The TESL Ontario required training for OCELT & ICTEAL Certification consists of at least 250 hours of instruction in TESL theory and methodology, at least 30 hours of observation, and at least 20 hours of supervised practice teaching.
The TESL Ontario recognized modes of delivery for accredited TESL training are as follows:
- in-person
- online-synchronous
- hybrid (in-person & online-synchronous)
Also, please note that no more than half of the required practicum hours (i.e., 15 hours of observation and 10 hours of supervised practice teaching) can be completed online. All online observation and online supervised practice teaching (if any) must be conducted synchronously.
For information about any of the accredited training programs' mode/s of delivery, admission requirements, registration dates, start/end dates, weekly schedule, tuition fee, financial assistance, etc., please contact the training provider/s of your choice directly.
TESL Training Providers |
Location |
Training |
TESL Training Program |
Contact Information |
Algonquin College |
Ottawa, Ont |
full time & part time
|
full time program: part time program:
|
Dmitri Priven |
Brock University
|
St. Catharines, Ont |
full time (part- time study possible) |
BA (Hons) Applied Linguistics/TESL Program:
|
Chair, Department of Applied Linguistics Cheng Luo, Academic Director, Department of Applied Linguistics
|
Canadian Centre for Language & Cultural Studies (CCLCS) | Toronto, Ont. |
full time & part time
|
http://cclcs.ca/tesl-training/ |
Cheryl Fretz |
Canadian College of Educators
|
Mississauga, Ont. |
full time & part time |
http://www.canadiancollegeofeducators.ca/
|
Carmen Valero |
Carleton University
|
Ottawa, Ont. |
master's degree program full time & part time
|
http://carleton.ca/slals/applied-linguistics- discourse-studies/ma-program/tesl-certification/ |
Geoff Pinchbeck |
Carleton University
|
Ottawa, Ont. |
full time & part time |
https://carleton.ca/slals/tesl/ctesl/ |
Geoff Pinchbeck |
Centennial College
|
Toronto, Ont. |
part time
|
http://secure.centennialcollege.ca/webreg/progdetail.do?ProgramCode=7380
https://secure.centennialcollege.ca/webreg/ |
Elaine McSorley |
Conestoga College
|
Kitchener, Ont. |
|
full time program: part time program:
|
Amanda McIntosh |
Fanshawe College
|
London, Ont. |
full time
|
http://www.fanshawec.ca/tes2 |
Claire Marin
|
Humber College
|
Etobicoke, Ont. |
full time
|
http://liberalarts.humber.ca/ |
Elisa Warner |
Learning Language Institute |
London, Ont. |
full time & part time |
Shabnam Akrami |
|
Niagara Catholic District School Board |
St. Catharines, Ont. |
part time
|
https://niagaracontinuingeducation.ca/teach- english-to-speakers-of-other-languages-program |
Jennifer Schinkel |
Niagara College |
Welland, Ont. |
full time
|
www.niagaracollege.ca/english-language-studies/ programs/teaching-esl |
Faith Marcel |
NAB College
|
Mississauga, Ont. |
|
Not available at present |
Roy Rintoul
|
Peel District School Board
|
Mississauga, Ont. |
part time The required training is offered in two parts. |
https://tesl.peelschools.org/tesl/ |
Nazifa Naebkhil, Office Assistant
|
Queen's University Professional Studies | Kingston, Ont. |
part time The required training is offered in two parts. |
https://pros.educ.queensu.ca/courses/category/36 |
Janette Jorgensen
613-533-6000, Ext. 75969
|
Renison University College, University of Waterloo | Waterloo, Ont. |
part time
|
Part 1: https://uwaterloo.ca/community-and- Part 2: (website not available) This part of the training is offered based on student interest and numbers. For information about the availability of Part 2, please contact the training provider directly. |
Kimberly Burrell |
Seneca College, |
Toronto, Ont. |
full time
|
https://www.senecacollege.ca/international/ eli/tesl.html |
Gloria McPherson |
Seneca College,
|
Toronto, Ont. |
part time
|
www.senecacollege.ca/ce /language/language-careers/ tesl.html |
Jennifer Stemerdink
|
Sheridan College |
Mississauga, Ont. |
full time |
https://academics. sheridancollege.ca/programs/ teaching-english-to-speakers- of-other-languages |
|
Toronto District School Board | Toronto, Ont. |
part time |
www.tdsbtesl.ca |
Claudia Petrescu |
University of Saskatchewan
|
Saskatoon, Sask. |
part time This program requires that students arrange for their own practicum hours.
|
www.certesl.usask.ca |
|
University of Toronto, Woodsworth College |
Toronto, Ont. |
|
Not available at present |
|
University of Windsor, Centre for English Language Development |
Windsor, Ont. |
. |
Not available at present New program is currently in design phase. |
Iris Wang |
York Catholic District School Board YCDSB offers only the practicum component of the required training. |
Aurora, Ont. |
flexible practicum schedule to meet applicant needs-including day, evenings, and Saturdays
|
https://www.ycdsb.ca/ce/program/teaching-english-as-a-second-language-tesl/
|
Tania Connell |
York University
|
Toronto, Ont. |
full time & part time
|
www.yorku.ca/laps/dlll/tesol |
Dr. Antonella Valeo |