Mission and Values

TESL Canada's mission is to promote excellence in the teaching and learning of English as a second or additional language in partnership with its constituent provincial and territorial associations, and like-minded national and international organizations.

TESL Canada values: Excellence in language, settlement, and refugee programs;
National standards for professional certification and teacher training program recognition;
Working together with provincial and territorial associations on common goals;
Promoting ongoing professional development;
Research and scholarship in the field of teaching and learning ESL;
Linguistic rights for individuals and communities;
Equality of employment opportunity for qualified non-native English-speaking and native English-speaking teachers;
Assisting with English language development while still protecting Ancestral languages for speakers of Indigenous first languages.

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