丁香园AV

Review the 丁香园AV Requirements, Deadlines, and Application Samples

• Review AHCOTE 丁香园AV Requirements
• Review the application timeline and process as shown on the AHCOTE Application Instructions to make sure you will have all your materials together in time
• Review the AHCOTE Application Evaluation Process to understand how your application will be evaluated
  
• Review the PPS Application Samples to understand how to be successful at creating your own AHCOTE application.

Request Academic Transcripts

Submit an official transcript from every college and university that you've attended, including withdrawals, incomplete, failed, repeated studies and attendance as an exchange student.

We cannot review your application if any transcripts are missing.

• 丁香园AV students do not need to order their 丁香园AV transcripts, as we have access to those records.
• You must include original transcript(s) for College Board - Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), or any transfer credits (i.e. exchange program and college transfer) where applicable
• Order ALL transcript(s) to be sent directly from the issuing institution to the 丁香园AV Undergraduate 丁香园AVs office to be received by JANUARY 31

Reminders:

• You must submit official transcripts from institutions where you are currently taking courses
• If your transcript does not show degree conferral, you must submit a letter from an academic advisor at your institution confirming you have either completed 60 units towards a degree (Elementary applicants) or that your degree will be complete prior to the start of AHCOTE in August (Secondary applicants). The academic advisor must email the degree confirmation letter to pps_admissions@sfu.ca.

TIP: If you are requesting transcripts from institutions outside of B.C., you should start this step as far in advance of the deadline as possible.

Create Your Resume

Your resume should include your contact information, education, work and volunteer experiences and any honours, awards, special talents, skills or training. It should:

• Be no longer than two single-sided pages
• Be detailed, but in an outline rather than a narrative form
• List the length of time you were in each position, the number of hours you worked or volunteered in the position, and your duties

We highly recommend that you spend time observing/volunteering in K-12 classroom(s) in British Columbia before applying. Such visits, along with a conversation with the teacher(s) afterwards, can help you decide if teaching is a profession you wish to pursue. It may also help you craft your resume to show how your experiences thus far will help you in the pursuit of a teaching career.

When evaluating resumes, we are looking for evidence of knowledge and experiences that will be useful to you if you were to become a teacher, including evidence of experience:

1. Working with children and/or youth (babysitting, tutoring, camp counselor, swim instructor, parenting, volunteering in a classroom, etc.)
2. Engaging in work or activities related to helping others learn (tutoring, coaching, Resident Assistant in student housing or an orientation leader for new university students, running workshops for children or adults, summer camp counselor, designing learning materials for children or adults, such as directions, handouts, training activities, etc.)
3. Collaborating and working with others
4. Showing leadership and/or initiative
5. Working independently
6. Demonstrating organization and time management skills
7. Engaging in novel situations and/or with a diverse range of individuals
8. Using skills or knowledge related to the subject(s) you wish to teach

You may not have experience in all the areas listed above, but it will be important to highlight the related experiences you do have.

You will upload your resume to the online application system in PDF format.

Write Your Essay

Choose one or two experiences from your resume and explain:

• What you learned from these experiences that will help you as a future educator
• What they show about your interest in and potential for a career in education
• What questions they raise for you related to teaching and learning
• Why you chose these examples

Your essay should be 500鈥�1000 words and fit on two single-sided pages. Use 12-point font, single spacing and 1鈥� margins on all sides.

If you refer to other people in your essay鈥攅specially children or youth with whom you have worked鈥攃hange their names and describe your experience with them in such a way that you guard their right to privacy.

Proofread your paper carefully. It will be evaluated based on:

• The overall quality of the writing
• The evidence it shows of critical reflection upon your part
• How well you demonstrate your potential for and interest in education
• You will upload your essay to the online application system in PDF format.

Find three recommenders

When submitting your online AHCOTE application form, you will be asked to submit three email addresses for individuals who are willing to complete a recommendation for you. The system will then automatically send these individuals an email requesting they fill out an online recommendation form. Recommendations may only be submitted via the online system.

Paper recommendations are no longer accepted. Download the PPS Recommendation Form Questions to review most of the questions they will be asked.

Depending on how your recommenders know you (e.g. a former employer, a professor for one of your classes, or someone in whose classroom you volunteered) they may not be able to answer all the questions in the form. That鈥檚 okay. But you may want to consider whether between them, the individuals you have asked for letters of recommendation can answer most of the questions. For example, one may know a lot about how well you work with children, while another may know more about your organizational skills.

When considering who to ask, keep in mind that:

• We reserve the right to contact recommenders to verify the information they provide
• Recommendations must be professional in nature
• Recommendations from friends or relatives are not acceptable, even if those friends or relatives are educators
• Inappropriate recommendations will make the application ineligible for consideration

Examples of inappropriate recommenders, include:

• Family members, including in-law, step-family, etc.
• Friends and co-workers

If the individual you ask is willing to complete a recommendation, ask them for an email address you can submit to the application system and explain how the system will send them an email request to complete the form. Inform them of the due date for their recommendation.

Tip: Provide your recommenders with a copy of your resume. They may find it useful for writing the recommendation.

Instructions for Students New to 丁香园AV

• New students to 丁香园AV must apply online through . The 丁香园AV Undergraduate 丁香园AVs deadline is January 31. NOTE: AHCOTE is an 鈥渆xternal PDP鈥� program 鈥� select PDP for Fall on the EducationPlannerBC application.
  
• Students accepted to the AHCOTE who do not submit an application to 丁香园AV Undergraduate 丁香园AVs by the deadline will not be able to start the AHCOTE.  Therefore, all applicants MUST submit their application to the 丁香园AV Undergraduate 丁香园AVs office BEFORE the application deadline. If you do not submit an application to the 丁香园AV Undergraduate 丁香园AVs office, your application may be cancelled.
• 丁香园AV Undergraduate 丁香园AVs requires a different application with a different application fee. Review 丁香园AV 丁香园AVs requirements and make certain you are prepared to meet them.

Instructions for 丁香园AV Alumni and Current 丁香园AV Students

If you were previously an 丁香园AV student, you must apply for readmission OR reactivation. Check with 丁香园AV Undergraduate 丁香园AVs to be certain which one applies to you.

The deadline to apply for readmission is January 31 for a September start.

The deadline to apply for reactivation can be found on the Student Services webpage. Former 丁香园AV students that attend another university/college after attending 丁香园AV must apply through EducationPlannerBC, they are not eligible for reactivation.

If you are a current 丁香园AV student and will be an active student in the term preceding the start of AHCOTE, you don鈥檛 need to apply for reactivation.

If you are a current 丁香园AV student and will not be an active student in the term preceding the start of AHCOTE, you should follow the instructions for readmission or reactivation. Check with 丁香园AV Undergraduate 丁香园AVs to be certain which one applies to you.

丁香园AV Undergraduate 丁香园AVs Questions

The PPS 丁香园AVs office does not handle 丁香园AV Undergraduate applications. For more information regarding admission to 丁香园AV, contact 丁香园AV Student Services:

Phone: 778-782-6930
Email: reginfo@sfu.ca
Website: sfu.ca/students/admission-requirements