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Information for Ministry Students (Temporary Teaching Permit Holders)

In Quebec, in order to work as an elementary or high school teacher, you must hold a valid teaching permit from the Ministry of Education ("the Ministry"). 

If you have a teaching degree and/or teaching license from another country or Canadian province and you wish to obtain teacher certification, you must apply to the Ministry for a temporary teaching permit. This temporary permit will grant you the ability to seek and obtain employment as a teacher while working towards meeting certain conditions, including the successful completion of additional university coursework from an accredited institution in Quebec, such as McGill University. For information about applying for a temporary teaching permit, please call the Ministry or visit their website

Once granted a temporary teaching permit, you may request permission to complete some (or all) of your required coursework at McGill University in the Faculty of Education as a Special Student. For information about course registration, please contact the isa.administrator [at] mcgill.ca (Student Affairs Administrator). Please include a scanned copy of your temporary teaching permit as an attachment to your e-mail. You will not be considered for registration as a Special Student until you can produce proof of a temporary teaching permit. 
Please note that consistent requests to register for courses, followed by requests for withdrawal from these courses may impact your ability to make future course registration requests in Education.

If your previous degree is not recognized by the Ministry, you may wish to consider applying for our 4 year Bachelor of Education program or our 2 year Master of Arts in Teaching & Learning program, both of which lead to provincial teacher certification. For more information about programs leading to Teaching Certification, kindly send an email to isa.education [at] mcgill.ca.  


Online Courses

Certain courses required by the Ministry may be offered, at the Faculty's discretion, in an online format. When available, online courses are scheduled as follows:

Intervention auprès des élèves handicapés ou en difficulté d’adaptation ou d’apprentissage EDPI 309 Diverse Learners: Offered online in the Winter term (January - April)

Évaluation des apprentissages: EDPE 304 Measurement & Evaluation: Offered online in the Fall term (September - December)

Système scolaire du QuébecEDEC 247 Policy Issues in Quebec Education: Offered online in the Summer term (May - July) 

**Note** Didactique: Methods courses are offered in-class. The methods courses' list will be provided upon request. Please send a copy of your teaching permit to isa.administrator [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Teaching%20Permit%20)  


Additional Requirements for Students in the 'Teaching English as a Second Language' Subject Area

Students who hold a temporary teaching permit in the area of 'Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)', and, as a consequence, must take courses coded either EDSL or EDTL must satisfy these additional requirements: 

  • Provide proof of having previously taken a course equivalent to EDSL 350: Essentials of English Grammar, which is a pre-requisite for the Ministry-required methods and assessment courses 
  • Obtain a passing grade on the Faculty of Education's English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT), which is an exam administered by the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE); information about the test, registration and upcoming dates can be found on DISE's website

 

 

 

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