French Program Coordinator

Shauna Néro

Shauna Néro is the Coordinator of the Provincial Network of French Language Educators in British Columbia at the Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs at Simon Fraser University. She is also the French Program Coordinator for the Mission School Board. She has taught French Language, Social Studies, and Core French at the high school level and was a Vice-Principal in a dual-track immersion elementary school. She is also an author of FSL teaching modules for FrancoLab (TV5 Quebec) and Educastream (France). She teaches the “Designs for Learning: French as a Second Language” course, which covers a variety of teaching approaches and strategies for future teachers, at Simon Fraser University. She is currently completing her Master’s degree at Simon Fraser University. A former immersion student and the mother of a daughter in immersion, Shauna understands the challenges of learning an additional language in a minority setting. She is passionate about creating authentic, action-oriented learning experiences for French students to help them develop their essential, intercultural, and linguistic skills. Through her interactive workshops, she supports teachers at the provincial and national levels by blending theory and practice into the learning process — from planning to practice to assessment — to engage learners in acquiring French as a second language.