QuebecJanuary 8, 2018 | 6 min read
A teacher discovery tour allows educators to evaluate a destination before leading students there. Seeing the itinerary firsthand makes it easier to assess pacing, educational value, logistics, accommodations, and group suitability. Before you bring your students somewhere, you should know what they will encounter. The three-day itinerary through Montreal and Quebec City that Prometour runs for teachers is the itinerary your students would take.
Experienced from the teacher’s side. The Prometour teacher discovery tour through Quebec gives teachers the chance to experience the student itinerary firsthand before bringing their class.
The tour began at Trudeau Airport in Montreal. A group of roughly a dozen teachers from across North America were met by Prometour staff. The first impression of the logistics, the punctuality, the clear communication, the absence of confusion. Established a tone that persisted throughout the three days.
After lunch in Old Montreal, the group had the afternoon to explore the Old Port district. The cobblestone streets, the 17th and 18th-century stone buildings. The density of history in a compact walkable area gave the teachers an immediate sense of what Montreal offers student groups. A European urban environment without the transatlantic flight, fully French-speaking.
The Pointe-a-Calliere archaeology museum was a direct demonstration of how Montreal’s 2. 000 years of continuous human occupation can be made legible to a secondary student through well-designed exhibition. The walk from the museum along the waterfront to the Basilique Notre-Dame gave the group a compressed version of Montreal history from pre-contact through French colonial settlement through the 19th-century commercial expansion.
For teachers who had been explaining this history from a textbook, standing inside it was a different kind of knowledge. Our Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City Tour gives student groups the same range of Montreal experience.
The second day moved to Quebec City by motor coach, replicating the journey most student groups make from Montreal. The Plains of Abraham, Chateau Frontenac. The walking tour of the city walls covered the historical foundation of the Quebec City programme. The evening ghost tour, conducted in French after dinner, demonstrated the kind of experiential activity that holds student attention in a way that a daytime museum visit does not always manage. Our Bonjour Quebec: Spring Journey is a natural starting point for teachers doing their first Quebec City trip.
Teachers who attend a discovery tour consistently describe the same effect. The trip becomes real in a way it was not before. A teacher who has eaten at the restaurants, walked the streets. Been inside the museums their students will encounter can explain to parents and school boards what the trip actually involves rather than describing a brochure.
The discovery tour also gives teachers the opportunity to meet the Prometour team, ask questions about logistics. Raise concerns before commitment rather than during the trip.
Prometour runs teacher discovery tours to Quebec and other destinations for teachers who want to experience the itinerary before bringing students. Browse theOttawa, Montreal and Quebec City Touror Quebec City Winter Carnival Tour to start planning. For teachers planning a prometour teacher discovery tour quebec, the curriculum connections and logistical support available make this one of the most rewarding programmes to build.
