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A Statistical Profile of Education in Manitoba

French Second Language Revitalization Program

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French Second Language Revitalization Program

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Funding

This program is being funded 50-50 by Canada and Manitoba under the Canada-Manitoba Agreement for Minority Language Education and Second Official Language Instruction.

Description

The French Second Language Revitalization Program (FSLRP) seeks to give French as a Second Language instruction in Manitoba new momentum. Specifically, it is aimed at the following objectives:

  • to strengthen, promote and improve access to Basic French programs
  • to strengthen, promote and improve access to French Immersion programs
  • to improve support services and professional learning opportunities for teachers
  • to improve access to quality teaching resources
  • to increase the opportunity for learners to use their French language skills

Selection Criteria

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

  • qualifications of Applicant (experience, stability, capacity for success)
  • relevance of proposed initiatives to program objectives
  • scope and importance of needs to be met
  • quality of project design (logical link between objectives, activities and timetables)
  • impact and sustainability of expected results
  • existence and quality of partnerships (contribution)
  • cost efficiency
  • financial viability of project (diversity of sources, long-term funding)

Funding Priorities

  • Program Introduction: Establish a new program in a school or school division. (ex: Intensive French Program, Late French Immersion)
  • Program Expansion: Extend a program to other grade levels (ex: Early French Start and Follow-up to the Intensive French Program) or offer a greater range of French Immersion and Basic French courses. Special consideration will be given for French courses at the senior high level.
  • Professional Learning: Offer professional learning in specialized areas to support new teaching methods and to enrich teachers’ French language skills.
  • Promotion of French Second Language Programs: Promote French Second Language programs and the benefits of learning French as a second language to students, parents and the community.
  • Creation of Opportunities for Youth: In conjunction with the community, develop and implement activities that enable learners to use their French skills and make the language relevant.

Eligibility

School division, public schools and independent schools wishing to revitalize French Second Language instruction and non-profit organizations that have relevant instructional services or resources to support French second language education may apply for funding.

Eligible Expenditures

Eligible expenditures include (but are not limited to):

  • salary of a specialist to establish a new program or course
  • fees of a specialist for professional services
  • instructional resources and material necessary to establish a new course, program or teaching method
  • travel and substitute teacher costs necessary for the professional learning of teachers
  • travel and equipment necessary to provide opportunities for youth to use French

Funding Restrictions

The following items are not eligible for funding:

  • covering expenses already incurred or the maintenance of pre-existing programs
  • capital expenditures (ex: construction, renovation)
  • basic instructional resources (School divisions and independent schools are expected to use basic provincial funding for students enrolled in French Second Language programs. Applications for funding under the Revitalization Program must address needs not covered under this funding.)

Duration of Funding

The grant is awarded on a year-to-year basis, with the possibility of being extended the following year. Applicants who have received funding for a multi-year project in any given year must therefore reapply for funding each following year.

Timelines and Installment Schedule



2009-2010 Projects Date
First installment – 40% October 2009
Interim Report deadline January 29, 2010
Second installment – 40% March 2010
Final Report deadline September 15, 2010
Third installment – 20% October 2010


2010-2011 Projects Date
Applications deadline January 29, 2010
Project evaluation February to May 2010
Response to applicants June 2010
First installment – 40% October 2010
Interim Report deadline January 31, 2011
Second installment – 40% March 2011
Final Report deadline September 15, 2011
Third installment – 20% October 2011

 

Forms

2009-2010 Interim Report

Grant recipients are asked to complete the Interim Report showing actual expenses from July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 and projected expenses from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010. The deadline for submitting the interim report is January 29, 2010.

Interim Report Form

MS Word format (Format MS Word 116 KB)
PDF format (Format MS Word 31 KB)

2009-2010 Final Report

Grant recipients are also asked to complete the Final Report at the end of the school year, describing the project activities and results and reporting the project revenue and expenditures. The deadline for submitting the final report is September 15, 2010.

Final Report Form

MS Word format (Format MS Word 137 KB)
PDF format (Format MS Word 95 KB)

2010-2011 Grant Application Form

The new Grant Application Form for 2010-2011 is now available. The deadline for applications is January 29, 2010. Please be sure to indicate whether your project is a multi-year initiative and, where applicable, have the form signed by:

  • the Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent for schools divisions
  • the Principal for independent schools
  • the President or Executive Director for non-profit organizations

Grant Application Form

MS Word format (Format MS Word 186 KB)
PDF format (Format MS Word 88 KB)

Projects Selected for 2009-2010

The project proposals for 2009-2010 represent a broad spectrum of educational initiatives. Ranging from cultural and professional learning activities to new programs and the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), these projects will contribute to the expansion and revitalization of French Second Language instruction. Intensive French, Enhanced French and new methods are some of the new initiatives that will be introduced in various school divisions. Work will continue on a campaign to promote French Second Language instruction. A larger number of courses will b delivered through new technology.

