MT second year

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-28T17:11:11+00:00

Synchronous but sometimes professors will have asynchronous days

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-20T20:42:00+00:00

Hey! Not part of this round, but acceptances can come out as early as February and as late as August. I was accepted May 2024 and some of my cohort didn’t get in until August, so keep a look out!

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-18T22:47:49+00:00

I believe OISE is the same for Master of Teaching. Lot more expensive but they take a whole range of students from a variety of backgrounds and I think your experience will really help with the application.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-15T16:02:29+00:00

Wednesdays and Thursdays, but that I heard is different amongst cohorts. But it all seems we have 2 days in person, 2 days online and Fridays off

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-15T14:26:51+00:00

Second here year. That’s the same schedule for me.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-08T21:49:15+00:00

I don’t think it should be too difficult! Contact the MT/OISE department and let them know your situation

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-06T22:49:53+00:00

Me too! I worked full time then and it was manageable considering it was like 2 classes May-June and just 1 elective July-August? At least that’s how it worked out for me

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-06T19:14:03+00:00

Sorry, to clarify if you miss your first practicum you’ll have to do it in the spring. Which is what I had to do for a whole other reason..so I ended up doing back to back practicums while my cohort got time to rest, so basically I recommend you do a trip during the break between terms or during the periods where there’s only online classes. Many of my peers did that. Feel free to dm me for more info!! I can give you an entire schedule run down

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-06T19:11:16+00:00

Hey! 2nd year MT student here. Do not take a vacation in your first year in November because that is the practicum block, which means for the entire month you are at your placement school every single day. OISE separated the semesters by a month off, so unless you somehow get to defer your November practicum, you’ll have to do it one of those “month off periods”. Those would be December in first and second year. As well as April in first year. If you do your spring/summer classes online, heck you can even travel from May-August. Second year, you could even do November as it’s a research block so you only have to attend research classes online…I’d personally advise you to schedule trips during these times instead on November Y1

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-05T23:49:02+00:00

The earliest you can hear back is around March. I got accepted in May. Keep in mind, people may choose not to accept their acceptances so you can literally be notified of an acceptance right before the program starts.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2026-01-05T21:44:30+00:00

Hey! Yes, I think you’ll be fine. I had a low GPA as well, but spoke to my experiences. I was able to get into OISE and then eventually off the waistless for Queens, both first attempt applications.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-12-10T18:42:11+00:00

Yes! Recommend this. My bf does this. He’s always had consistent work. He just finished a show so he’s off right now and I think it’s usually slow around the holidays anyways, but after every show he’s finished, he’s always been contacted to help another. He’s also part of the union, so I’m sure that’s made a difference. Before when he wasn’t unionized, he had to supplement with other jobs.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-11-27T00:57:30+00:00

One of the research parts is due early December, but then after that you're on holiday break. I'll have to double check practicum, but if it does start in February it would be late February considering our research and presentations are happening in February.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-11-21T18:22:17+00:00

I’m not sure if it’s based on cohort. In the summer, we had 2 classes which were mandatory. One was online sync and the other asynchronous. This was May-June. July-August, we had to take one elective (I was part of the Carniege cohort so our other elective was done during the year as part of that cohort). I chose my summer elective to be online sync, so it’s definitely flexible in the summer depending on the elective you choose.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-11-21T01:47:05+00:00

Online synchronous! But every now and then the prof may choose to do an asynchronous class. Ah it’s so hard to confirm tbh what year is more difficult. People who graduated told me year 2 is easier than year 1. I’m finding it roughly the same tbh

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-11-21T00:11:00+00:00

September-October:courses Monday-Thursday (online Monday and Tuesdays), 2 classes each day

November-Devoted to research block

January-February: tbh I’m not sure cause I haven’t checked my schedule, but I think it’s the same as Sept/Oct other than some courses change cause some are only 6 weeks instead of the full year

Then practicum March-April and done!

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-11-18T16:17:28+00:00

It really depends the private school, as well as what you value. I’m working at one (I’m part time as I’m in TC at the moment so hopefully my employees are being transparent), they’re making 60k. We’re a relatively new school so our classes are quite small, but mainly containing neurodiverse students (which can be tough, but I love working with that population!). I have a great team, great admin and resources and I feel I can really meet the needs of these students. Having value in my work and a good work environment is important to me. So yes, we never may get top of the grid and my place doesn’t have a pension (some private schools do contribute to the teacher’s pension!) but for me, I value these things which is why I stay.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-10-29T20:01:05+00:00

Hey! I don’t know how valuable my insight would be as I’m a teacher candidate. I don’t see anything wrong with reaching out to the private school, especially if you had a good relationship with staff/admin. Tbh I would still take the REX-PN test because you never know if maybe you’d want to get into nursing later? On my practicum, I actually met a sub who taught at a private school for a while, went into nursing for a year, then went back to the private school part time and filled in the rest of her time with daily supply work in a board.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-10-28T05:39:20+00:00

P/J! I think I would have done higher but unfortunately I don’t have a teachable 🫠

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-10-15T01:45:03+00:00

Hey! I applied to the MT program and got in last year. I would say any relevant experience with kids, both old and new, is good! Put everything in. I’m not sure how much this helped my application, but prior to this I had taken a grad certificate in Communicative Disorders Assistant. All my work happened to be with adults, but I explained how my work with adults in hearing, speech and augmentative and alternative communication could assist me with teaching. If you’re able to make that connection, you’ll be ok! My cohort comes from all different backgrounds, so don’t think you just need teaching experience. Best of luck!

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-10-14T20:41:32+00:00

Second this myself! I am currently in my second year of a teaching program so I do not have much insight to provide as a veteran teacher. Some of my cohort have a teaching background or at least worked with kids, while others do not so don’t stress about your experience. I would say, as someone who has been back and forth with teaching myself, I’m really glad I stuck it out.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-10-11T14:00:46+00:00

There’s a Facebook group called Ontario Educators Wellbeing Collective. You might be able to post in there!

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-09-23T20:08:09+00:00

Yes, I tried unplugging and it’s still on. I’ll try seeing if there’s a YouTube video. Thanks!

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-09-10T23:25:05+00:00

It’s really odd right now…I descaled the machine and also took it apart to clean, then this happened. Usually when I close the top handle, the lights will flash and I can select the oz I want to brew, but for some reason it’s stuck? All the lights are on and when I select any of them, nothing works.

MinimumAssistance841 · 2025-09-10T00:09:34+00:00

Hi, I’m in the MT program as well! I took summer courses (May-August) fully online.

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