Manitoba

Education and Literacy

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, the organization must

  • belong to the educational community (a school, a school division, an organization that works directly with teachers or a non-profit organization whose primary goal is to promote French as a Second Language);
  • propose a project that 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 English Program: 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 purchase of instructional resources and material necessary to establish a new course, program or teaching method;
  • the travel expenses and substitutes fee required for the professional development of teachers;
  • the purchase of material and travel expenses 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



2012-2013 Projects
First installment – 40% Fall 2012
Interim Report Deadline: January 15, 2013
Second installment – 40% March 2013
Final Report Deadline: September 15, 2013
Third installment – 20% Fall 2013

2013-2014 Projects
Applications Deadline: January 31, 2013
Project analysis February to May 2013
Response to applicants June 2013
First installment – 40% Fall 2013
Interim Report Deadline: January 15, 2014
Second installment – 40% March 2014
Final Report Deadline: September 15, 2014
Third installment – 20% Fall 2014

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2012-2013 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 of the Interim Report (PDF Application Form 599 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 of the Final Report (PDF Application Form 702 KB)

2013-2014 Application Form

The duly completed and signed Application Form (MS Word Form 199 KB) must be sent to Manitoba Education by January 31, 2013. 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 2012-2013

The 2012-2013 projects that will receive funding through the French Second Language Revitalization Program are:

