KITEP Program - Language Specialization
The Keewatinase Indigenous Teacher Education Program (KITEP) – Language specialization is a diploma program leading to certification with the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT). It provides a safe, wholistic learning environment where teacher candidates strengthen their identities and bring their emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental selves into their teaching and communities. A primary objective is to model language teaching grounded in Anishinaabe ways of knowing, seeing, doing, and being, and Indigenous pedagogies that integrate family, community, and healing. For an overview of the program, see our KITEP informational pamphlet.
Program Length
The program can be completed over two years of full-time study, or up to six years part-time. The two-year program is divided by seasons, with summer courses starting in July, followed by courses in the Fall, Winter, and Spring.
At-a-Glance Overview of Course Components
An overview of the KITEP - Language specialization Program Components is available here.
Teaching Practicum
In addition to course work, KITEP includes an 80-day (400 hours) teaching practicum that is divided into two teaching blocks, with each block being 30-50 days in duration, for a total of 80 days. See the KITEP Teaching Practicum Guide for further details, along with the Teaching Practicum Resources for Students page.
Multi-Session Transitional Certificate of Qualification and Registration
After completing the first Summer/Fall session, which includes 2.0 Full Course Equivalents (FCEs) and a 10-day supervised practicum, students become eligible to teach under the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) Multi-Session Transitional Certificate of Qualification and Registration (MTCQR). See the Applying for a Multi-Sessional Transitional Certificate Qualifications and Registration (MTCQR): Flowchart.
Program Learning Outcomes
The Program Learning Outcomes are made up of eight Teaching and Learning Goals.
Applicants
KITEP welcomes applicants who are fluent in Ojibwe, Cree, and/or Oji-Cree. Additional information is provided in the application process.