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 help 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
- Supporting Student Wellbeing
- 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 and the M.Ed. in Secondary Education. Contact essgrad3@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 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.ca
Strategic leadership & program planning; financial and budget administration; program oversight; human resources management; team leadership; communications & public relations; relationship building
Rae Beaumont, Graduate Administrator
M.Ed. in Educational Studies - Certificate Pathway (MES - mesinfo@ualberta.ca)
Program inquiries for MES ladder programs; prospective and current student support; help with online application process
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 Health Sciences Education (MHSE - medhse@ualberta.ca)
Program inquiries; prospective and current student support; help with online application process.
M.Ed. in Educational Studies - Direct Entry Pathway (MES - mesinfo@ualberta.ca)
Program inquiries for Indigenous Education, online, blended and specialty cohorts; 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.ca
General inquiries and instructor support for all programs; technical assistance for students with online learning platforms; course scheduling; website; program promotions; finance and HR support
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Registration links on program home pages.
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