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Annual Reports

A Statistical Profile of Education in Manitoba

French Second Language Revitalization Program

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French Second Language Revitalization Program

The French Second Language Revitalization Program (FSLRP) was established by Manitoba Education under the Canada–Manitoba Agreement on Minority Language Education and Second Official Language Instruction 2009-10 to 2012-13. The aim of the program is to give new momentum to the teaching of French as a Second Language in Manitoba. Within the framework of the program, Manitoba Education provides discretionary grants to the educational community for the development and delivery of activities. Grants are awarded annually based on demand and available funding. Project goals must address one of the educational areas of the program.

Educational Areas

  • Student recruitment and retention: Student recruitment and retention strategies (e.g., promotional materials, pamphlets, videos, French activities for parents and the community, etc.)
  • Provision of programs: Enrichment of programs and development of innovative teaching approaches (e.g., Intensive French, new Immersion courses, new teaching methods, new resources, etc.)
  • Student performance: Acquisition and development of assessment tools (e.g., reference framework, continuum between grade levels, etc.)
  • Enriched school environment: Enrichment through curricular and extra-curricular activities (e.g., performers, cultural activities, camps, etc.)
  • Support for educational staff: Professional learning, French language courses and mentorship programs for teachers (e.g., French language courses, workshops, conferences, mentor, divisional coordinator, etc.)

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Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for a grant under this program, an organization must

  • belong to the educational community (school, school division or non-profit organization);
  • propose a project which aims to revitalize the teaching of French as a Second Language.

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Selection Criteria

Applications will be assessed based on the following criteria:

  • needs identified;
  • project description (strategies and activities for achieving the goal);
  • expected outcomes;
  • method of measuring progress and indicators for evaluating project success;
  • eligibility and pertinence of expenditures.

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Funding Criteria

  • Project activities must be conducted in French.
  • The goal of the project must address one of the five educational areas of the FSLRP.
  • The project must show the educational aspect pertaining to either the French Immersion program or the Basic French course.
  • The project must provide for observable and measurable results.
  • The duly completed and signed grant application must be submitted to Manitoba Education at least five months before the start of the project, or January 31 at the latest.
  • The grant monies must be spent during a 12-month period starting July 1.
  • During those 12 months, the grant recipient will be required to submit
    • by January 15, an Interim Report that includes a financial attestation showing the actual costs incurred from July 1 to December 31 and the anticipated expenditures from January 1 to June 30;
    • by September 15, a Final Report that includes a brief description of the project, a list of activities, a project evaluation, and a financial attestation showing the actual costs.

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Eligible Expenditures

Eligible expenditures include, but are not limited to:

  • the salary of a specialist to establish a new program or course;
  • the fees of a specialist for professional services;
  • the instructional resources and material necessary to establish a new course, program or teaching method;
  • the travel and substitutes required for the professional development of teachers;
  • the material and travel required to give young people an opportunity to use the French language.

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Ineligible Expenditures

The following expenditures are not eligible:

  • expenditures already incurred or to maintain existing programs;
  • expenditures relating to capital costs;
  • purchases of basic educational resources*.
    *School divisions and independent schools are expected to use basic provincial funding for students enrolled in French Second Language programs. Grant applications must address needs not covered by that funding.

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Timelines and Installment Schedule



2011-2012 Projects
First installment – 40% Fall 2011
Interim Report Deadline: January 15, 2012
Second installment – 40% March 2012
Final Report Deadline: September 15, 2012
Third installment – 20% October 2012

2012-2013 Projects
Applications Deadline: January 31, 2012
Project analysis February to May 2012
Response to applicants June 2012
First installment – 40% October 2012
Interim Report Deadline: January 15, 2013
Second installment – 40% March 2013
Final Report Deadline: September 15, 2013
Third installment – 20% October 2013

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Forms

Interim Report

At the end of November, Manitoba Education will send a customized interim report to each grant recipient. This report must be completed and sent to Manitoba Education by mid-January.

Generic Version, Interim Report (Adobe Icon 220 KB)

Final Report

At the end of April, Manitoba Education will send a customized final report to each grant recipient. This report must be completed and sent to Manitoba Education by mid-September.

Generic Version, Final Report (Adobe Icon 460 KB)

2012-2013 Application Form

The duly completed and signed Application Form (PDF Application Form 197 KB) must be sent to Manitoba Education by January 31, 2012. Please note that both an electronic copy and a signed hard copy must be submitted. The application form must be signed by

  • the superintendent or assistant superintendent, in the case of a school division or public school;
  • the principal, in the case of an independent school;
  • the president or executive director, in the case of a non-profit organization.

