L'accueil chaleureux : New French Teacher Welcome Project
This ambitious new project is focused on improving retention of new French teachers in their first 1 – 3 years of teaching. By working with our dedicated CPF volunteers, we can help new French teachers feel better connected socially and culturally in their new home communities.
Through the two components of this program, we hope to improve retention of new French teachers by helping them feel better connected, both socially and culturally.
The social connection component provides funding to Chapters to welcome new teachers. As a Community Host, volunteers will be connected with one or more new French teachers in their community. Throughout the school year, Community Hosts will meet with new teacher(s) monthly and introduce them to the community—helping to make social connections and show what makes your area a special place to live.
The cultural connection component provides a grant to support new teachers to organize a French socio-cultural event in your community. By supporting teachers to put on a French socio-cultural event, we hope to improve their confidence and enthusiasm for teaching French.
L’accueil chaleureux
A two-year CPF initiative in BC supports new FSL teachers socially and culturally.
With the participation of the Government of Canada and the Ministry of Education and Child Care of British Columbia, L’accueil chaleureux is a two-year project aimed at retaining French second language teachers who are in their first three years in a community.
Out of the 24 school districts with teachers who have signed up so far, Campbell River has the largest contingent.
News Release | VANCOUVER, March 3, 2023
With government funding, our members and volunteers can be part of the solution that addresses the French second language teacher shortage.
Grâce au financement de nos gouvernements, nos bénévoles et nos membres peuvent faire partie de la solution à la pénurie d’enseignants français langue seconde.
We are grateful to have been a part of today’s announcement.
Lynne Côté-Aubin
Canadian Parents for French volunteers made Lynne Côté-Aubin feel at home in Fort St. John when she arrived in the Northern BC community to teach in 1990 from Sturgeon Falls, Ontario.
A big merci! to our generous funders:
With the participation of the Government of Canada and the Ministry of Education and Child Care of British Columbia.
