Professional Development

Are you a second 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. 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.

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Canada

Association canadienne d'éducation de langue française - Stages de perfectionnement
http://www.acelf.ca/c/activites/perfectionnement/default.html

Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers (CAIT) – Institut d’été
http://www.acpi-cait.ca/

Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT) – PD Events
Development
http://caslt.org/what-we-do/what-we-do-pd-events_en.php

Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT)-
Conferences and Workshops Listing
http://caslt.org/what-we-do/what-we-do-pd-events-event-listings_en.php

Canadian Teachers' Federation - Member Organizations
http://www.ctf-fce.ca/e/organization/about/member_organizations.asp

Canadian Teachers' Federation - Teaching in Canada
http://www.ctf-fce.ca/e/teaching_in_canada/index.asp

TESL Canada - Conferences
http://www.tesl.ca/Secondary_Navigation/TESL_Canada_Conferences.htm

TESL Canada Professional Certification
http://www.tesl.ca/Secondary_Navigation/TESL_Canada_Professional_Certification.htm

Alberta

Alberta Learning - Individual Teacher Bursary - French Language
http://www.learning.gov.ab.ca/French/lang_officielles/offic_en/bursary/bursary.html

Alberta Teachers' Association - Professional Development
http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Professional%20Development/Pages/Index.aspx

University of Alberta - Campus St-Jean - Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en français (CERF)
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/cerf/index.cfm

British Columbia

British Columbia Teachers' Federation - Professional Development Online
http://bctf.ca/professionaldevelopment.aspx

University of Victoria - Continuing Studies in Education - Programs
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/csie/courses.aspx

University of Victoria - Continuing Studies in Education - Professional Development
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/csie/prod.aspx

Manitoba

Information for: Educators and Trainers
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ael/edutrain/index.html

Education, Citizenship and Youth: Basic French - Professional Learning
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/french/proflearn.html

Education, Citizenship and Youth: Basic French - Bursaries
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/french/bursaries.html

Manitoba Teachers' Society - PD Bulletin
http://www.mbteach.org/professional-development/pdbulletin.html

Manitoba Teachers' Society - Special Area Groups
http://www.mbteach.org/professional-development/sags.html

Manitoba Teachers' Society - Workshops - Seminars
http://www.mbteach.org/professional-development/mtsseminars.html

New Brunswick

Centre international d’apprentissage du français (C.I.A.F), Campus de Shippigan, Université de Moncton
http://www.umcs.ca/ciaf/

New Brunswick Teachers' Association - Professional Development
http://www.nbta.ca/pd.html

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland & Labrador Teachers' Association - Virtual Teacher Centre "For the Teacher - PD"
http://www.virtualteachercentre.ca/welcome.asp

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Acadia University - Continuing Education - Graduate Education Programs for Teachers
http://www.openacadia.ca/index.php/features/programs/graduate-programs

Dalhousie University - Adult Education
http://collegeofcontinuinged.dal.ca/Continuing%20Management%20Education/Adult%20Education/

Nova Scotia - Department of Education - Learning Resources & Technology
http://lrt.ednet.ns.ca/

Nova Scotia Language Teachers Association - Conference
http://www.nslta.com/

Nova Scotia Teachers Union - Professional Development Opportunities
http://www.nstu.ca/app?service=page/Opportunities

Online Professional Development for French second language teachers
http://dpenligne.ednet.ns.ca/

University College of Cape Breton - Extension and Community Affairs -Educational Programs - Educational Studies
http://www.uccb.ns.ca/index1.htm

Nunavut

Nunavut Teachers'Association - Professional Improvement
http://www.ntanu.ca/index.php?id=24

Ontario

Algonquin College - On-line Learning - Teachers and Trainers of Adults Certificate Program
http://www.algonquincollege.com/distance/programs_courses/certificate/teachers_and_trainers.html

Brock University – Faculty of Education - Centre for Continuing Teacher Education
http://www.ed.brocku.ca/continuing/

Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario - Professional Development
http://www.etfo.ca/ProfessionalDevelopment/Pages/default.aspx

Lakehead University: Faculty of Education: Department of Lifelong Learning: Lifelong Learning - Professional Development
http://bolt.lakeheadu.ca/~educate/wp/?pg=89

Nippissing University – Professional Development for Teachers
http://www.nipissingu.ca/documents.cfm?smocid=1516

Ontario College of Teachers - Ordre des enseignantes et enseignants de l'Ontario
Professional Learning Program - Information for Teachers
http://www.oct.ca/en/PLP/teacher-information_e.asp

Ontario Ministry of Education - The Teaching Profession
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/teacher/employ.html

Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association - Conferences
http://www.omlta.org/conferences.php

Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation - Training
http://www.osstf.on.ca/Training

Queen's University - Continuing Teacher Education
http://www.coursesforteachers.ca/index.shtml

St.Lawrence College of Applied arts & Technology - Part-time Studies - On-line Teacher Program
http://www.sl.on.ca/parttime/index.htm

Université Laurentienne - École des sciences de l'éducation - Programme de perfectionnement professionnel
http://www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/Departments/School+of+Education+French/acceuil.htm?Laurentian_Lang=en-CA

University of Ottawa - Faculty of Education
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/info/regist/calendars/eduprof/PDP.html

University of Ottawa - Faculty of Education - Professional Development Programs
http://www.education.uottawa.ca/academic-affairs/PDP.html

University of Toronto - OISE - Centre for Teacher Development
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/jctd/

Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development
http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/informationfor/cal2008-09/programs/ctl.htm

University of Western Ontario - Faculty of Education - Continuing Teacher Education
http://www.edu.uwo.ca/conted/information.html

York University - Faculty of Education - Research & Field Development
http://www.edu.yorku.ca/FieldDev/

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island Teachers' Federation - Course Offerings
http://www.peitf.com/courses.htm

Quebec

Ministère de l'éducation Québec - La direction de la formation et de la titularisation du personnel scolaire - Formation continue
http://www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/dftps/interieur/formcont.html

Society for the Promotion of Teaching English as a Second Language in Quebec (SPEAQ)
http://www.speaq.qc.ca/convention.html

Université Bishop's University - School of Education - Professional Development
http://www.ubishops.ca/gse/profdev.html

Université Laval - Formation continue - Faculté des sciences en éducation
http://www.ulaval.ca/sg/annuaires/fac/sed.html

Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières - École internationale de français
http://www.uqtr.ca/eif/

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation - Professional Development
http://www.stf.sk.ca/services/professional_development/index.html

Yukon

Yukon Teachers' Association - Professional Development
http://www.yta.yk.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=4&Itemid=58