Event details
Virtual showcase
Recruitment and retention of FSL teachers in rural and remote areas
Showcase meeting 1 – Tuesday, October 24, 2023
PRESENTATIONS
Geneviève Sirois is a professor at Université TÉLUQ and a regular researcher at the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE), as well as co-holder of the new UNESCO Chair in Educational Policies and the Teaching Profession. Ms Sirois’ research expertise focuses on the analysis of education policies, and more specifically teacher management policies (attraction, training, recruitment and retention) and the challenges posed by shortages of teaching professionals in Canada. Her research aims to gain a better understanding of this issue in order to identify the levers that can be used to ensure the availability of sufficient numbers and quality of teaching staff. She is particularly interested in the specific challenges of attracting and retaining teachers in schools in rural and remote areas.
Alain Nault, Coordinator, Bureau de l’éducation française (BEF), Manitoba Department of Education and Early Childhood Learning, and Lesley Doell, National Educational Consultant, Canadian Association of Immersion Professionals (ACPI). ACPI and the Bureau de l’éducation française are working together on a pilot project offering personalized services to support rural school divisions in Manitoba. The goal is to support the retention of French immersion teachers through virtual mentoring, language coaching and customized professional development.
LINKS:
Geneviève Sirois’ presentation (FR)
Alain Nault and Lesley Doell’s presentation (FR)
Schedule
1 pm (Eastern)
Welcoming remarks
1:05 pm
Presentation by Geneviève Sirois, Université Teluq and the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE)
1:30 pm
Questions from participants
1:40 pm
Presentation by Alain Nault, Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, and Lesley Doell, ACPI
2:05 pm
Questions from participants
2:15
End of the showcase meeting