Instructor: Maureen Yates

Explore the foundational dimensions of school leadership including instructional leadership, fostering effective relationships, supporting the application of foundational knowledge about Indigenous Peoples, visionary leadership, leading learning communities, modelling continuous professional learning, developing leadership capacity, understanding the social context influencing schooling, and managing school operations and resources.

Synchronous Zoom sessions are included; attendance is required.

Note: This course is partial fulfillment of the academic requirements for leadership certification through Alberta's Leadership Quality Standard.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is a core course in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies-Leadership and Mentoring, and is an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: J. Kenneth Robertson

Prerequisite: EDU 520 Foundations of School Leadership

Hone leadership practices grounded in research to demonstrate mastery of Alberta's Leadership Quality Standard (LQS). Includes a job-embedded learning component in which participants visit, observe, and collaborate with a school leader or leadership team in a school setting of their choice, in which the Alberta Program of Studies is offered. Note: EDU 521 is offered in all semesters but Summer.

Synchronous Zoom sessions are included; attendance is required.

Note: This course is a partial fulfillment of the academic requirements for leadership certification through Alberta's Leadership Quality Standard.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is a core course in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies-Leadership and Mentoring, and is an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: Cindi Vaselenak

Prerequisite: EDU 521 or principal certification in Alberta.

This research-based course enables the development of competencies that executives must demonstrate in their professional practice when leading large educational systems. The course extends on concepts and principles pertinent to all levels of educational system leadership.

First class: Thursday, May 8 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. (online)

Synchronous Zoom sessions Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings: May 10, 14, 21, 24, 28 (times will be provided by the instructor); attendance is required.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an approved elective in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca.

Instructor: TBA

The course will explore the history of policy and legislation in relation to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples in Canada to inform school leaders. It will further inform knowledge of the current state of First Nations, Métis and Inuit education and explore some of the existing theory in First Nation policy.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an approved elective in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca.

Instructor: Anna Kirova

Although societies have always been characterized by differentiation – made up of people of different genders, sexuality, age, abilities, race, ethnicity, religion and faith, socioeconomic status, power, etc. – there is a perception that today’s societies are becoming increasingly diverse, due in part to the unprecedented influx of displaced people worldwide. Schools’ potential to foster inclusion of different groups and to create a safe space for all students has been recognized. However, creating an inclusive and welcoming school/classroom environment remains a challenge due in part to persistent practices of othering, pathologizing, and exclusion of those who are deemed “different”.

This course investigates markers of difference, the right to be different, and agentive possibilities for creating teaching and learning contexts that concern social justice, care and equity as central to early childhood education. It focuses specifically on newcomer students and their need to belong to the school community. The course explores the complex issues of diversity and ideologies of difference as they relate to multiculturalism, inclusion/exclusion, and belonging in early childhood education, through a variety of theoretical perspectives.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Early Childhood Education and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: Katie Brubacher

This course focuses on research and theories addressing linguistic, cultural and social aspects for multilingual and newcomer students in the contemporary English Language Arts classroom. It addresses approaches to instruction and assessment., and makes connections to multimodal and digital literacy practices for culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Contemporary Literacy Education: K-9 and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Weekends: May 2-3, 9-10, 23-24, 30-31

Instructor: Kathy Robinson

This course will be a comprehensive exploration of culturally responsive pedagogy and its extensions, including culturally sustaining pedagogy, in elementary music. Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) aims to center the cultures, musics, languages and lived experiences of the students who we teach and learn from in our increasingly diverse Canadian society. Topics to be addressed in this course include: examining and broadening a personal mindset, developing cultural competence to teach to and through students’ personal and cultural strengths, caring for students and building a learning community, cross-cultural communications, culturally compatible instructional practices, moving beyond middle-class Eurocentric frameworks that shape North American music education, combining professional assuredness as musicians and teachers with cultural humility, and developing musicianship skills to facilitate learning in the aural tradition. Central to the course will be the investigation of current research on and best practices in culturally responsive/sustaining pedagogy for K-6 children. Hands on music experiences, guest presenters, video recordings, research and professional readings, and group discussion and presentations will be the vehicles for our learning.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Elementary Music Teaching and Learning and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: Heather Kanuka

This course introduces students to a critical interpretation and evaluation of theory, models and frameworks for career-long professional education. These areas will be explored through seminal and current research on continuing, professional, and career-long learning aimed at enabling opportunities for effective educational leadership.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an approved elective in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructors: JC Couture, Stephen Murgatroyd, P. Jean Stiles

Globally and certainly here in Alberta, the renewal of curriculum and assessment has been a highly contested space as governments play a greater role in shaping what is taught and ‘measuring what matters’. Alongside these shifts in governance and the profession’s role in educational change, the emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) or chatbots like ChatGPT has disrupted our understanding of the processes of teaching and learning. These digital tools – all aggressively marketed under the ambiguous label of “Artificial Intelligence”, promise to disrupt and transform education.

