week, as the university begins the practice of choosing the students who will study at its Oshawa campus this August. The selected students will be given the opportunity to become new-generation teachers through access to UOIT's world-class professors and high-tech teaching tools designed to make learning more dynamic and effective in the decades to come.

UOIT is offering an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes for students to earn a coveted spot with one of its Bachelor of Education programs. There will be opportunities to speak with student candidates and the educational leaders conducting interviews, and to observe students as they write case analyses.

More than 1,700 applicants have applied for admission to the Faculty of Education, attempting to take advantage of UOIT's reputation as a teaching centre of excellence that is graduating teachers with strong roots in math, science, English, and visual arts, and leading-edge teaching skills - all of which are required by classrooms around the globe.

The focus on these core areas has ensured that UOIT is the institution of choice for teaching candidates each year and explains why its Faculty of Education graduates are in high demand across Ontario, Canada and abroad. In 2006, more than 86 percent found employment in the education sector.

When:
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
2 to 5 p.m.

Where:

UOIT
Business and IT building
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario

Parking:

Enter off of Simcoe Street North and proceed to the Founders 1 parking lot.

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Media contact
Tony Doyle
Communications and Marketing
Ontario Tech University
905.721.3111 ext. 2209
tony.doyle@uoit.ca