Madeleine Challies has been teaching French Immersion with the Greater Victoria School District for 14 years. She loves integrating language and thinking skills through inquiry and design thinking. She is also passionate about helping students to continue to develop their interest in reading in a second language. Madeleine is currently the District French Language Programs Coordinator for the Greater Victoria School District. 

Madeleine also works as a Sessional Instructor at UVic in the PDP as well as B.Ed programs. Her course focuses on foundational theories and approaches to second language learning for French Immersion teachers. Madeleine works with SFU as a mentor in a graduate diploma program for French Immersion teachers in British Columbia. In this role she supports students in their inquiry projects related to second language teaching.  

Madeleine recently completed her diploma in Teacher Librarianship at Queen’s University. She is increasingly interested in integrating digital resources and tools to support language learning.

As a member of the BCLCA (British Columbia Language Coordination Association) executive committee, Madeleine has organized professional development series, workshops, webinars, professional book clubs and conferences to support language teachers. Passionate about professional development, resource support and teacher collaboration in French Immersion and Core French, Madeleine enjoys working with language coordinators and teacher leaders to support French Language Programs.