The 2009-2010 projects that will receive funding through the Canada-Manitoba Agreement are:

  1. Beautiful Plains School Division: Brookdale School – Improve French Oral Production and Comprehension
  2. Beautiful Plains School Division: Building Bridges – Enhancing the Basic French Program
  3. Beautiful Plains School Division: Carberry Collegiate – AIM Implementation
  4. Beautiful Plains School Division: Enriching our Basic French Program in R. J. Waugh
  5. Beautiful Plains School Division: Hazel M. Kellington School – Integration of ICT to Support and Promote the Basic French Courses
  6. Beautiful Plains School Division: J. M. Young School – Improve French Oral Production and Comprehension
  7. Beautiful Plains School Division: Neepawa Area Collegiate – Integration of ICT to Support and Rejuvenate the Basic French Program
  8. Border Land School Division: French Language Coordinator
  9. Border Land School Division: La joie de vivre
  10. Brandon School Division: New Era School – The Manitoba French Connection
  11. Bureau de l’éducation française Division (BEF) : Centre pédagogique avec les technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC)
  12. Bureau de l’éducation française Division (BEF) : Collabo-Nord
  13. Bureau de l’éducation française Division (BEF) : Français intensif (FI) – Développement professionnel
  14. Bureau de l’éducation française Division (BEF) : Service d’appui aux écoles d’immersion en région rurale
  15. Canadian Parents for French (CPF): French for Life – Maintenance and Poster Campaign
  16. Canadian Parents for French (CPF): Québec City DVD/CD ROM
  17. Cercle Molière : Créations jeunesse 2009-2010
  18. Éducatrices et éducateurs francophones du Manitoba (EFM) : Une approche manitobaine pour réussir son année scolaire
  19. Evergreen School Division: Increasing Oral Fluency – A Road to Success
  20. Festival des vidéastes du Manitoba : Formation vidéo en ligne
  21. Flin Flon School Division: Ruth Betts School – Basic French Enrolment Initiative
  22. Flin Flon School Division: En Route Voyageurs!
  23. Flin Flon School Division: French Cultural Coordinator
  24. Flin Flon School Division: Northern Summer French Exposure Camp
  25. Fort la Bosse School Division: Reston Elementary – Activités culturelles
  26. Fort la Bosse School Division: French Infusion for Rural School Talk (F.I.R.S.T.)
  27. Fort la Bosse School Division: Long Live French at R.C.I.
  28. Fort la Bosse School Division: Oak Lake Community School – French for All
  29. Freeze Frame: Le festival international de film pour enfants – Freeze Frame en tournée
  30. Hanover School Division: The Revitalization of Basic French in a Community of Learners
  31. Interlake School Division: Brant-Argyle School – Piloting Conversational French Classes
  32. Interlake School Division: R. W. Bobby Bend School – Implementing New French Language Instruction Methods
  33. Lord Selkirk School Division: Professional Development and le perfectionnement du français
  34. Louis Riel School Division: Implementation of the Basic French Review
  35. Louis Riel School Division: Implementation of a French Immersion program starting in Grade 1 at École Provencher
  36. Manitoba Association of Teachers of French (MATF): Apprendre en faisant
  37. Manitoba Association of Teachers of French: Made in Manitoba for Teachers of Basic French
  38. Manitoba Association of Teachers of French: Panier d’idées
  39. The Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools (MFIS)
  40. Mountain View School Division: Smith-Jackson School – Basic French Professional Learning Project
  41. Mystery Lake School District: Revitalizing French Language Learning through Professional Development, Mentorship and Resources
  42. Park West School Division: Revitalizing French in Park West School Division
  43. Pembina Trails School Division: Français de base – Transition de la 8e à la 9e année
  44. Pembina Trails School Division: Accueillons le français intensif!
  45. Pembina Trails School Division: Littératie – Une trousse pour la maternelle
  46. Pembina Trails School Division: La compétence langagière au cycle moyen
  47. Pembina Trails School Division: TIC en français!
  48. Pine Creek School Division: AIM Program Training
  49. Prairie Rose School Division (PRSD): Prairie Rose School Division French Revitalization Project
  50. Prairie Rose School Division: École Saint-Eustache – Awareness and Promotion of French Immersion in the Local Community
