Foundation in Alaska Highway Consortium on Teacher Education Program is a foundation in Education & Teaching programme offered by Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, Canada. The programme runs for 16 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Foundation
Field:Education & Teaching
Duration: 16 months
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Alaska Highway Consortium on Teacher Education (AHCOTE) is a joint teacher education program delivered by Simon Fraser University and Northern Lights College together with School Districts 59, 60, and 81 and local teacher associations. The 16-month program runs over four semesters as a cohort at the Dawson Creek and Fort St. John campuses, letting students in the BC Peace region complete SFU's professional teacher education without relocating; the application period for each Fall intake runs from October 1 to mid-January. AHCOTE has operated at NLC for more than two decades, and hundreds of graduates work in school districts across the region. Program fees are set and assessed by SFU rather than NLC.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants must meet one of three academic pathways: completion of NLC's Associate of Arts Degree (Education), completion of a minimum of 60 university-level credits including all required coursework, or completion of a degree from an accredited university; the exact required coursework is set out on Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Education application and tuition page, which this joint programme's admission depends on. No English or French language test score is published for this programme. Entry is by a competitive application process weighing academic performance, verification that prerequisites are complete, prior experience in a classroom setting, and an interview. Applicants must apply to both Simon Fraser University and Northern Lights College, and admission to NLC is conditional on admission to SFU. The application period for the Fall intake, offered at both Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, runs from October 1 to mid-January, and the programme runs 16 months over four semesters.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
Application Deadline:Northern Lights College uses one admissions calendar for domestic and international applicants alike, applying through EducationPlannerBC or in person. Applications open about eleven months before each intake: 1 October for the following Fall, 1 February for the following Winter, and 1 June for the following Spring. For the 2027 cycle the priority deadline is 30 September 2026 for Winter 2027 entry, 31 January 2027 for Spring 2027 entry, and 31 May 2027 for Fall 2027 entry (dual-credit applicants get until 24 October 2026 and 23 June 2027 respectively), with a tuition deposit due about a month after each priority date. NLC states international applicants already in Canada on a valid visa follow the same domestic deadlines; after the priority date, seats remain open, on a rolling basis, until each term's add/drop date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
