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Professional Learning Series

Workshops in French in Your Region

SFU's Faculty of Education, in collaboration with the Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs, delivers Pro-D workshop series in French and free-of-charge to teachers at any grade level or in any educational environment.  The series are based on professional inquiry and are generally 3 to 5 sessions long per series.

Themes are developed in response to identified needs in BC school districts, particular schools or educational institutions. Particular needs may arise, for example, in response to policy or curriculum changes or needs identified in improving educative services.

Here are some popular topics:

  • The new BC curriculum (and related topics)
  • Project-based learning and Inquiry
  • Approche actionnelle/Action-oriented approach
  • Supporting oral language in the classroom
  • Language acquisition in the content areas
  • Numeracy and number sense
  • Literacy
  • Teacher inquiry
  • Technology for oral language
  • Language Acquisition
  • Interdisciplinary teaching of sustainability
  • Intermediate TPRS
  • Game-based Language Practice
  • Performance Standards
  • Literacy
  • French in Middle School
  • French as a Second Language
  • Learning to Read
  • Special Education
  • Critical Thinking
  • Student Assessment
  • Additional topics as requested

These series are usually hosted by the district/organization making the request. They may be accommodated on-campus if requested.

Each series consists, in general, of:

  • 3-5 non-credit sessions on a given theme
  • sessions may be held during the day, evening or on the weekend
  • each session may last 3-5 hours

For more information on Professional Learning Series, click here.

Host a Professional Learning Series in Your School District

Contact the Coordinator - Provincial network for teachers of French, to get information on how to host workshop series in your school district, adapted to your needs and free-of-charge:

Contact us

Email: prof_baff@sfu.ca
Tel.: 604.700.3669