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Faculty of Education loses a founding member

trevor.kenney — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:26:52 +0000

One of the founders of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's Faculty of Education has passed away. Dr. Samuel Aubrey Earl passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 7, just two days prior to his 101st birthday.

Earl was a respected educator whose career encompassed roles of teacher, principal, superintendent of schools, a director within Edmonton's Department of Education and professor/director of student teaching at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta.

His journey to Lethbridge began innocently enough with a suggestion from his wife Thera.

"There is a new university opening in Lethbridge," she had said. "Maybe they'd consider you as a prospect."

Earl joined the "new university" in 1967 as a professor, and was a key architect in shaping the highly recognized teacher preparation program. He helped establish the 27-week field experience component of the program (which has grown to become one of the most extensive in Canada), a foundation of theory and practice that he could foresee outshining some of the larger institutions.

"I think we came to be recognized as a prestigious, decent and noteworthy institution," Earl once said in an interview. "Our students were sought after not only in western Canada, but in the United States."

Earl was a visionary who served in many roles as a lifelong educator, including appointment as associate dean of Education at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge.

"I envision seeing a school with doctors of education – reading specialists, math specialists, psychologists, wonderful teachers, great leaders, innovators…"

An obituary is available at the Lethbridge Herald website.

Earl helped establish vision

trevor.kenney — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:23:32 +0000

His journey to Lethbridge began innocently enough with a suggestion from his wife Thera.

"There is a new university opening in Lethbridge," she had said. "Maybe they'd consider you as a prospect."

Earl was a visionary who served in many roles as a lifelong educator, including appointment as associate dean of Education at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge.

"I envision seeing a school with doctors of education – reading specialists, math specialists, psychologists, wonderful teachers, great leaders, innovators…"

An obituary is available at the Lethbridge Herald website.

Teacher Job Fair in Atrium

trevor.kenney — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:01:45 +0000

Students in the Faculty of Education will have a valuable opportunity to network with possible future employers today as the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ hosts a Teacher Job Fair in the Atrium.

The event runs from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and features more than 35 school board and agency representatives who are available to discuss potential employment opportunities with upcoming, recent and past graduates of the U of L Teacher education program.

Following is a list of school boards that confirmed their attendance at the fair:

• Almadina Language Charter Academy - Calgary
• Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division #28 - Wainwright, Alta.
• Calgary Academy
• Calgary Board of Education - Calgary, Alta.
• Calgary Catholic School District - Calgary, Alta. *
• Canadian Rockies Public Schools, Canmore Alta.
• Chinook School Division - Swift Current, Sask.
• Chinook's Edge School Division No. 73 - Innisfail, Alta.
• Christ The Redeemer Catholic Schools - Okotoks, Alta. *
• Clearview Public Schools, Stettler, Alta.
• Edmonton Public Schools
• Foothills School Division #38 - High River, Alta.
• Golden Hills School Division #75 - Strathmore, Alta.
• Gov't Higher Secondary School, Punjab, Pakistan
• Gov't of The Northwest Territories, Department of Education, Culture & Employment - NWT, CAN
• Grande Prairie & District RCSS #28 *
• Grande Yellowhead Regional Division
• Holy Spirit Catholic Schools - Lethbridge, Alta.
• Horizon School Division No. 67 - Taber, Alta. **
• Koinonia Christian Schools - Didsbury, Alta. **
• Lethbridge School District No. 51 - Lethbridge, Alta.
• Livingstone Range School Division No. 68 - Claresholm, Alta.
• Make a Future
• Medicine Hat Catholic Separate R. D. #20 - Medicine Hat, Alta. **
• Medicine Hat School District No. 76 - Medicine Hat, Alta. *
• Northern LIghts School Division #69 - Bonnyville, Alta.
• Palliser Regional Schools - Lethbridge, Alta. **
• Pembina Hills Reg. Division No. 7
• Prairie Rose School Division - Dunmore, Alta.
• Protocol Teachers Canada - International Recruiting Agency
• Resource Ed Australia
• Rocky View School Division #41 - Calgary, Alta. *
• Rundle College - Calgary, Alta.
• Siksika Board of Education - Gleichen, Alta. **
• Westmount Charter School - Calgary, Alta. **
• Wild Rose Public Schools - Rocky Mountain House, Alta.
* Conducting interviews
** Conducting interviews at booth only

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