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Projects Selected for 2011-2012

The 2011-2012 projects that will receive funding through the French Second Language Revitalization Program are:

  1. Beautiful Plains School Division: Exchange Languages and Cultures
  2. Beautiful Plains School Division: Hazel M. Kellington School – Integrating the Arts and Culture into the Basic French Program
  3. Beautiful Plains School Division: Strengthening French Language Acquisition in Beautiful Plains School Division
  4. Border Land School Division: French Language Coordinator
  5. Border Land School Division: French Language and Culture Rejuvenation
  6. Brandon School Division: Travailler ensemble
  7. Brandon School Division: New Era School – French Language Infusion
  8. Brandon School Division: École Harrison – Un projet de francisation extraordinaire
  9. Brandon School Division: Exposition à la culture franco-manitobaine
  10. Brandon School Division: O'Kelly School – Language and Cultural Connections
  11. Bureau de l'éducation française Division (BEF): Appui aux enseignants et intervenants en Français de base
  12. Bureau de l'éducation française Division: Collabaunord
  13. Bureau de l'éducation française Division: Français intensif et Français approfondi
  14. Bureau de l'éducation française Division: Projets à venir
  15. Bureau de l'éducation française Division: Service d'appui aux écoles d'immersion en région rurale
  16. Bureau de l'éducation française Division: Formation des enseignants en littérature jeunesse
  17. Bureau de l'éducation française Division: Projet de recherche-action – Profils en communication orale; élèves d'immersion
  18. Bureau de l'éducation française Division: Projet de recherche-action – Habiletés de penser
  19. Bureau de l'éducation française Division: Forum pour la revitalisation du Français de base au Manitoba
  20. Canadian Parents for French (CPF): French for Life – Maintenance
  21. Canadian Parents for French: Histoire en direct MbTV Toolbox
  22. Canadian Parents for French: Promotion of the MB-QC Student Exchange Program
  23. Éducatrices et éducateurs francophones du Manitoba (EFM): Programme de jumelage des EFM
  24. Éducatrices et éducateurs francophones du Manitoba: Séminaire de formation destiné au personnel enseignant débutant
  25. Evergreen School Division: Increasing Oral Fluency – A Road to Success
  26. Festival des vidéastes du Manitoba: Formation pour le Festival des vidéastes du Manitoba
  27. Flin Flon School Division: Ruth Betts Community School – Basic French Mandatory Enrolment Initiative
  28. Flin Flon School Division: École McIsaac School – French Cultural Activities
  29. Flin Flon School Division: École McIsaac School – Boreal Film Festival
  30. Fort La Bosse School Division: ABCD en français (Apprenez, Bavardez, Chuchotez, Dansez en français)
  31. Freeze Frame: Le festival international de film pour enfants – Freeze Frame en tournée 2011-2012
  32. Garden Valley School Division: Southwood Elementary School – French Start, Grades 7 & 8
  33. Garden Valley School Division: Plum Coulee School – Activating Basic French Learning Grades 4 to 8 using AIM
  34. Hanover School Division: Grade 6 St. Boniface trip
  35. Kelsey School Division: French Mentor position
  36. Kelsey School Division: Collabaunord – Connection activities for the video conference students/staff
  37. Kelsey School Division: Collabaunord – Coordinators – local/regional level
  38. Kelsey School Division: Collabaunord – Video Conference Lab Upgrade and Expansion
  39. Louis Riel School Division: Basic French Consultant
  40. Louis Riel School Division: J. H. Bruns Collegiate – Français approfondi class in Grade 12
  41. Manitoba Association of Teachers of French (MATF): Apprendre en faisant
  42. Manitoba Association of Teachers of French: Le Mentorat – Building on Success
  43. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools (MFIS): Alhijra Islamic School – Basic French at Alhijra School
  44. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: Balmoral Hall School – Embracing and Understanding World Connections Using French
  45. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: Gray Academy of Jewish Education – Enhancing the AIM Program
  46. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: Administrative Arrangements for French Grants
  47. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: The King's School – Continued Implementation of New Methodology in School French Programs
  48. Mountain View School Division: Lt. Colonel Barker V.C. School – To Improve the Delivery and Enrich the Content of Basic French
  49. Mystery Lake School District: R. D. Parker Collegiate – Cultural Exploration
