Professional Learning
Teachers and school leaders - are you looking to expand your teaching or leadership knowledge? Is a Master's degree in your future plans but you're uncertain as to the best path forward? Professional Learning in the Faculty of Education has a wide variety of offerings designed to help enhance your professional practice. Enroll in a graduate certificate that can ladder into a Master's degree, take the plunge into a full Master's program, or try a graduate-level course through Open Studies.
Check out the full slate of programs below and contact us if you have any questions.
Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (GCES)
- Contemporary Literacy Education K-9
- Early Childhood Education
- Education Futures
- Elementary Music Teaching and Learning - New for Summer 2024!
- Indigenous Education
- Indigenous Language Sustainability - New for Summer 2024!
- Leadership in Higher Education - New for Summer 2024!
- Mathematics Education
- Prison Education - Coming in Fall 2025!
- Science Education - New for Summer 2024!
- Structured Literacy and Reading Science
- Teaching Multilingual Students: English as an Additional Language - New for Fall 2024!
- Teaching Students with Complex Communication Needs - New for Fall 2024!
- Technology in Education
- Trauma-Sensitive Practice
Supporting Mentor Teachers Project
Graduate Certificate in School Leadership (GCSL)
Master of Education in Educational Studies (MEd)
- Certificate Pathway - New for 2024!
- Direct-Entry Pathway
Health Sciences Education Programs and Courses
- Master of Education in Health Sciences Education (MEd)
- Professional Learning in Health Sciences Education
Continuing Professional Learning
Pathways to a Master's Degree
*The GCES and GCSL can ladder in to the M.Ed. in Elementary Education and the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Pedagogy. Contact essgrad3@ualberta.ca for more information.
Additionally, the GCSL can ladder into the M.Ed. in Studies in Educational Leadership. Contact essgrad2@ualberta.ca for more information.
Note: Completion of a GCES or GCSL does not guarantee acceptance into any Master's program.
Summer Institute in Teaching Foundational Indigenous Knowledge 2024
Study anywhere, any time!
Supporting Mentor Teachers Project
Mentor Teachers... join us on a journey for the enhancement of your professional learning. Through non-credit modules and graduate courses, you will learn how to better share your experience and expertise with the next generation of teachers and educational leaders. Choose your path and take it all the way to your Master of Education!
Dr. Scott Key, Director - skey@ualberta.ca
Strategic leadership & program planning; financial and budget administration; program oversight; human resources management; team leadership; communications & public relations; relationship building
Rae Beaumont, Graduate Administrator
M.Ed. in Educational Studies (MES - mesinfo@ualberta.ca)
Program inquiries for Indigenous Education, online, blended and specialty cohorts, ladder programs; prospective and current student support; help with online application process
Jodie Li, Administrative Support
M.Ed. in Health Sciences Education (MHSE - medhse@ualberta.ca)
Supporting Mentor Teachers Project (SMTP - edmentor@ualberta.ca)
Program inquiries; prospective and current student support; help with online application process; SMTP communications and coordination
Hala Moraich, Graduate Administrator
Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (GCES - gcesinfo@ualberta.ca)
Graduate Certificate in School Leadership (GCSL - gcslinfo@ualberta.ca)
Program inquiries for all graduate certificate programs, prospective and current student support; help with online application process
Lynnell Prediger, Program Coordinator - pluadmin@ualberta.ca
General inquiries, instructor support for all programs; technical assistance for students with eClass platform; course scheduling; website; program promotions; finance and HR support
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Registration links on program home pages.
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