Welcome to the Department of Education

Mount Royal University's Bachelor of Education — Elementary (B.Ed) is unique because it provides students with direct entry into the four-year degree program. You don't need a degree or prior post-secondary coursework to be considered for the program. Starting in your first year of study, you will gain extensive hands-on experience in elementary school classrooms — an experience that continues during each year of the program.

The Bachelor of Education—Elementary is taught by a committed group of full-time and part-time faculty. All full-time faculty members hold doctoral degrees and have K–12 teaching experience. 

Mission

Inspiring educational leaders through reflective engagement.

Values

Ethical and Reflective Dialogue

We value reflective practice for developing ethical responsibility to learners, colleagues, and community. We work to expose injustice so that teacher candidates can cultivate social consciousness and contribute to a more ethical society.

Innovation and Engagement
Recognizing that lifelong learning emerges from genuine student engagement, we value the creation of dynamic learning environments that address real world questions and promote inquiry. We value innovative teaching practices that push beyond the ordinary, including digital, arts-based, and experiential learning.

Community and Relationships
We recognize that place and space are integral to building strong community relationships. We value connections with the community that foster leadership opportunities for our teacher candidates.

Bachelor of Education — Elementary

Mount Royal University's collaborative and challenging educational environment features innovative teaching practices that push beyond the ordinary, including digital, arts-based and experiential learning. Our students and graduates value reflective engagement and are committed to creating strong community relationships.

Our dedicated students and graduates are:

• innovative and responsive teachers with courses in assessment, inclusive education and all areas of the core curriculum

• informed and thoughtful educators with capacity for theory-practise integration

• prepared to lead the development of STEAM learning experiences and other cross-curricular integration

• becoming knowledgeable in Indigenous ways of life, including some placements in Indigenous schools

• enriched through a wide array of learning experiences with our community partnerships
  

Our Commitment

As a Faculty whose work is deeply rooted in making connections across all sectors and populations, we inspire students to seek the truth and honour the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s calls to action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Additionally, we include the Scarborough Charter to guide us on anti-Black racism and Black inclusion in post-secondary education.

There is much work to be done by our Faculty to create a system where we can all thrive. We are having discussions on what this will look like.

When we drafted HCE’s strategic plan, we worked closely with Indigenous and racialized employees. Thanks to our Espoom Taah (Blackfoot for helper) Elder Roy Bear Chief, we were gifted the Blackfoot story of Ani to pisi, told by Roy’s brother Clement.

Ani to pisi speaks to the spider web and the idea that when there is a vibration in our Faculty, we come together as a community — whether to celebrate, heal or help.

As we continue to examine our work and dialogue about equity, diversity and inclusion, we connect to actions aligning with our strategic plan.

This is something we can only do in collaboration. We recognize the need to engage with students, employees and, most importantly, the community.

We need to listen and better understand what supports are necessary for our students to have an equitable learning experience, how we understand and address our biases on faculty and staff hiring committees, how we can promote and support research, where we can make spaces for all voices; and how can we support communities flourishing.