If you attend the bachelor of education program at UBC you will do what is called the Community Field Experience at the end of your 10 week practicum.  This is a three week practicum that allows the teacher candidates to experience education outside of the classrooms we have become accustomed to. It is a fabulous opportunity to scope out what cool educational innovations are happening locally in the Vancouver area (such as Science world), across the province (such as Haida Gwaii), and internationally. As I want to eventually teach over seas I chose the international option.

I am in Vantaa Finland.

Working in the oldest school building in Finland: Kyrkoby Skola.

It is Amazing.