{"id":1954,"date":"2023-01-10T16:03:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/teachered\/?page_id=1954"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:45:20","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/teachered\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;101px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;27px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><strong><span style=\"color: #002754\">About Us<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#26a739&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/teachered\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6043\/2023\/01\/UVic-Vision-1.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Foggy misty lake in foreground with trees in the distance&#8221; title_text=&#8221;UVic Vision&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||4px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #002754\">Vision Statement<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #002754\"><em>Graduates of teacher education programs at the University of Victoria are professionals who believe in the lifelong transformative power of learning and who actively promote the principles of justice, equity, respect, and safety within a diverse and democratic society.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #002754\"><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #002754\">Teacher Education programs provide opportunities to develop professionals committed to education. Through reflection, creativity, and collaboration, these professionals take responsibility to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #002754\">Transform curriculum requirements into successful learning experiences using effective and innovative teaching methodologies.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #002754\">Integrate into professional practice research-based knowledge about teaching and learning.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #002754\">Foster supportive and caring environments that address the diverse needs and the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, social and physical integrity of each learner.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #002754\">Work collaboratively and constructively with educational partners to maximize the potential of all learners.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #002754\">Participate in the development of education systems that serve all learners.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #002754\">Support and promote the principles of public education for all learners.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #002754\">Embrace the challenges of teaching within a global knowledge age.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#26a739&#8243; 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Department Chair <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Dr. Kerry Robertson &#8211; Department Manager<br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Dana Bell &#8211; Program Coordinator<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Amy Machin &#8211; Program Coordinator<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Madeleine Challies<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; <span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Responsable de projet | French Education Project Manager<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Patricia Dziekan &#8211; Program Assistant<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.666666984558105px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><strong><span style=\"color: #26a739\">Contact Us:\u00a0 (250) 721-7870\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Email: <a href=\"mailto:teachered@uvic.ca\" style=\"color: #26a739\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">teachered@uvic.ca<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;East Kootenay Teacher Education Program (EKTEP)&#8221; 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Faculty Lead <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Michelle Sartorell &#8211; Manager of Teacher Education<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color: #002060\">Jackie Seward<\/span> &#8211; Administrative Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.666666984558105px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.666666984558105px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.666666984558105px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.666666984558105px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><span style=\"color: #26a739\"><strong>Contact Us:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">250-489-8228 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Email: jseward2@cotr.bc.ca<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Indigenous Teacher Education (IED)&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#002754&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#26a739&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; title_font=&#8221;|800|||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Jean-Paul Restoule &#8211; Acting Department Chair<br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Gary Crocker &#8211; Program Coordinator, Practicum Placements<br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #002754;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.6667px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\">Colleen Juricic &#8211; Program Assistant\/Graduate Secretary<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.666666984558105px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: 14.666666984558105px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;text-decoration: none;float: none\"><span style=\"color: #26a739\"><strong>Contact Us:\u00a0 250-721-7826\u00a0\u00a0 Email:\u00a0<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"mailto:ied@uvic.ca\" style=\"color: #26a739;text-decoration: underline\">ied@uvic.ca<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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