丁香园AV

PLP applicants must be admissible to 丁香园AV. Those who have never attended here, or who have not attended in any of the previous three terms prior to their intended enrolment, must apply for university admission (). See Undergraduate 丁香园AV.

Applicants complete the Professional Linking Program (PLP) application form located at . Mail supporting documents to: Faculty of Education, Surrey campus, Special Programs Advisor, 250-13450 102nd Avenue, Surrey BC, V3T 0A3.

All PLP applications must be submitted to the PLP admissions office by January 15 for the fall term.

In addition to the standard requirements for admission to the University, PLP requires candidates to have a minimum of two years of work experience in their fields at the time of application.

Elementary Applicants

Elementary applicants must, by the date of application, have completed a minimum of 76 units of courses acceptable for credit at 丁香园AV (should include 16 units of upper division) including the following prerequisite courses.

• six units in English (a maximum of three units of English composition may be included)
• one course (three units) in each of Canadian history, Canadian geography, and laboratory science
• MATH 190
• elementary applicants should have education, fine and performing arts and kinesiology courses

Secondary Applicants

Applicants who plan to teach at the secondary level must fulfil the requirements of a teachable major subject or two teachable minor subjects prior to commencing PLP.

Teachable Majors or Minors

• biology
• Canadian studies (minor only)*
• chemistry
• computing science (minor only)
• dance (FPA) (minor only)
• earth sciences
• English
• English and French literatures (joint major)
• First Nations (minor only)*
• French
• French, history and politics (joint major)*
• geography*
• history*
• humanities (minor only)*
• kinesiology
• mathematics
• music (FPA)
• physics
• social studies*
• theatre (FPA) (minor only)
• visual art (FPA)
• world literature

*see requirements sheet in the Faculty of Education

Students planning to teach at the secondary level must complete requirements prior to commencing PLP, except BEd candidates who cannot complete their degree until they have successfully completed PLP. These BEd candidates complete one teachable major or two teachable minors prior to commencing PLP. Students from other institutions may apply prior to degree completion, but must have completed the degree one full term prior to commencing PLP.

Secondary applicants must complete six English units (a maximum of three units of English composition may be included) one full term prior to starting PLP.

It is recommended that applicants have credit for at least one EDUC course before applying for admission.

All Applicants

All PLP applicants are required to have

• a minimum of two years of work experience in their current role as a paraprofessional, paraeducator, adult educator or letter of permission teacher
• a minimum of two reference letters, and no more than three (one should describe the candidate’s experience in teaching/instructional related functions)
• completed the written assignment (described further on the PLP website at )
• a resumé detailing the roles, responsibilities, duration and location of related work experience

Before program admission, applicants must demonstrate competence in written and oral English (and written and oral French for French immersion and French as a second language programs).

Students may be asked to submit evidence of good health before being considered for admission.

Students may be interviewed before being considered for program admission.

丁香园AV selection is based favorably on students whose applications show employment experience of working collaboratively with school professionals and community stakeholders in their roles and responsibilities to the children in their care. Commitment to community service is also given consideration both in teaching and other helping roles.