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
- Contemporary Literacy Education K-9
- Early Childhood Education
- Education Futures
- Indigenous Education
- Leadership and Mentoring
- Leadership in Higher Education - New for 2024!
- Mathematics Education
- Structured Literacy and Reading Science
- Teaching Students with Complex Communication Needs - New for 2024!
- Technology in Education
- Trauma-Sensitive Practice
Graduate Certificate in School Leadership
Continuing Professional Learning
Pathways to a Master's Degree

*The GCES and GCSL can ladder in to the M.Ed. Elementary Education - Curriculum and Pedagogy. Contact elemgrad@ualberta.ca for more information.
Additionally, the GCSL can ladder into the M.Ed. in Educational Administration and Leadership. Contact epscoord@ualberta.ca for more information.
Note: Completion of a GCES or GCSL does not guarantee acceptance into any Master's program.

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
Strategic leadership & program planning; financial and budget administration; program oversight; human resources management; team leadership; communications & public relations; relationship building
Rae Beaumont, Graduate Administrator
General program inquiries; prospective and current student support; help with online application process
Jodie Li, Administrative Support, Supporting Mentor Teachers Project
Mentor teacher inquiries; prospective and current student support; program communications and coordination
Lynnell Prediger, Program Coordinator
Instructor support; course scheduling; student assistance with eClass platform; website; program promotions; finance and HR support
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Registration links on program home pages.
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