Overview
Alberta’s portion of the regular funding is divided between minority-language francophone education and French second-language instruction, and each of those respective portions is divided between Education and Advanced Education. The resources below provide more information about Education’s portion of regular Official Languages in Education Programs (OLEP) funding in Alberta.
- The overview of how Alberta distributes regular OLEP funding for 2023-2024 (PDF, 57 KB) illustrates funding from the federal government to school authorities.
- Please note that funding is subject to the ratification of the 2023-2024 bilateral agreement, anticipated by fall 2023.
- Funding manual for school authorities contains information on how Alberta distributes OLEP FTE Student Funding.
- OLEP Overview and Update Webinar from May 24, 2022 provides an overview of OLEP in Alberta.
- ECS to Grade 12 French Second-Language Consultation Webinar from February 27, 2023 provides a brief overview of the current action plan components and potential initiatives for Alberta’s next action plan, which is set to take effect in April 2024.
Minority-language (francophone) projects
The 4 francophone regional authorities in Alberta collaborate with the Federation of Francophone School Authorities of Alberta (FCSFA) in designing and implementing the initiatives included in the Alberta action plan.
- Northwest Francophone Education Region
- East Central Francophone Education Region
- Greater North Central Francophone Education Region
- Southern Francophone Education Region
- Fédération des conseils scolaires francophones de l’Alberta
This video provided by the Greater North Central Francophone Education Region gives an example of some of the project activities that support francophone education in Alberta (French only).
The OLEP funded activities include:
- full-time kindergarten, including the provision of necessary resources and support;
- initiatives to support the academic achievement of learners, including:
- language development in the Grade 12 Français course
- access to specialized services and support for the students
- the development of an assessment approach in order to guide teaching practices focused on concept-based learning in relation to curriculum redesign;
- mental health activities;
- promotion and advertisement in order to recruit a growing number of children entitled to francophone education;
- development of strategies to recruit teachers and French language education specialists such as speech and language therapists and psychologists;
- development of interactive learning items, in partnership with the Centre d’éducation francophone à distance (CFED) – French distance education centre, to better meet the needs of online teaching;
- professional development opportunities in French for teaching staff offered in collaboration with the Consortium provincial francophone pour le perfectionnement professionnel (CPFPP) – Francophone Provincial Consortium for Professional Development;
- cultural and leadership activities offered in partnership with:
- FJA (Francophonie jeunesse de l'Alberta – Alberta Francophone Youth Association)
- FSFA (Fédération du sport francophone de l’Alberta – Federation of Francophone Sports of Alberta)
- ACFA (Association canadienne-française de l’Alberta – French-Canadian Association of Alberta)
- the youth component of ACELF (Association canadienne d’éducation de langue française – Canadian Association of French Education) and many more.
French second-language projects
The aim of funding for French second-language projects is to increase collaboration between school authorities and ensure knowledge and resources across the province are shared and benefit as many students as possible.
Note: Alberta Education is not accepting applications for projects at this time. If you are interested in accessing OLEP project funding, contact the OLEP office at [email protected] or 780-427-2940.
Organizations
Archive
- Overview of how Alberta distributes regular OLEP funding for 2022-2023 – Second Amendment (PDF, 219 KB)
- Overview of how Alberta distributes regular OLEP funding for 2022-2023 – Amendment (PDF, 532 KB)
- Overview of how Alberta distributes regular OLEP funding for 2022-2023 (PDF, 385 KB)
- Overview of how Alberta distributes regular OLEP funding for 2021-2022 – Amendment (PDF, 398 KB)
- Overview of how Alberta distributes regular OLEP funding for 2021-2022 (PDF, 121 KB)
- Overview of how Alberta distributes regular OLEP funding for 2020-2021 (PDF, 95 KB)
- Overview of how Alberta distributes regular OLEP funding for 2019-2020 (PDF, 92 KB)
Contact
Connect with the Alberta Official Languages in Education Programs (OLEP) office:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-2940
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Email: [email protected]
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