Important notes! Please read carefully:
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The TESL Ontario accredited OCELT training includes at least 250 instructional hours, 30 hours of observation, and 20 hours of supervised practice teaching. The training can be completed full time or part time. The delivery modes are on-site, online, blended, and distance education. Some accredited schools offer the required training in two parts.
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Graduates are eligible to apply for the TESL Ontario OCELT Accreditation and Professional Designation provided that they meet the university degree and English language proficiency requirements. The OCELT Certificate of Accreditation and Professional Designation recognizes that a certificate holder has the knowledge and skills required for teaching English to adult learners in all publicly funded and private programs in Ontario, other Canadian provinces and territories, and abroad. Approved applicants are also awarded the TESL Ontario International Certificate in Teaching English as an Additional Language (ICTEAL).
- For information about the OCELT training program admission requirements, registration dates, start/end dates, weekly schedule, tuition fee, financial assistance, etc., please contact the OCELT training provider/s of your choice directly.
TESL Training Providers |
Training Program Location |
Training |
Training Program |
Training Program Contact Information |
Algonquin College |
Ottawa, Ont |
in-person blended with online synchronous full time & part time |
full time program: part time program:
|
Dmitri Priven |
Brock University
|
St. Catharines, Ont |
bachelor's degree program in-person |
https://brocku.ca/social-sciences/ departments-and-centres/applied- linguistics |
Department Chair |
Canadian Centre for Language & Cultural Studies (CCLCS) | Toronto, Ont. |
in-person full time & part time
|
http://cclcs.ca/tesl-training/ |
Cheryl Fretz |
Canadian College of Educators
|
Mississauga, Ont. |
in-person & online full time & part time |
http://www.canadiancollegeofeducators.ca/tesldiploma
|
Carmen Valero |
Carleton University
|
Ottawa, Ont. |
master's degree program in-person full time & part time
|
http://https://carleton.ca/slals/applied-linguistics-discourse-studies/ma-program/tesl-certification/ |
Geoff Pinchbeck |
Carleton University
|
Ottawa, Ont. |
in-person full time & part time |
carleton.ca/slals/ctesl/ |
Geoff Pinchbeck |
Centennial College
|
Toronto, Ont. |
online (theory & methodology) + in-person (practica) |
http://https://secure.centennialcollege.ca/webreg/progdetail.do?ProgramCode=7380 https://secure.centennialcollege.ca/webreg/progdetail.do?ProgramCode=7381 |
Elaine McSorley
|
|
Kitchener, Ont. |
full time: in-person |
http://www.conestogac.on.ca/fulltime/teaching-english-as-a-second-language-tesl
|
Lois Molto |
Fanshawe College
|
London, Ont. |
in-person, online, & full time
|
http://www.fanshawec.ca/tes2 |
Dr. Angela Meyer-Sterzik |
Humber College
|
Etobicoke, Ont. |
4 courses in-class + 1 online course full time
|
http://liberalarts.humber.ca/ |
Irene Kosmas |
London Language Institute |
London, Ont. |
Part 1: in-person Part 2: online full time & part time |
Paula Medina |
|
Niagara Catholic District School Board |
St. Catharines, Ont. |
in-person/blended part time |
https://niagaracontinuingeducation.ca/teach-english-to-speakers-of-other-languages-program |
Jennifer Schinkel |
|
Welland, Ont. |
in-person full time & part time
|
www.niagaracollege.ca/english -language-studies/programs/ teaching-esl |
Heather Cordeiro 905-735-2211, Ext. 7091 hcordeiro@niagaracollege.ca |
|
Mississauga, Ont. |
in-person full time & part time |
www.nabcollege.ca |
Hadi Naour
|
Ontario Tech University (formerly UOIT) |
Oshawa, Ont. |
blended full time |
https://education.ontariotechu.ca/tesl/ |
Dr. Allyson Eamer
|
|
Mississauga, Ont. |
in-person full time & part time The required training is offered in two parts. |
www.teslpeel.org |
Cindy Ryan |
Queen's University Professional Studies | Kingsoton, Ont. |
online part time The required training is offered in two parts. |
https://professionalstudies.educ.queensu.ca/programs/teaching-english-as-a-second-language-certificates-ctesol-and-ocelt |
Sarah Anderson 613-533-6000, Ext. 78220 sarah.anderson@queensu.ca |
Renison University College, University of Waterloo |
Waterloo, Ont. |
in-person part time |
https://uwaterloo.ca/community-and-professional-education/tesol-certificate |
Kimberly Burrell |
|
Toronto, Ont. |
blended (mostly in-person with approximately 10-20% online) full time |
https://www.senecacollege.ca/international/eli/tesl.html |
Gloria McPherson |
|
Toronto, Ont. |
in-person part time
|
www.senecacollege.ca/ce /language/language-careers/ tesl.html |
Jamara Romero |
Sheridan College |
Mississauga, Ont. |
in-person, online & blended full time |
https://academics. sheridancollege.ca/programs/ teaching-english-to-speakers- of-other-languages |
Tania Meridew |
Toronto District School Board |
Toronto, Ont. |
in-person part time |
www.tdsbtesl.ca |
Claudia Petrescu |
Trinity Western University |
Langley, BC |
master's degree program in-person, online, & full time & part time |
Tanja Etherington William Acton |
|
This program requires that students arrange for their own practicum hours.
|
Saskatoon, Sask. |
part time
|
www.certesl.usask.ca |
Lyndon MacNeill |
|
Toronto, Ont. |
in-person full time & part time |
http://tesol.wdw.utoronto.ca |
TESOL Advisor |
University of Windsor, Centre for English Language Development |
Windsor, Ont. |
in-person & blended part time |
http://continue.uwindsor.ca/494/tesol-certification |
Iris Wang |
York Catholic District School Board This program offers only the practicum component of the required training. |
Aurora, Ont. |
|
https://www.ycdsb.ca/ce/program/teaching-english-as-a-second-language-tesl/
|
Tania Connell |
|
Toronto, Ont. |
full time & part time
|
www.yorku.ca/laps/dlll/tesol |
Dr. Antonella Valeo |