Tuition fee credits are issued to school associates, in-school coordinators, and school administrators at the end of the semester in which the school associate hosted a student teacher. Upon issue, a TFC notification will be sent via email.

School associates, in-school coordinators and school administrators receive tuition fee credits as follows:

EDUC 401/402 Experiences

• School associates: Receive four TFCs. If more than one school associate is involved in the mentorship of a student teacher, the TFCs will be divided among the teachers involved.
• In-school coordinators: Receive two TFCs.
• School administrators: Receive four TFCs.

EDUC 405/406 Practicum:

• School associates: Receive four TFCs. If more than one school associate is involved in the mentorship of a student teacher, the TFCs will be divided amongst the teachers involved.
• School administrators: Receive four TFCs.

Tuition fee credits can be redeemed by completing and submitting the online form. This form is to be used if you are redeeming the TFCs for yourself. If you wish to transfer the TFCs to someone else, please see the section on transferring tuition fee credits below.

School associates, in-school coordinators and administrators may redeem up to 10 credits per semester up to a lifetime maximum of 30 credits.

Individuals outside of these categories who have been transferred TFCs may redeem up to four credits per semester up to a lifetime maximum of 12 credits. 

TFCs are posted to student accounts after the third week of class. You will receive a confirmation email usually within FIVE working days after submitting your request. Outstanding account balances not covered by the value of the redeemed credits are subject to a late fee penalty of 2 per cent monthly.

When a transfer occurs, the original TFC is cancelled and a new TFC is issued in the recipient's name with a new TFC number. On the transfer form, you will have the option of having the credits applied to the current semester or saved under your name in our database for future use.

Transfer policy 

Effective October 19, 2015, tuition fee credits may be transferred to: 

Spouse – A person to whom the employee is legally married and lives with, or a person who, although not legally married to the employee, has co-habited with them for at least twelve months in a marriage-like relationship and is known in the community as the employee's spouse or partner. The spouse may be a person of any gender.

Child – A child or stepchild of the employee who is under twenty-five years of age on the first day of classes of the semester. The benefit will expire at the end of the current academic semester should the child attain twenty-five years of age. The child must be mainly dependent upon the employee for financial support.

Colleague (currently working at your school) – For this purpose, colleagues include enrolling or non-enrolling teachers on temporary or continuing contracts and school administrators. We hope that recipients of transferred credits will consider becoming school associates in the future.

Promising educator – TFCs may also be gifted to a promising educator who meets one of the following criteria:

a) is a certified teacher working in any school district without a continuing contract, such as a TTOC;

b) is an SFU student, in any faculty, who is an aspiring teacher.

Those gifting TFCs to a promising educator are providing encouragement to current colleagues not on continuing contracts or future educators who demonstrate a strong commitment to being or becoming outstanding teachers.

• Each TFC is worth the monetary value of one undergraduate credit. For the 2020–21 academic year, each credit is valued at $195.88.
• TFCs can be applied to base tuition amounts of any credit course, graduate or undergraduate.
• Continuing Studies courses are non-credit and are therefore ineligible. The University reserves the right to exclude any special program or course from the waiver policy.
• TFCs become valid the semester after they are issued and remain vaild for two years.
• To redeem TFCs, the recipient must be registered in a credit course.
• If a course is dropped, TFCs cannot be returned.
• TFCs cannot be applied towards previous balances owing.
• Credits may not be sold.
• Avoid late penalties by submitting TFC redemption requests by the end of the second week of the semester.