Every year, the College surveys thousands of AQ course candidates. Here are a few highlights from the most recent Principal’s Qualification Program (PQP) candidates about who they are and how and why they took the program.

Why they took the PQP:

• Enrich professional practice: 98%
• Fulfil personal interest: 92%
• Extend professional knowledge: 90%
• Gain a specific, required qualification: 88%
• Acquire a specific position or role: 83%
• Further support student learning: 80%
• Gain employment opportunities: 76%
• Respond to curriculum changes: 41%

How they took the course:

• Face to face : 45%
• Blended : 38%
• Full distance : 16%
• Other (teleconference/face to face combined) : 1%

Respondents serving in a wide range of roles took this AQ:

• Classroom teacher: 50%
• Resource teacher: 16%
• Principal or vice-principal: 12%
• Consultant/co-ordinator: 11%
• Other*: 7%
• Long-term occasional teacher: 4%
• On a leave of absence: 1%

*Other included interim vice-principal, Intermediate division teacher, guidance counsellor, Special Education teacher, teacher-librarian and arts instructional coach.