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Educators Toolkit

Take your English language teaching practice to the next level. Expand your educator toolkit with practical resources, assessment approaches, and professional practices that help you better understand learner needs, adapt your instruction, and support learner success.

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What is a Microcredential

A series of carefully curated learning activities that provide learners with opportunities to gain specific skills or competencies that are workforce relevant and valued by employers, without enrolling in a credential program. The outcome can be shared digitally and allows employers to easily identify candidates who have mastered a specific skill set for success in their industry.

What to expect from the program

This microcredential combines practical teaching resources with professional development for educators working with adult English language learners. You'll explore assessment tools, ready-to-use activities, effective practices, and approaches that support learner success.

Delivered through a series of skill-based workshops facilitated by Alberta Routes, this training can be taken on its own or in combination with other Community Educator microcredentials to help you develop techniques and tools that you can apply immediately in tutoring and community education settings.

Program details

To earn the full microcredential, complete at least 25 units of training. Each workshop is two to three hours long.

After each session, you’ll complete a brief learning check to demonstrate your understanding and earn a digital badge recognizing your progress.

Workshops are offered multiple times throughout the year, including online options, to fit the schedules of busy tutors and community educators across Alberta. Organizations can also request in-person training delivered by an Alberta Routes Advisor.

What you’ll learn

By completing the Educator's Toolkit microcredential, you’ll be able to:

  • Apply effective practices for supporting adult English language learners
  • Use assessment tools and strategies to better understand learner needs and progress
  • Engage learners through practical activities, games, and interactive resources
  • Adapt teaching approaches to support diverse learners and learning contexts
  • Support language and literacy development in educational and community settings

Who is this program for?

This program is ideal for anyone who wants to support adult English language learners, including:

  • Tutors, volunteers, and staff in Community Adult Learning Programs (CALPs)
  • Professionals in foundational learning or non-profit agencies
  • Facilitators or educators at EAL or immigration centres

Participants attend interactive workshops, learn practical tools, and earn recognized digital badges—building confidence and making a meaningful impact in their community.

Career opportunities

The Educator's Toolkit microcredential prepares you to support adult English language learners in a variety of community‑based education and settlement settings. This training is ideal if you’re looking to grow your skills, take on new volunteer roles, or strengthen your impact in organizations serving newcomers and foundational learners.

Your skills can be applied in:

  • Adult education and literacy programs, including CALPs and foundational learning agencies
  • Immigration and settlement services, such as newcomer‑serving and EAL support centres
  • Non-profit and community organizations offering literacy, inclusion, or community development programming
  • Correctional and alternative education settings supporting diverse or underserved adult learners

Employers who value this training include:

CALPs across Alberta, immigration and newcomer agencies, libraries with EAL or literacy programs, non-profits serving foundational learners, and organizations partnering with Alberta Routes.

Register for the program

Click on the title to register for a workshop. You’ll be directed to the course page where you can select the session you want and complete your registration.

You can take any individual workshop or work toward the full microcredential by taking at least 25 units of training.

If you plan to complete the full microcredential, please fill out this short declaration form. This confirms your intent and ensures you receive recognition for the workshops you’ve already completed.

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Questions?

The Alberta Routes team is happy to help. Email albertaroutes@norquest.ca for more information about workshops, completing the full microcredential, or exploring customized training options for your team.