Student Opportunities

To enhance students' experiences as emerging professionals, we offer a wide range of co-curricular learning opportunities.

If you would like to join our Experiential Learning Community on D2L, send us an email!

Service-Learning

Service-Learning

Service-Learning matches students with community organizations in the Calgary community. The program places equal emphasis on student learning and serving community needs while reflecting on their own professional growth.

Teaching Across Borders

Teaching Across Borders

Teaching Across Borders is an opportunity to teach in international communities during the final fall semester of their BEd Program. Participants volunteer teach, experience a new culture, and share and receive knowledge about the teaching profession.

Professional Learning Opportunities

Professional Learning Opportunities

Professional Learning Opportunities match pre-service teachers with experienced educators in the Calgary community. These opportunities build on students' coursework and field experiences to prepare them for entry into the teaching profession.

 Land-Based Opportunities

Land-Based Opportunities

The Werklund School of Education is committed to working alongside and learning from Indigenous Elders, leaders, and communities. These opportunities connect pre-service teachers with the land and help them to embed this work in their teaching.

Mentorship

Mentorship

Mentorship connects pre-service teachers with one another and with teachers in the community. This program uses individualized supports to help you connect, navigate, and progress as a professional.

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Werklund Undergraduate Ambassadors Team

Looking to build your leadership skills, get involved with your faculty, and promote your Bachelor of Education? Join our Ambassadors Volunteer Team!


Important Experiential Learning Program Dates & Deadlines


Community-Based Students

While Community-Based students are always welcome to join on-campus or Calgary-based opportunities when possible, we recognize that that is not always an option. The Experiential Learning team is continually working to increase the number of opportunities available to Community-Based students.

Opportunities change frequently, so please continue to check back for updates!

  1. Learning Buddies Network

    Service-Learning 

    Online volunteer opportunities as well as some in-person volunteer opportunities for those in BC.

  2. Literacy and Numeracy Support for High School ELLs - St Anne Academic Centre

    Service-Learning 

    TBD for 2023-2024, St. Anne Academic Centre may have online volunteer opportunities.

  3. Trellis TEAM

    Service-Learning

    Trellis is happy to always be able to support virtual volunteer opportunities.

    This program is available in Winter 2024.

  4. Werklund Peer to Peer Mentorship Program

    Mentorship

    The Peer to Peer Mentorship Program will always be facilitated entirely online.

  5. Werklund Professional to Pre-Service Mentorship Program

    Mentorship

    The Professional to Pre-Service Mentorship Program will always be facilitated entirely online.

  6. Books to Build On Workshop

    Professional Learning

    The Books to Build On: Indigenous Literatures for Learning workshop will be hosted online (TBD for 2024-2025).

  7. Canadian Wildlife Federation's Environmental Education Workshop Series

    Professional Learning

    Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) workshops can be held online if there is enough interest.

  8. Virtual TAB

    Teaching Across Borders

    Virtual TAB in the Fall semester will be held online.

  9. Werklund K-12 Online Tutoring

    Tutoring

    The K-12 Online Tutoring program will always been entirely online.

  1. Junior Achievement Southern Alberta

    Service-Learning

    If you are located in southern Alberta, Junior Achievement Southern Alberta can find you opportunities to facilitate workshops in areas closer to where you live.

  2. Learning Buddies Network

    Service-Learning 

    Online volunteer opportunities as well as some in-person volunteer opportunities for those in BC.

  3. Let's Talk Science

    Service-Learning 

    The Let's Talk Science Challenge is a free, competitive, team-based enrichment program.

    Check back soon to learn more!

  4. Summer Experiential Learning On Campus

    During your two weeks on campus in July, we organize an Experiential Learning opportunity specifically for Community-Based students!

Global Learning Opportunities

Global Learning helps you to gain experience working with international students, experience other cultures, compare and contrast education systems in different countries, and see the world through varied perspectives. We support international, local, and virtual ways to have these experiences.

Opportunities change frequently, so please continue to check back for updates!

  1. Outgoing in Fall

    11 placements in 9 countries

  2. Virtual in Fall

    Join your classmates and international colleagues to address a variety of global education topics 

  3. Incoming in Winter

    The Werklund School of Education welcomes program partners from Australia (Queensland University of Technology), China (Shanxi Normal University), and Japan (Hokkaido University of Education) onto campus between January and March.

  1. Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth

    Transitioning Into Post-Secondary (TIPS)

  2. Inclusive Post-Secondary Education (IPSE)

    Curriculum Specialists

  3. Inclusive Post-Secondary Education (IPSE)

    Literacy Tutors

  4. Literacy and Numeracy Support for High School ELLs

    Calgary Catholic School District & St. Anne Academic Centre

  1. Calgary Immigrant Women's Association (CIWA)

    Girls Culture Club

  2. The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)

    Childminding Program Facilitator

  1. Land-Based Learning Series

    Field trips and other opportunities to learn from Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers


WestCast

Undergraduate Research in Werklund

Werklund School of Education Bachelor of Education students have the opportunity to engage in undergraduate research, through undergraduate research awards.

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