Rather than accepting AI as some inevitable force that will wash over schools, the course invites teachers to rekindle commitments to social justice education, to co-create engaging, relevant, and impactful learning experiences addressing important societal issues. Efforts by educators from around the world to lead curricular development such as ‘the Day of AI’ are demonstrating that practitioners need to be at the heart of determining the preferred futures of AI enabled teaching and learning.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an approved elective in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: TBA

Explore the foundational dimensions of school leadership including instructional leadership, fostering effective relationships, supporting the application of foundational knowledge about Indigenous Peoples, visionary leadership, leading learning communities, modelling continuous professional learning, developing leadership capacity, understanding the social context influencing schooling, and managing school operations and resources.

Synchronous Zoom sessions are included; attendance is required.

Note: This course is partial fulfillment of the academic requirements for leadership certification through Alberta's Leadership Quality Standard.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is a core course in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies-Leadership and Mentoring, and is an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: Dwayne Donald

Classes will be held on-campus, July 28 - August 15
Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to Noon (no class on Monday, August 4)

This course provides opportunities for students (as Individuals and as part of a collective learning community) to dwell with the key concepts and frameworks that inform current understandings of Indigenous curriculum and pedagogy. Particular attentiveness will be given to the idea of foundational Indigenous knowledge and knowing what those might be and how we might express our understandings of those in contemporary educational contexts.

Students not enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Education must must submit a 1-2 page statement of interest by April 30, 2025, including:

• A summary of your experience - teaching or otherwise - that helps us better understand your interest in thesummer institute
• An indication of which course(s) you would like to take.

A selection committee will review your submission and, if eligible, you will be contacted with further instructions on the admissions process.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is a core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Education, and is an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: Sharla Mskokii Peltier

Classes will be held on-campus, schedule and dates TBA 

This course will bring educators together on the Land to grow knowledge of traditional Anishinaabe laws and precepts. Anishinaabe ecological relational knowledge is based on interdependent relationships and ‘Land as teacher’. An experiential process of reconciliation with Land is realized through respectful and relational ways of being. Educators will explore opportunities for children and youth to learn from the Land alongside Indigenous families and communities in schools.

Students not enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Education must must submit a 1-2 page statement of interest by April 30, 2025, including:

• A summary of your experience - teaching or otherwise - that helps us better understand your interest in thesummer institute
• An indication of which course(s) you would like to take.

A selection committee will review your submission and, if eligible, you will be contacted with further instructions on the admissions process.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is a core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Education, and is an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: R.J. David Frego

Classes will be held on-campus, August 5-9 (full days)

Participants will engage in internalizing all elements of music through purposeful movement. Focus will include teaching this approach through all grade levels as well as therapeutic approaches for special needs and older adults. A brief pre-course history/philosophy paper will be required in order to familiarize the participants in Dalcroze Eurhythmics.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Elementary Music Teaching and Learning and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: Jordan Lachler

Classes will be held on-campus, July 7-15

In this course, we explore how understanding the attitudes, beliefs, and motivations that people hold about language (both their own language, and others' languages) is a key element in developing community-specific strategies for language sustainability. Students will learn to document and engage with a wide range of language ideologies, and develop a deeper understanding of Indigenous cultural and linguistic resilience.

Students not enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Language Sustainability must must submit a 1-2 page statement of interest by April 30, 2025, including:

• A summary of your experience - teaching or otherwise - that helps us better understand your interest in thesummer institute
• An indication of which course(s) you would like to take.

A selection committee will review your submission and, if eligible, you will be contacted with further instructions on the admissions process.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Language Sustainability and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructors: Trudy Cardinal and Megan Tipler

Classes will be held on-campus, July 28 - August 15
Monday through Thursday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (no class on Monday, August 4)

This course will focus on bridging the gap between Indigenous teaching and learning approaches and Western planning and curricular requirements.

Students not enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Education must must submit a 1-2 page statement of interest by April 30, 2025, including:

• A summary of your experience - teaching or otherwise - that helps us better understand your interest in thesummer institute
• An indication of which course(s) you would like to take.

A selection committee will review your submission and, if eligible, you will be contacted with further instructions on the admissions process.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Education and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructors: Anita Perlau and Marni Strome

Classes will be held on-campus, July 7-18

Pre-course work required for each level.

