Welcome to The Centre for Urban Schooling (CUS)
The Centre for Urban Schooling is dedicated to improving the quality of the teaching
and learning experiences available to children and youth living in underserved urban communities. Established in 2005, at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, CUS carries out academic and contracted research, offers educational programs and professional development opportunities, and supports students, teachers, schools, parents and district boards in the development of school reform initiatives that have a clear focus on equity for all students.
To learn more about who we are and what we do, please click on the links at left.
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William Waters Scholarships in Urban Education.
For interested in-coming (2010-2011) full-time Masters students - please take note of this opportunity to apply for a very significant scholarship related to Urban Education.
Click on "scholarship" link for more information
The Miyumi Sasaki Education Fund
Miyumi Sasaki was an ardent advocate for social justice and equity in education and in the larger community. She taught in inner-city Toronto schools for many years, and in the three years before her untimely death in March of 2007, she was the course director of a highly acclaimed urban teacher education program located in Regent Park. She is deeply missed by her family and many friends and colleagues. In memory of her devotion to education, a scholarship fund has been created in her name, dedicated to student teachers who plan to make their own contribution to urban education.
Eligibility for the Scholarship Fund: to be awarded to one or more undergraduate initial teacher education student(s) on the basis of financial need, a demonstrated commitment to social justice and equity, and an expressed intent to teach in an inner city neighbourhood. Preference will be given to applicants who have been influenced by, and/or who have a connection to, an inner city community.
Application process: Students must submit a one to two page letter of application along with two references to the Centre for Urban Schooling Miyumi Sasaki Inner City Scholarship in Initial Teacher Education Committee. The application letter and references should be sent, preferably by e-mail, to Jeff Kugler, Executive Director, Centre for Urban Schooling at: jkugler@oise.utoronto.ca. This year there will be two recipients, one elementary and one secondary. Each recipient will receive an award of $575.00.
Application deadline: January 15, 2010
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Up-coming events:
February 2nd, 2010
CUS Forum on Equity and Social Justice in Education (FESJ)
Acting Together: Ensemble‐based classroom learning as a model for democratic living
In this talk, Jonothan Neelands will reconsider the idea of ensemble as a bridging metaphor between the rehearsal room, process drama, and the classroom. He will suggest that through these pedagogies of choice, engagement and change, which characterize the process drama tradition, all classrooms can become the beginnings of democracy: potential sites for encouraging and modeling active and participatory forms of democratic living and learning together.
Professor Neelands has trained teaching artists at the New Victory
Theater in New York since 2005. He also runs a Post Graduate Award for
RSC actors, training to work in schools. He is the author of several texts
for teachers and students, which have influenced the development of
drama in recent years including Structuring Drama Work, Beginning Drama
11-14, Key Shakespeare 1 and 2 and Advanced Drama and Theatre
Studies. His latest publication is Improving Your Primary School Through
Drama
For more information please download "flyer"
SESSION IS AT OISE, 252 BLOOR ST WEST,
LIBRARY, GROUND FLOOR,
FROM 5:00-7:00pm
Please RSVP to Nina Lewis (cusforum@oise.utoronto.ca) by January 19, 2010
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Reports
2008-2009 Second Annual Report of CUS Activities - Academic Year 2008-2009
2009 CUS Full Framework for a Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy
2008 Towards a Multidimensional Framework for Student Engagement
2007-2008 First Annual Activities Report
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*Update: Teacher Resources Added to the Website
Click on the new TEACHER RESOURCES tab on the menu at left.