Application

Application questionnaire

The Admissions Office will provide a link to the mandatory online form for you to complete and submit.

References

You will need to provide the link to the online Reference Report to two professional referees who have directly observed you working with groups of K-12 children and youth. Your chosen referees should be qualified to attest to your suitability for teaching and the experiences you indicate on your hours experience form. Family members and friends are not normally considered suitable as referees (some exceptions may be considered on an individual basis). Referees may be contacted by the Admissions Committee.

Examples of suitable professional referees:

• Teachers
• Administrators (principals or VPs) but only if they directly observed the applicant
• Educational assistants
• Camp directors
• Youth program coordinators
• Indigenous community members

The Admissions office will provide you with a link to the online reference report form for you to pass on to your two referees. Please provide your referees with your TRU ID number so the Admissions office can match the forms with your application.

Experience with elementary school-aged children

Complete a minimum of 15 hours of volunteer work with groups of K-12 children and youth. This experience should be described in the supplementary form that will be provided by the Admissions Office after you apply.

For each different type of experience, use the six categories below to provide a summary of your experience.

• School or Organization
• Name of classroom teacher or supervisor
• Age/number of children
• Date ranges of experience
• Summary of activities (as two or three bullet points)
• Total hours

Transcripts

Submit official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended except for studies completed at TRU. Official transcripts must come directly from the issuing institution and include a translation to English if required. Final official transcripts showing all final grades for courses needed to meet admissions requirements must be submitted directly to the TRU Admissions Office no later than the deadline of May 15 to be eligible to participate in the Fall intake of the program.

Application submission

Application Deadline: January 15

Document Submission Deadline:

The mandatory admission documentation must be submitted using the links provided by the Admissions Office after you have applied to the program on EducationPlannerBC. Any document submissions not using the online documents at the links provided will not be accepted.

Applications will not be considered complete until all mandatory online documentation and the online Reference Report forms from your two referees have been received by the TRU Admissions Office. It is the responsibility of students to ensure that their mandatory online documentation is submitted in a timely manner and should regularly monitor their application checklist for completeness through the myTRU student portal. Consideration will be given to applicants with complete documentation who meet all the minimum admission requirements.

Applicants must have completed all BEd program academic admission requirements no later than the end of the winter semester that coincides with the deadline for application. There are no exceptions to this requirement.

For each Fall semester intake, between 30 and 60 spaces are offered to the applicants ranked highest in the applicant pool following review of complete applications.