The Alberta Teachers’ Association

ATA Executive Secretary Gordon Thomas presents Dianna Kroetch with the Nadene M. Thomas Graduate Research Bursary. Kroetch teaches French as a second language at Daysland School.

A new research project by Dianna Kroetch, recipient of the ATA’s Nadene M. Thomas Graduate Research Bursary, is now available in the ATA library. In her project, Kroetch presents the perspectives of rural teachers of French as a second language.

To borrow a copy of the project, Teacher Leadership, Collaboration, and On-line Communities: Sustainable Support for Rural Specialist Teachers, go to Professional Development on the ATA website (www.teachers.ab.ca)  or call 1-800-232-7208
(447-9400 in Edmonton). —Photo by Koni Macdonald


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