These courses are designed for in-service and pre-service teachers and community musicians interested in strengthening their teaching skills to foster love and understanding of music through literacy. With singing as the foundation, pedagogical principles and practices to support children’s musical growth in the primary and elementary grades will be explored with a special emphasis on culturally sensitive, contemporary pedagogy inspired by Zoltán Kodály. The creation of a positive classroom environment for the development of musical understanding will be explored with daily hands-on experience of learner-centred materials, resources and teaching strategies appropriate for each grade level. Choral repertoire and vocal pedagogy suitable for children will be examined. Students will have the opportunity to develop and refine their personal singing, musicianship and conducting skills in the context of daily course activities.

Prerequisite: The ability to read, write, and analyze music using staff notation.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Elementary Music Teaching and Learning and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: TBA

Classes will be held on-campus, July 7-18

Pre-course work required for each level.

This course provides an enriched experience for pre- and in-service teachers with renowned international faculty to explore Kodály-based pedagogical principles that can be applied to upper elementary, junior high and high school settings. Pedagogical principles and practices for musical growth will be explored with a special emphasis on current, contemporary practices. With singing as the focus the course will consist of hands on experiences with learner-centered materials, resources and teaching strategies appropriate for these settings. During this two-week professional development experience, course participants will attend relevant workshop and lecture sessions and will also hone conducting and musicianship skills.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Kodály Level II

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Elementary Music Teaching and Learning and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: Timothy Mills

Classes will be held on-campus, July 17-25

In this course, we explore approaches to describing the sound, word and sentence patterns of Indigenous languages in context. Students will develop skills in recognizing and analyzing linguistic patterns in their own languages, and increase their understanding of how an awareness of those patterns is essential for language educators.

Students not enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Language Sustainability must must submit a 1-2 page statement of interest by April 30, 2025, including:

• A summary of your experience - teaching or otherwise - that helps us better understand your interest in thesummer institute
• An indication of which course(s) you would like to take.

A selection committee will review your submission and, if eligible, you will be contacted with further instructions on the admissions process.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Language Sustainability and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: Darlene Auger

Classes will be held on-campus, July 7 - 25
Monday through Thursday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Within the nehiyaw world view, we hold the philosophy, psychology, epistemology, ontology, axiology within a relational framework set in the natural order of this world and universe. This course will take you on a journey of exploration on how we as nehiyawak perceive, believe, rationalize, make sense of, teach and learn, grow and develop to full potential as spirit and human beings. Expect some experiential engagement and learning!

Students not enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Education must must submit a 1-2 page statement of interest by April 30, 2025, including:

• A summary of your experience - teaching or otherwise - that helps us better understand your interest in thesummer institute
• An indication of which course(s) you would like to take.

A selection committee will review your submission and, if eligible, you will be contacted with further instructions on the admissions process.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Education and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructors: Sue Harvie, Andy Funke and Laurel Nikolai

Classes will be held on-campus, July 21 - August 1

The Orff approach to music education is holistic, experiential and process-oriented. Students learn by active participation as they experience music through moving, speaking, singing, performing body percussion, and playing non-pitched and pitched instruments. Level I explores basic Orff techniques including the use of the pentatonic scale, ostinato, bordun (drone) accompaniments, and the elemental style developed by composer Carl Orff and his colleague, Gunild Keetman.
Prerequisite: The ability to read, write, and analyze music using staff notation.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Elementary Music Teaching and Learning and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructors: Kim Friesen Wiens, Andy Funke and Laurel Nikolai

Classes will be held on-campus, July 21 - August 1

This is a newly revised two-week course where educators consolidate the learning from Level I and go on to explore hybrid meters, hexatonic and modal melodies and accompaniments as well as extended forms, through movement, playing, improvising, and composing. Students develop practical skills in lesson-planning and teaching in a supportive environment. Recorder study focuses on learning to play Alto Recorder (Baroque Fingering) and continues to review Soprano Recorder. Movement vocabulary builds on Level I work through active participation in set dances and the concepts of elemental music as the creative and artistic expression of self.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Orff Level I.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Elementary Music Teaching and Learning and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca. 

Instructor: Glen Wilcox

July 28 - August 15

This course provides a foundation for school management. Leading school operations requires the ability to effectively manage the school's financial, material and, most importantly, human resources. The course considers practical tools and best practices to address the opportunities and challenges of leading and managing schools.

Domestic tuition: $1529.00 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an approved elective in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. There are other enrolment options, however, priority registration is given to students in Professional Learning programs. For details or to enrol, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca.