CONT493: Green Industries, Grades 11 and 12

Course Schedule

Course Description

In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to expand on and apply your knowledge of the five sectors of green industries—agriculture, horticulture, floristry, landscaping and forestry. With universal design for learning (UDL) in mind, you’ll integrate case studies and the design process to create inclusive opportunities for learners to innovate and develop deeper understanding. You’ll plan and create resources that can be implemented in your teaching practice, and you’ll investigate and develop tools for communicating with parents, guardians and the community. You’ll explore cross-curricular collaboration and consider ways to ensure your Green Industries program’s sustainability. Advancements in green industries will be examined, with an emphasis on safety and skill development.

What You Will Learn and Do

In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to

• demonstrate an understanding of agriculture, horticulture, landscaping, floriculture and forestry through identifying and critically reflecting on current issues that have an impact on green industries globally
• review and apply the design process to construct creative and innovative solutions to issues that affect green industries, with opportunities to integrate coding and CAD
• research key technological advancements in green industries
• connect curriculum and skill development to plan green industry career pathways
• develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of skills in the Green Industries curriculum
• reflect on and demonstrate instructional design, differentiated instruction (DI) and authentic assessments that promote a deep understanding of the curriculum and are based on UDL practices
• incorporate and reflect on instructional and assessment strategies that address equity, diversity and inclusiveness
• create a resource library

Application Requirements

1) OCT MEMBERSHIP

We will use the OCT number you provide during online registration to confirm you are an OCT member.

2) WORK EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• Educators with existing technological education qualifications need to provide the following.
  • 12 months’ work experience, including business or industrial experience, in which you used skills and knowledge related to the subject
  • post-secondary education equivalent to 12 months’ work experience, including business or industrial experience, in which you used skills and knowledge related to the subject
  • two years teaching Green Industries Grades 11/12
  • a combination thereof.

Note:

• Educators without technological education qualifications need:
  • a Certificate of Qualification and Registration
  • five years of work experience, including business or industrial experience, or a combined total of five years’ post-secondary education and work experience, including:
    • at least two years’ business or industrial work experience, at least four months of which were continuous, and post-secondary education acceptable to the OCT consisting of:
      • an apprenticeship program acceptable to the OCT, and…
      • work experience demonstrating competency based on an assessment of advanced skills and knowledge, related to a technological education subject listed in Schedule B of the regulation.
  • *Experience teaching Green Industries 11/12 is accepted as part of the five-year requirement at a ratio of two years experience to one year of the required total e.g., four years teaching Green Industries 11/12 is equal to two years of the required five years experience.

• Eligible work experience must use skills and knowledge related to the subject and may include business or industrial experience in the following areas:
  • Arborist
  • Farming
  • Fish hatchery
  • Floristry/gardening/botany
  • Forestry
  • Greenhouse
  • Landscaping & design
  • Sawmill
  • Surveying
  • Veterinarian
  • Use of GPS equipment

*One year of work experience can be interpreted as 1,700 hours of work experience.

**If you were self-employed, you must submit an affidavit and a business license to confirm years of work experience.

Course Materials

Accommodations

Applicants who require accommodations for a specific learning need (e.g., learning disability) within their AQ/ABQ course, should click here for further information and support.

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Refund Schedule

If you drop a course:

1. by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee.
2. after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee.

For more about our refund policies, visit our Fees & Refunds page.