Application

The following documentation must be submitted to the TRU Admissions Office to complete your application.

After you have submitted an application to the program, the Admissions Office will send you an email with links to the online mandatory documents (indicated in brackets).

Application checklist

  • Letter of introduction (online form)
  • Volunteer experience (online form)
  • Resume (online form)
  • References (online form)
  • Trades certificate
  • Transcripts

Letter of introduction

Outline the reasons you would like to become a teacher, why you have chosen the TRU BETT program and any information you feel is pertinent to your application.

Action: Use the link provided in the email from the Admissions Office to complete and submit this form.

Volunteer experience

Outline your experience with middle or high school aged students in group settings, preferably including 25 hours in a middle or high school classroom.

Action: Use the link provided in the email from the Admissions Office to complete and submit this form.

Resume

Include trades-related employment and work experience, with at least five years of journeyperson work and/or teaching experience in the last 10 years.

Action: Use the link provided in the email from the Admissions Office to complete and submit this form.

References

The two individuals providing you with a reference should have observed you working with groups of middle or high school students as you indicated in the volunteer experience form.

After you apply, the Admissions Office will provide a reference form link for you to pass on to your two referees. Be sure to provide referees with your TRU ID number.

Action: Send Reference Report Form links provided by the Admissions Office to two referees

Trades certificate

Provide a copy of your SkilledTradesBC recognized Red Seal or Certificate of Qualification. If you have certification from another authority, you must first apply to SkilledTradesBC to receive an equivalency.

Action: Provide SkilledTradesBC certification via email to admissions@tru.ca and include the words BETT Program and your TRU Student ID number in the subject line of your email.

Transcripts

If applicable, submit official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended except TRU. Official transcripts must come directly from the issuing institution and include a translation to English if required. Final official transcripts must be submitted to admissions@tru.ca no later than May 15 for the fall intake.

Action: Follow these instructions for submitting transcripts