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Regularly scheduled professional development for Language learning educators.

Live Webinars

Gamification: From Counting Minutes to Hooray – My Secret Recipe

Azza Salman
September 28, 2025
2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT

Our presenter always wondered why we play games in class. She found out that it is a win-win game for both students and teachers. She also found a secret recipe for grouping and resolving gamification challenges in the classroom. Join her to learn more about this topic.

Plurilingualism for Transformative Social Justice

Marina Antony-Newman, OCELT
October 15, 2025
7:00 – 8:00 pm EDT

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Webinar Series

During this webinar, the presenter will review the concepts of social justice, plurilingualism, and the connection between them. Using Fraser’s social justice model of 3R (recognition, redistribution, and representation) applied to language education, participants will learn strategies as to how plurilingual approaches can help achieve transformative change in the language classroom and beyond.

Digital Duct Tape for Language Instructors

John Allan, OCELT
October 22, 2025
7:00 – 8:00 pm EDT

What is digital duct tape? What are simple ways that I level up my online teaching materials? Are these digital tools free?

Join me, John Allan, to bind language teachers to low-cost or free, quick and adaptable tech tools…

Mentoring TESL Practicum Students: Opportunities and Challenges

Antonella Valeo, OCELT; Carmen Valero, OCELT; Ghazal Lotfi, OCELT; Irene Kosmas, OCELT; Anjum Karimi, OCELT; Tracy Crewson, OCELT
October 26, 2025
7:00 – 8:00 pm EDT

Are you an Ontario certified English language teacher (OCELT) and currently teaching? Are you interested in enriching your professional development by exploring other ways of completing your PD requirements? If so, consider giving back to the TESL community by being a practicum mentor. Look forward to a satisfying experience that will add more diverse skills to your resume.

Student Outcomes in College & University EAP Programs

Danielle Freitas, OCELT; Julian Inglis, Valerie Kilgour, OCELT, & Chenxi He
December 3, 2025
7:00 – 8:00 pm EST

How do English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs shape international student success in Canadian colleges and universities? Do students who complete EAP programs perform better academically than those who do not? How do outcomes such as Grade Point Average (GPA) and retention differ between students who complete EAP programs and those who do not?

Inclusive Approach to Managing Learners’ Behaviour

Alicja Sablik
January 25, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 pm EST

What is your reaction to disruptive learners’ behaviour in the classroom? Do you understand why such behaviour happens? How do you feel, approaching challenging behaviour in the classroom? Join us to learn about this area of classroom management.