  51. Prairie Rose School Division: St. Paul’s Collegiate  – Co-ordination of PRSD MY Immersion Programming
  52. Prairie Rose School Division: St. Paul’s Collegiate  – Infusion of Technology into French Language Programming
  53. Prairie Rose School Division: Carman Elementary School French Revitalization Project
  54. Prairie Rose School Division: Roland Elementary School – Grades 3 to 6 AIM Implementation
  55. Prairie Rose School Division: St. François Xavier Community School – Celebrating French Culture
  56. Prairie Spirit School Division: Prairie Spirit French Language Co-ordinator
  57. Prairie Spirit School Division: Glenboro School – Continued Implementation of a New Basic French (Course) Program
  58. Prairie Spirit School Division: Nellie McClung Collegiate – Vie française active!
  59. Prairie Spirit School Division: Somerset School – Acti-vie Français
  60. Prairie Spirit School Division: Somerset School – CPE (Communauté professionnelle d’enseignants)
  61. Prairie Spirit School Division: St. Claude School Complex – Celebrate Speaking and Listening to French
  62. Prairie Spirit School Division: St. Claude School Complex – CPE (Communauté professionnelle d’enseignants)
  63. Prairie Spirit School Division: St. Claude School Complex – Celebrate French Culture
  64. Radio communautaire Envol 91 FM (CKXL) : Poursuite journalistique en immersion et rapprochement du Nord
  65. Radio communautaire Envol 91 FM (CKXL) : Exploration pratique de la radiodiffusion pour les écoles d’immersion
  66. Red River Valley School Division: En français, ça bouge dans la Rouge
  67. River East Transcona School Division: Cases of Culture (Bacs culturels en français)
  68. River East Transcona School Division: Divisional Cohort – Post-Bac in Teaching French as a Second Language
  69. River East Transcona School Division: Munroe Junior High – All Students Achieving Potential (ASAP)/Le succès est assuré (LSEA)
  70. River East Transcona School Division: French Conversationalist for Oral Language Development
  71. River East Transcona School Division: Miles Mac Collegiate – Language Assistants
  72. Seine River School Division: Basic French – Developing Teacher Personal and Professional Capacity
  73. Seine River School Division: École Sainte-Anne Immersion – La production et la compréhension française orale
  74. Seine River School Division: Collège Saint-Norbert Collegiate – Diffusion et la production vidéo
  75. Seine River School Division: Ralliement des élèves d’immersion « In Scène à la Seine »
  76. Seven Oaks School Division: Le français, ça s’intègre
  77. Seven Oaks School Division: West Kildonan Collegiate – Reel French
  78. St. James-Assiniboia School Division: Post-Bac Cohort in French Second Language
  79. St. James-Assiniboia School Division: Le Français approfondi/Enhanced French in Grade 7
  80. Southwest Horizon School Division: French Language Co-ordinator
  81. Southwest Horizon School Division: AIM Program Training and Materials
  82. Sunrise School Division: Et ça continue! (suite de À SCI, ça n’arrête pas de bouger!)
  83. Sunrise School Division: AIM – Basic French Teacher Training and Kits
  84. Sunrise School Division: École Dugald School – Service d’appui aux enseignants
  85. Sunrise School Division: École Beauséjour Early Years – Learning Through the Arts
  86. Sunrise School Division: Powerview School – Talent Development Immersion Enrichment Project
  87. Sunrise School Division: Staff Development for Basic French Teachers
  88. Sunrise School Division: French Immersion Instructional Coach
  89. Sunrise School Division: Springfield Middle School – Experience is the Best Teacher!
  90. Swan Valley School Division: French EXTRA Extension Program
  91. Western School Division: Minnewasta School – Promoting French at Minnewasta
  92. Western School Division: Maple Leaf School – French Program 3 C’s (Coherence, Culture and Collaboration)
  93. Western School Division: Morden Collegiate – French is for Me!
  94. Western School Division: École Morden Middle School – Morden French Connection
  95. Whiteshell School District: French Lab
  96. Winnipeg School Division: Jeunes Bédéastes

 

Project Descriptions

Detailed description of the selected projects:

2009-2010 List of Selected Projects
2008-2009 List of Selected Projects

Contact Information

For further information, please contact:

French Second Language Revitalization Program
Telephone: 204-945-6024, toll free 1-800-282-8069, ext. 6024
Fax: 204-945-1625
Email: palo-olsp@gov.mb.ca