Professional Learning

Whether you're looking to expand your teaching or leadership knowledge through a graduate certificate, master's degree or Open Studies course, we have a wide variety of offerings designed to help enhance your professional practice. Check them out below.
Certificates
- Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (GCES)
- Contemporary Literacy Education K-9
- Early Childhood Education
- Education Futures
- Indigenous Education
- Learning Design in Post-Secondary Education
- Mathematics Education
- Structured Literacy and Reading Science
- Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities
- Technology in Education
- Trauma-Sensitive Practice
- Graduate Certificate in School Leadership (GCSL)
- Certificate in Teaching Students with Complex Communication Needs (CTSCCN)
Master's Degrees
- Master of Education in Educational Studies (M.Ed.)
- Master of Education in Health Sciences Education (M.Ed.)
Continuing Professional Learning
New in Professional Learning
SUMMER INSTITUTE IN TEACHING FOUNDATIONAL INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
The Summer Institute offers professional learning for in-service teachers and school leaders supporting your growth as more effective teachers by deepening your understanding of First Nation, Métis and Inuit ways of being, knowing and doing. Courses can be taken through Open Studies, or as part of the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Indigenous Education.
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!

Study anywhere, any time!
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.
Professional Learning Staff
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; financial & HR support
Lynnell Prediger, Program Coordinator
Instructor support; course scheduling; student assistance with eClass platform; website; program promotions
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Registration links on program home pages.
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