  1. Beautiful Plains School Division: Enhancing Appreciation of French Culture
  2. Beautiful Plains School Division: Exchange Languages and Cultures - Neepawa Area Collegiate
  3. Beautiful Plains School Division: Integrating the Arts and Culture into Basic French Program at Hazel M. Kellington
  4. Beautiful Plains School Division: Strengthening French Language Acquisition in Beautiful Plains School Division
  5. Beautiful Plains School Division: Teacher Development in Hazel M. Kellington
  6. Border Land School Division: Cultural Exploration, Exposure and Celebration - Strengthening Language and Culture
  7. Border Land School Division: Divisional French Language Coordinator
  8. Border Land School Division: Pas des frontières dans la division scolaire de Border Land - centre de lecture française
  9. Brandon School Division: Building French Literacy Capacity - École O'Kelly School
  10. Brandon School Division: Exposition à la culture-manitobaine - École secondaire Neelin High
  11. Brandon School Division: Radio scolaire et revue de l'école Harisson
  12. Brandon School Division: Travailler ensemble
  13. Bureau de l’éducation française Division (BEF): Appui aux enseignants et intervenants en français de base
  14. Bureau de l’éducation française Division: Service d'appui à l'enseignement aux écoles d'immersion en région rurale
  15. Bureau de l’éducation française Division: Français intensif et Post Français intensif
  16. Bureau de l’éducation française Division: Provision pour Français intensif et Français approfondi
  17. Canadian Parents for French (CPF): Concours jeune artiste du Manitoba
  18. Canadian Parents for French: French for Life Maintenance and Poster Campaigns
  19. Canadian Parents for French: French for Opportunities and Career (Stage 2)
  20. Éducatrices et éducateurs francophones du Manitoba (EFM): Programme de jumelage et mentorat des ÉFM
  21. Éducatrices et éducateurs francophones du Manitoba: Séminaire de formation destiné au personnel enseignant débutant
  22. Evergreen School Division: Enhancing Basic French Instruction
  23. Festival des vidéastes du Manitoba: Formation pour le Festival des vidéastes du Manitoba
  24. Flin Flon School Division: Boreal Film Festival 2.0
  25. Flin Flon School Division: Goutons la vie en français!
  26. Fort La Bosse School Division: ABCD en Français (Apprenez, Bavardez, Chuchotez, Dansez en français)
  27. Fort La Bosse School Division: Long Live French at Reston School
  28. Freeze Frame: Freeze Frame en tournée
  29. Garden Valley School Division: Total Physical Response Storytelling (TPRS) for Additional Language Learners - Plum Coulee School
  30. Garden Valley School Division: TPRS Teaching Methodology - Parkland School
  31. Hanover School Division: Apprendre en s'amusant - Niverville Collegiate Institute
  32. Interlake School Division: Un accent sur l'oral
  33. Kelsey School Division: Cultural Infusion - École Scott Bateman School
  34. Kelsey School Division: ELAN - Expériences linguistiques au Nord
  35. Kelsey School Division: French Mentor Position - École Opasquia School
  36. Kelsey School Division: Promoting Professional Development
  37. Kelsey School Division: Collabaunord - Coordinators - Local and Regional Levels
  38. Kelsey School Division: Collabaunord - Professional Development for Basic French and French Immersion Teachers through BEF Consultants
  39. Kelsey School Division: Collabaunord - Video Conference Community Connection Activities
  40. Lakeshore School Division: French Language Coordinator
  41. Lord Selkirk School Division: Communicating for Authentic Purposes - Revitalizing French in LSSD
  42. Louis Riel School Division: Conseillère en français de base
  43. Louis Riel School Division: Formation des enseignants dans les stratégies du Français intensif
  44. Manitoba Association of Teachers of French (MATF): Apprendre en faisant
  45. Manitoba Association of Teachers of French: Collaborative Learning Opportunities for Basic French Teachers
  46. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools (MFIS): Administrative Arrangements for Funded Independent Schools French Grants
  47. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: Balmoral Hall School - Embracing and Understanding World Connections Using French
  48. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: Holy Ghost School - Revitalization of Instructional Resources
  49. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: Linden Christian School - Enhancing AIM
  50. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: Northern Shield Academy - Améliorons le français!
  51. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: St. Boniface Diocesan High School - French Culture Experience
  52. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: St. Boniface Diocesan High School - French Enrichment and Immersion Stream Program
  53. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: St. Ignatius School - French Alive: Experiences of Culture, Language and Technology
  54. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: The King’s School - Understanding and Appreciating Franco-Manitoban Culture in Order to Incorporate French into Daily Life
  55. Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools: Westpark School - Growing and Developing Westpark School’s Fledging French Program
  56. Mountain View School Division: To Improve the Delivery of and Enrich the Content of the Basic French Program at Lt. Col. Barker V. C. School
  57. Park West School Division: AIM Language Learning - Kenton School
  58. Park West School Division: AIM Teaching Material - Birtle Elementary
  59. Park West School Division: De petits pas aux grands sauts
  60. Park West School Division: Festival Bound! - Miniota School
  61. Park West School Division: French Language Acquisition Through AIM - Hamiota Elementary
  62. Park West School Division: Rossburn Elementary School French Program
  63. Pembina Trails School Division: AIM à PTSD
  64. Pine Creek School Division: Developing French Culture - Gladstone Elementary
  65. Pine Creek School Division: French Revitalization - Austin Elementary
  66. Portage la Prairie School Division: Basic French Coordination and Revitalization
  67. Prairie Rose School Division: Revitalizing French through a Collaborative and Interactive Learner-centered Approach to Languages: 6 Initiatives
  68. Prairie Spirit School Division: Promouvoir et vivre la culture française (continuation) – Nellie McClung Collegiate
  69. Prairie Spirit School Division: St. Claude Celebrating French Culture
  70. Radio communautaire Envol 91 FM: Ligue de radio scolaire pour les écoles d’immersion : apprendre dans un contexte vivant et dynamique
  71. Radio communautaire Envol 91 FM: Poursuite journalistique en immersion et rapprochement du Nord
  72. River East Transcona School Division: Franco "fun" - Sun Valley School
  73. River East Transcona School Division: French for French Teachers
  74. River East Transcona School Division: French for Struggling Learners in Middle Years French Immersion
  75. River East Transcona School Division: Le succès est assuré - Munroe Junior High
  76. River East Transcona School Division: Littérature et culture - Inst. coll. Miles Macdonell
  77. River East Transcona School Division: Moniteur de langue française - École Regent Park
  78. River East Transcona School Division: Vivre en français - École John Henderson Junior High
  79. Seine River School Division: En route vers l'autonomie quotidienne en litéracie!
  80. Seine River School Division: Implantation du continuum de Français de base pour SRSD
  81. Seven Oaks School Division: Learning French through Experiential Engagements - West St. Paul School
  82. Seven Oaks School Division: Learning Together - Building a Self-sustaining Professional Network of French Second Language Teachers in Seven Oaks School Division (Phase one)
  83. Seven Oaks School Division: Rencontrons-nous en français! - Maples Collegiate
  84. Southwest Horizon School Division: Revitalization Coach
  85. St. James-Assiniboia School Division: French Conversation Classes
  86. St. James-Assiniboia School Division: Recruitment and Retention in Basic French through Cultural and Artistic Awareness - Hedges Middle School
  87. St. Paul’s College - Arthur Mauro Centre: Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival - French Program Development
  88. Sunrise School Division: Experience is the Best Teacher - Springfield Middle School
  89. Sunrise School Division: French Immersion Instructional Coach - École Beausejour Early Years School
  90. Sunrise School Division: L'expérience c'est clé! - Springfield Collegiate
  91. Sunrise School Division: Services d'appui aux enseignants - École Dugald School
  92. Sunrise School Division: Staff Development for Basic French Teachers
  93. Sunrise School Division: Talent Development Enrichment Project - École Powerview School
  94. Swan Valley School Division: EXTRA (Excellent Travail en Révision d’Apprentissage)
  95. Turtle River School Division: Engaging Students in the Basic French Program through Arts & Culture
  96. Turtle River School Division: FLEER - French Language Educators Éducation Revitalisation
  97. Turtle River School Division: French Language Coordinator
  98. Western School Division: Apprenons ensemble - École Morden Middle School
  99. Western School Division: French is for Me - Inst. coll. Morden Collegiate
  100. Western School Division: French Program - 3 C’s (Coherence, Culture and Collaboration) - Maple Leaf School
  101. Western School Division: Promoting French Language in Minnewasta School
  102. Winnipeg School Division: Basic French for Teachers
  103. Winnipeg School Division: Language Assistant - École River Heights School
  104. Winnipeg School Division: Projet oral - École secondaire Kelvin
  105. Winnipeg School Division: Using Music and Culture to Enrich Gordon Bell French Community
  106. Brandon University: APPELS (Apprentissage pour professeurs en langue seconde)
  107. Brandon University: APPELS EN-CORE
  108. Brandon University: EXCELS (Étudiants exceptionnels en langue seconde)

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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
Toll free 1-800-282-8069, ext. 6024
Fax: 204-945-1625
Email: palo-olsp@gov.mb.ca

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