Incoming TAB Support
Teaching Across Borders (TAB) encourages meaningful cultural and knowledge exchange between Werklund School of Education pre-service teachers and students from our partner locations. Incoming TAB welcomes students from TAB partner institutions to our Calgary campus to learn about education in an Albertan context.
Werklund student volunteers assist the TAB Team with welcoming the incoming students and supporting their experience while on campus. Volunteer activities can include leading campus tours, attending events, and helping to practice English language learning.
What's Involved
- Students have an opportunity to have global learning experience at home which can increase intercultural competencies.
- Werklund students will attend as many sessions and activities as their schedule allows.
- Werklund students will meet with the international students from Australia, Japan and/or China to share about their experience in the BEd program and the Alberta education system.
- Werklund students may act as language buddies for Incoming TAB students who are English Language Learners.
- This role may change slightly each year, based on the availability and goals of the Werklund volunteers.
Requirements
- Positive attitude & cultural openness
- Ability to be on campus during the school day
- Willingness to share experiences with international students
Program Learning Outcomes
- Apply a variety of facilitation strategies to encourage discussion, generate ideas, and build consensus
- Apply a variety of leadership strategies to develop meaningful relationships with the program and its participants
- Apply a variety of mentorship strategies to support mentees’ personal, social, and academic goals
- Develop cross-cultural competencies related to language, culture, and place
- Examine how teaching and learning take place in other contexts
- Share and receive knowledge regarding teacher education and teaching practice.
Incoming TAB Dates
- Initial meeting: December 2023 (day/time TBA)
- Program-specific training and meeting: early January 2024
- Program runs:
- Australian students will be on campus from January 8 to January 26, 2024
- Japanese students will be on campus from February 20 to March 15, 2024
- Specific event dates:
- Welcome to QUT visitors: January 8, 2024, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Farewell to QUT visitors: January 26, 2024, 3:00 pm (to be confirmed)
- Welcome to HUE visitors: February 20, 2024 at 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Full day trip1 : Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Full day trip 2: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Farewell to HUE visitors: March 19, time TBA
- Werklund volunteers can participate as their schedule allows to accommodate courses and field experiences
Participants should expect to spend about 20 hours of time in this program. Please note that this program only runs in the Winter semester.
Co-Curricular Service-Learning Dates
Fall Semester Timeline
- Fall 2024 Applications Open: August 28, 2024
- Werklund Information Sessions:
- Cancelled; please email wse.experiential@ucalgary.ca with any questions about the Service-Learning program or to arrange for a meeting.
- Fall 2024 Applications Close: September 17, 2024 for smaller programs, larger placement applications are ongoing.
- Fall 2024 Placements Start: early October (program dependent)
- Fall 2024 Placements End: mid-December (program dependent)
Winter Semester Timeline
- Winter 2025 Applications Open: November 15, 2024
- Winter 2025 Information Session: November 26, 5:00 pm (Zoom)
- Winter 2025 Applications Close: December 1, 2024 (program dependent)
- Winter 2025 Placements Start: early January (program dependent)
- Winter 2025 Placements End: mid-March (program dependent)
Experiential Learning Check-In & Reflection Opportunities
All participants in Experiential Learning programs are welcome and encouraged to attend at least two of the check-in & reflection sessions below as part of their program. Reflection is an incredibly important part of experiential learning. It encourages students to consider their experience so far and to adjusted as needed as they go forward through the rest of their program, or into the next step of their career.
Fall Check-In & Reflection Sessions
- Tuesday, October 15, 2024: 9:30 am (Zoom)
- Monday, October 21, 2024: 2:30 pm (in-person, register here)
- Tuesday, October 29, 2024: 5:00 pm (Zoom)
- Monday, November 4, 2024: 9:30 am (Zoom)
- Tuesday, November 19, 2024: 12:00 pm (Zoom)
- Friday, November 29, 2024: 9:30 am (in-person, register here)
- Tuesday, December 10, 2024: 5:00 pm (Zoom)
- Thursday, December 12, 2024: 9:30 am (in-person, register here)
Winter Check-In & Reflection Sessions
- Monday, January 20, 2025: 9:30 am (in-person, register here)
- Monday, January 20, 2025: 2:30 pm (Zoom)
- Thursday, January 30, 2025: 9:00 am (in-person, register here)
- Monday, February 3, 2025: 9:30 am (in-person, register here)
- Tuesday, February 4, 2025: 12:00 pm (Zoom)
- Thursday, February 20, 2025: 1:30 pm (Zoom)
- Tuesday, March 4, 2025: 5:00 pm (Zoom)
Applications for some Fall 2024 placements are still open!
Interested in applying for a volunteer opportunity?
- Log on to Elevate and go to My Werklund Experiences > Courses/Programs
- Find the Service-Learning program and click Apply
- Complete the Service-Learning Application
We all thoroughly enjoyed the program and are definitely missing Calgary and the educational opportunities we were so lucky to experience.
Katie
QUT Student
Want to Learn More?
Contact Caitlin Kane
Experiential Learning Facilitator
wse.experiential@ucalgary.ca