  50. Park West School Division: Binscarth Elementary – AIM teaching materials
  51. Park West School Division: Miniota School – AIM French
  52. Park West School Division: Major Pratt School – L'appréciation et l'apprentissage de la langue et culture française
  53. Pembina Trails School Division: AIM à PTSD
  54. Pembina Trails School Division: Info – Français à PTSD
  55. Pembina Trails School Division: École Dieppe – La littératie à l'école Dieppe
  56. Pine Creek School Division: Gladstone Elementary – AIM Implementation
  57. Pine Creek School Division: Austin Elementary – French Revitalization
  58. Pine Creek School Division: AIM Program Training
  59. Portage la Prairie School Division: Revitalizing French Through Collaboration
  60. Prairie Rose School Division: Revitalizing French through Student Engagement and Staff Development: Phase 2
  61. Prairie Spirit School Division: Nellie McClung Collegiate – Vie française active!
  62. Prairie Spirit School Division: St. Claude School Complex – Celebrating French Culture
  63. Prairie Spirit School Division: École Somerset School – Centre français
  64. Radio communautaire Envol 91 FM (CKXL): Ligue de radio scolaire pour les écoles d'immersion
  65. Radio communautaire Envol 91 FM (CKXL): Poursuite journalistique en immersion et rapprochement du Nord
  66. Radio communautaire Envol 91 FM (CKXL): Projet en journalisme télé – Jeunes commentateurs
  67. Red River Valley School Division: En français, ça bouge dans la Rouge
  68. River East Transcona School Division: Cours de Français oral et perfectionnement pour enseignants
  69. River East Transcona School Division: French Language Proficiency Credentials – Exploring the DELF scolaire
  70. River East Transcona School Division: John Henderson Junior High School – Vivre en français
  71. River East Transcona School Division: Miles Macdonell Collegiate – Assistants de langue
  72. River East Transcona School Division: Munroe Junior High School – Le succès est assuré (LSEA)
  73. River East Transcona School Division: Collège Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau – French for all
  74. River East Transcona School Division: Radisson School – Integrating I.C.T. into the Basic French Program
  75. Seine River School Division: Basic French – Developing Teacher Personal and Professional Capacity
  76. Seine River School Division: Évaluation et amélioration de la production orale des élèves d'immersion
  77. Seine River School Division: École Lorette Immersion – L'information pour tous – la promotion de la lecture française à travers des bibliothèques de classe
  78. Seven Oaks School Division: Maples Collegiate Institute – Maples French Camp
  79. Seven Oaks School Division: West Kildonan Collegiate – Learning French through the Arts
  80. St. James-Assiniboia School Division: Oral French Conversational Courses for Teachers
  81. Sunrise School Division: Beausejour Early Years School – French Immersion Instructional Coach
  82. Sunrise School Division: École Dugald School – Service d'appui aux enseignants
  83. Sunrise School Division: Powerview School – Talent Development Immersion Enrichment Project
  84. Sunrise School Division: Springfield Collegiate Institute – L'expérience, c'est clé!
  85. Sunrise School Division: Springfield Middle School – Experience is the Best Teacher!
  86. Sunrise School Division: Staff Development for Basic French Teachers
  87. Sunrise School Division: Whitemouth School – Maintaining AIM in Middle and Senior Years
  88. Sunrise School Division: Beausejour Early Years School – Learning through the Arts for French Immersion students
  89. Swan Valley School Division: French EXTRA Extension Program
  90. Western School Division: Maple Leaf Elementary School – French Program 3 C's (Coherence, Culture and Collaboration)
  91. Western School Division: Minnewasta School – Promoting French at Minnewasta
  92. Western School Division: Morden Middle School – Le succès pour tous
  93. Western School Division: Morden Collegiate Institute – French is for me
  94. Winnipeg School Division: Basic French for Teachers
  95. Brandon University: EXCELS
  96. Brandon University: APPELS EN-CORE
  97. Brandon University: APPELS

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Contact Information

For further information, please contact:

Danielle Parent
Education Officer — Special Projects, Agreements & Culture
Bureau de l'éducation française Division
509–1181 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3G 0T3
Telephone: 204-945-6024, t
Toll free 1-800-282-8069, ext. 6024
Fax: 204-945-1625
Email: palo-olsp@gov.mb.ca

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