Professional Development

 

Professional Sites:

Alberta Teachers of ESL 

Has a list of when to teach grammar skills.

British Council-Learn English online 

Articles for teachers as well as activities for learners.

Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks-useful links 

This site has links to PBLA practice guidelines, integrating CLB assessement, assess your Canadian English on-line and the e-learning portal.

Edweb

A site to collaborate with peers, you can join various communities. It provides opportunities for PD through webinars.

TESL Ontario

Provides free resources and links for the ESL teacher at all levels.

Tutela

A great site for sample lesson plans, connecting with others in ESL, job opportunities.

Zotero 

Good site  to use as a clearing house for research articles you have collected. You can create topic folders and place articles into the folders.