The joint CPF QCNU (Canadian Parents for French, Québec & Nunavut) & AQEFLS (Association québécoise pour l’enseignement du français langue seconde) Excellence in FSL Teaching Award acknowledges excellence in French Second Language teaching and rewards teachers’ initiative and innovation. CPF and AQEFLS seek to recognize those who motivate students to achieve their best and who contribute significantly to their school and community.

ELIGIBILITY

Nominees must be currently teaching French Second Language courses (in the anglophone, indigenous, or francophone sectors) in Québec during the 2024-2025 school year (Preschool, Elementary, High School, CEGEP, University, Adult Education). Administrators, Pedagogical Consultants, Indigenous Coordinators, other teachers, students or parents, can nominate a single teacher or a team of two teachers to win the award. You could even nominate yourself!

TIMELINE

  • Deadline for nominations is December 15, 2024
  • Winners will be announced on January 15, 2025
  • Prize is awarded at the annual AQEFLS Conference on April 4, 2025

PRIZE

  • $500 Cash prize ($250 per teacher if there are two winners) 
  • CPF Associate Partner Organization membership for your school ($60 value) 
  • registration to “Languages without Borders” Conference ($400 value)
  • travel, accommodation and per diem for the Conference if the winner lives more than 75 km away from Montreal

SELECTION CRITERIA

The selection committee will base its decision on the level of excellence demonstrated in any or all of the following areas: 

  • initiation of new and innovative French Second Language teaching methods;
  • creation of a stimulating learning environment;
  • motivation of students to achieve their best;
  • contribution to school and community (e.g., implementing a CPF program in their classroom);
  • facilitating the use of French outside of the classroom.

NOMINATION

To nominate a teacher or a pair of teachers for this award, please fill out the form by clicking on the green button.

Please Note: A teacher, or pair of teachers, can qualify with a single nomination, but the committee views teachers who receive multiple nominations as stronger candidates. Please share this nomination process with your colleagues!

NOMINATION FORM

PAST WINNERS

2024 Winner

Rebecca Nadeau-Monger, French as a second language teacher at Netagamiou school in Chevery on the Lower North Shore

From a very young age, Rebecca has had the privilege of being in contact with two languages, French and English. She did her elementary and secondary education in French, then went on to do a bilingual DEC at Cégep. She then went on to do a bachelor’s degree in second language teaching at UQÀM. She began her career in education as a teacher of French as a second language with the Centre de services scolaires du Littoral at the Netagamiou school in a small, isolated English-speaking village on the Côte-Nord.

Her mission has always been to share the importance of speaking French and the benefits of becoming bilingual. She is proud to be able to pass on to her pupils the importance of bilingualism and the desire to learn more than one language.

2023 Winners

Isabelle Alarie, French as a Second Language teacher (core and enriched) at St. Thomas High School in Pointe-Claire

Isabelle has been teaching for almost 25 years and has had a passion for popular culture since she was a little girl! She has always wanted to create meaningful content for her students. She has always included the students’ voices in her lessons.

Annie Sabourin, French as a second language teacher (core and enriched) at Beaconsfield High School

A French teacher for nearly 20 years, she is passionate about the French language and, of course, popular culture. Her aim is always to pass on her passion for the language to her students and to engage them in their learning through authentic and motivating situations.