Project Overseas is back on. On hold since 2020 due to the pandemic, the international professional development initiative is set to run again in 2023. Operating in conjunction with the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, the project typically sends Alberta teachers to various countries each summer to help deliver professional development and share ideas with teacher counterparts.
The ATA’s CTF committee decided in June to invite the participants who’d been accepted to the program in 2020 to resume their participation in 2023. With one of the 10 participants unable to go, the committee has decided to seek applications so it can send one more teacher.
“It’s great to see this program going ahead again, as it’s very beneficial to our international partners. Teachers who’ve participated tell us that it’s life-changing for them,” said ATA president Jason Schilling. ❚
