Teaching in France

Recruiting of teachers for primary and secondary schools is organized after a test given by the French Ministry of Education. Candidates must meet some conditions, especially to have the French citizenship.
Whatever your situation is and whatever post you are interested in, check out " SIAC ", a web site offered by the French Ministry of Education. This site gathers useful information which will help you in your choice. It will also help you to register for the exams by filling an on line form.
Click on the name of the exam you are interested in :

• les concours de professeurs des écoles in order to teach in maternelles (pre-schools) and primary schools : how to register, official curriculum, date of the exam...
• les concours d'enseignants, de conseillers principaux d'éducation, de conseillers d'orientation-psychologues in order to teach in secondary schools (collèges and lycées).

To take the exam of the French Ministry of Education in Canada:

You have to know that the common exam center for the whole country is the lycée Claudel in Ottawa (1635 Promenade Riverside - Ottawa - Ontario K1G OE5).
For more information, ask the cultural service of the French Embassy in Ottawa.

Learning French as a second language in Canada or in France

If you are planning to go to France and need to improve your French, visit EGIDE's web site. It will give you all the places where you can take French lessons in Canada before you go to France or when you are in France (only in French).