WELCOME to WQSB DISTANCE ED

Distance Education in a flexible solution aimed at students: Who have medical needs, Who reside far from an Adult Education Center Who work full time Who have childcare responsibilities (e.g., homeschooling.) If you are in the position that you could come to an Adult Education Centre in person, we suggest you do.

Pros Highly Flexible Scheduled Meetings are one-to-one. Study from home. Cons Less teacher time Unstructured Pretests/Exams need to be done in person in an Adult Education Centre. Difficult without reliable internet. Lack of social contact with other students & extra-curricula options.

You will need a computer with reliable internet and a webcam and speakers so you can videoconference with your teacher. You will be provided with a WQSB Microsoft Office account for you to connect with your teacher using Microsoft TEAMS. When you have selected your courses, you can buy the workbooks in person or have them shipped to you. In Math you will need access to a calculator (standard, scientific or graphing depending on the course)

To be eligible for distance education with the Western Quebec School Board Students must be 16 years or older (as of July 1 of the current school year) and live in Québec.

Distance Education in a flexible solution aimed at students: Who have medical needs, Who reside far from an Adult Education Center Who work full time Who have childcare responsibilities (e.g., homeschooling.) If you are in the position that you could come to an Adult Education Centre in person, we encourage you to do so.

Pros Highly Flexible Scheduled Meetings are one-to-one. Study from home. Cons Less teacher time Less structured Exams need to be done in person in an Adult Education Centre. Difficult without reliable internet. Lack of social contact with other students & extra-curricula options.

Without knowing a little more, there are a few options. We might be the right one for you but take a moment to make sure and if you have more questions please ask. If you are looking for casual/social options, there will be community groups in your area for chances to meet and converse in French. In western Quebec one option is https://www.westquebecers.ca/french-second-language/ but you could probably find many more through local community groups/Facebook/newspaper etc. The WQSB (Western Quebec School Board) is an English School board and offers French to people who need to complete their high-school diploma. The Adult Education Centres offers French during day, in person. https://westernquebec.ca/school-categories/adult-education-vocational-training/ WQSB Distance Education Service offers French also. Here you work independently and schedule a meeting with a teacher if you are stuck. Read through the prospectice student section for more details. Also, a frequent route people take is through “Francization” classes. These intense classes to get you up to speed for work/daily life in Quebec. These are offered through the French School Boards (now called service centres). So depending on where you moved to you live you need to look up the appropriate one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_districts_in_Quebec. Once you find the Service Centre website then look for adult education. Websites differ from Centre to Centre, if they seem to be took tricky to navigate then I would send them an email or call. Any other professional level French you’d have to check in with your employer or future employer. For example, French requirements for government workers I would check out their websites/contact them.

Without knowing a little more, there are a few options. We might be the right one for you but take a moment to make sure and if you have more questions please ask. If you are looking for casual/social options, there will be community groups in your area for chances to meet and converse in French. In western Quebec one option is https://www.westquebecers.ca/french-second-language/ but you could probably find many more through local community groups/Facebook/newspaper etc. The WQSB (Western Quebec School Board) is an English School board and offers French to people who need to complete their high-school diploma. The Adult Education Centres offers French during day, in person. (Potentially online depending on the ministry’s back to school plan) To find your nearest one https://westernquebec.ca/school-categories/adult-education-vocational-training/ WQSB is launching a Distance Education Service in September 2021. The criteria for who qualifies for this are yet to be determined. If eligible this could be 1) ‘online flex’ where you work independently and schedule a meeting with a teacher if you are stuck or 2) ‘online live’ where you videoconference with your teacher every day (again, for this second option, this depends on the ministry's back to school plan and requires demand to be high enough to create an online live French Class.), Also, a frequent route people take is through “Francization” classes. These intense classes to get you up to speed for work/daily life in Quebec. These are offered through the French School Boards (now called service centres). So depending on where you moved to you live you need to look up the appropriate one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_districts_in_Quebec. Once you find the Service Centre website then look for adult education. Websites differ from Centre to Centre, if they seem to be took tricky to navigate then I would send them an email or call. Any other professional level French you’d have to check in with your employer or future employer. For example, French requirements for government workers I would check out their websites/contact them.

The Academic Advisor can support you, if your family qualified, to get a refurbished laptop from $75.