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 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
- Elementary Music Teaching and Learning
- Indigenous Education
- Indigenous Language Sustainability
- Prison Education
- Structured Literacy and Reading Science
- Teacher Leadership in School-Based Agriculture
- Teaching English Language Learners
- Teaching Students with Complex Communication Needs
Coming in 2026:
- Mathematics Education
- School Librarianship
- Science Education
- Technology in Education
- Trauma-Sensitive Practice
Graduate Certificate in School Leadership (GCSL)
Supporting Mentor Teachers Project
Pathways to a Master's Degree
*The GCES and GCSL can ladder in to the M.Ed. in Elementary Education, Curriculum and Pedagogy, or Secondary Education. Contact Dr. William Dunn at wdunn@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.
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-level 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.caStrategic leadership & program planning; financial and budget administration; program oversight; human resources management; team leadership; communications & public relations; relationship building
Rae Beaumont, Graduate Administrator
On Leave
Jodie Li, Administrative Support
Supporting Mentor Teachers Project (SMTP - edmentor@ualberta.ca)
Program inquiries; prospective and current student support; help with online application process; SMTP communications and coordination
M.Ed. in Educational Studies - (MES - mesinfo@ualberta.ca)
Program inquiries for all MES programs; prospective and current student support; help with online application process
M.Ed. in Health Sciences Education (MHSE - medhse@ualberta.ca)
Program inquiries; prospective and current student support; help with online application process.
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.caGeneral program inquiries, instructor support for all programs; human resources; technical assistance for students with online learning platforms; course scheduling; website; program promotions; finance support
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Registration links on program home pages.
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