Professional Development
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Are you a language teacher looking for professional development courses to enhance your career in education? There are many opportunities available to teachers to pursue their special interests in the field of education.
You can consult our L2 Teacher Learning Opportunities Inventory. This searchable databank has been created to increase awareness of the wide variety of second official language & cultural learning opportunities available to Canadian teachers across Canada and beyond.
To learn more about the various workshops, conferences credit and non-credit programs available to second language teachers visit the links listed below. The links to some of these professional development programs are listed by Province as well as a heading for Canada listing national education related associations.
Newfoundland and Labrador |
Canada
Association canadienne d'éducation de langue française - Stages de perfectionnement
Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers (CAIT) – Institut d’été
Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT) – PD Events
Development
Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT)-
Conferences and Workshops Listing
Canadian Teachers' Federation - Teaching in Canada
TESL Canada Professional Certification
Alberta
Alberta Learning - Individual Teacher Bursary - French Language
Alberta Teachers' Association - Professional Development
University of Alberta - Campus St-Jean - Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en français (CERF)
British Columbia
British Columbia Teachers' Federation - Professional Development Online
University of Victoria - Continuing Studies in Education - Programs
University of Victoria - Continuing Studies in Education - Professional Development
Manitoba
Information for: Educators and Trainers
Education, Citizenship and Youth: Basic French - Professional Learning
Education, Citizenship and Youth: Basic French - Bursaries
Manitoba Teachers' Society - PD Bulletin
Manitoba Teachers' Society - Special Area Groups
Manitoba Teachers' Society - Workshops - Seminars
New Brunswick
New Brunswick Teachers' Association - Professional Development
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland & Labrador Teachers' Association - Virtual Teacher Centre "For the Teacher - PD"
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Acadia University - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program in Educational Studies
Dalhousie University - Adult Education
Nova Scotia Language Teachers Association - Conference
Nova Scotia Teachers Union - Professional Development Opportunities
Nunavut
Nunavut Teachers'Association - Professional Improvement
Ontario
Algonquin College - On-line Learning - Teachers and Trainers of Adults Certificate Program
Brock University – Faculty of Education - Centre for Continuing Teacher Education
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario - Professional Development
Lakehead University : Professional Development in Education Programs
Nippissing University – Professional Development for Teachers
Ontario's e-Learning Strategy - Professional Development
Ontario Ministry of Education - The Teaching Profession
Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association - Conferences
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation - Training
Queen’s University – Continuing Teacher Education
St.Lawrence College of Applied arts & Technology - Part-time Studies - On-line Teacher Program
Survive & Thrive - Virtual conference for beginning teachers
University of Ottawa - Faculty of Education
University of Ottawa - Faculty of Education - Professional Development Programs
University of Toronto - OISE - Centre for Teacher Development
University of Western Ontario - Faculty of Education - Continuing Teacher Education
York University – Faculty of Education - Professional Development
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island Teachers' Federation - Course Offerings
Quebec
Society for the Promotion of Teaching English as a Second Language in Quebec (SPEAQ)
Université Laval - Formation continue - Faculté des sciences en éducation
Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières - École internationale de français
Université de Sherbrooke - Formation continue à la Faculté d'éducation
Saskatchewan
Professional Development for Staff - This page contains information about tutorials, implementing various instructional strategies, technology tools, and P.D. session handouts from system wide P.D. days.
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation - Professional Development
Yukon
Yukon Teachers' Association - Professional Development




