Have you found excitement in Role Modelling?
Sharing technical skills with young people?
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED BECOMING A TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION TEACHER?
With a Trades Qualification,
a Certification as a Technician or Technologist,
or a university degree in a technical field, you may be able to become a Tech Ed teacher in 2-3 years.
The
working with BCIT and the
recognizes the need to increase the numbers of women in
Technology Studies Education.
Women, skilled and qualified in a technical field, will gain a broader technological understanding
and skill development in the program elements at BCIT.
This will cover a wide range of areas found in technology studies programs
in junior and senior secondary schools such as:
CAD, auto mechanics, energy & power, carpentry and construction, industrial design, transportation, environment, wood science and technology, and other shop-based courses,
with discussions about appropriate technology.
The BCIT program is followed by a 12 month program at UBC in the Technology Studies Teacher Education Program, and results in a Baccalaureate Degree (BA) and B.C. Teaching Credential.
Dr. Stephen Petrina and Dr. Gary Hepburn from UBC,
and Peter Trant from BCIT
will join WITT activist and Doctoral Student Marcia
Braundy
to meet with women
interested in discussing the possibilities
for turning their
current qualifications into a Technology Education Teaching Credential.
Please come with
your questions about the program.
(March 1999)
Calling
on women with technical backgrounds
As some of us move through our education and careers, we continue to consider the variety of job opportunities that use the skills we are so proudly developing. Some find the challenges of current work or the environment no longer satisfying, others are looking for new challenges, or new settings to use our tools and our skills. Sometimes it’s the result of age, or injury. Sometimes we are moving to a new place and have trouble getting foreign credentials recognized. It may be that the Technology Studies Teacher Education program will provide just the new direction you are seeking.
Technology Studies programs are changing. What was once called
Industrial Education now covers a much wider range of subject areas under the
new Technology Studies curriculum.
Concepts of design, and the social context of
technology are being incorporated. Teaching Technology Studies provides an
opportunity to both enhance the skills we already have, and expand our
knowledge and hands-on experience in a number of new fields, while sharing
those skills with the young people of
Technology Studies is now a required part of the B.C.
Curriculum. Traditional Tech Ed teachers
are retiring in great numbers, and graduates of the Technology Studies Teacher
Education program are expected to have a 100% placement rate for the next 5-8
years. Starting salaries for Tech Ed teachers begin at $46,000/year. Technology Training Training
is a joint program between the
UBC’s recruitment
initiative, focusing on women, grew out of a clear understanding of the issues
and a commitment on the part of Drs. Stephen Petrina and Gary Hepburn to change
the face of technology educators, to bring more women into the profession.
Working with the
Linking and laddering initiatives promoted by the Provincial Government foster a recognition of a Trades Qualification as part of the post-secondary requirement. There is still a need for some entry requirements, but they are not onerous. We will talk about those requirements, and the different routes in to the program. Some flexibility is possible. Prior Learning Assessment Recognition may modify entrance requirements as well as graduation requirements for the program, and will be evaluated on an individual, case-by-case basis.
Come and listen, and ask questions about what might be possible for your own future.
With regard,
Marcia Braundy
Carpenter, WITT Advocate, and now a Doctoral Student in Technology Studies.