ABQs and AQs

Qualifications renamed or discontinued

A number of Additional Basic Qualifications (ABQs) and Additional Qualifications (AQs) in the Teachers’ Qualifications Regulation were renamed or removed from the regulation as of August 31, 2008.

Members who completed an ABQ/AQ before that date but did not have it applied to their record until after August 31 were awarded the qualification under a new name or – in cases where the qualification was discontinued – an equivalent qualification.

The changes to the regulation were the result of input from members and education stakeholders during the two-year review of teachers’ qualifications that the College concluded in 2007.

Throughout 2008, the College worked at implementing the recommendations that came out of the review. Recommendations included adding more than 60 new qualifications to the Teachers’ Qualifications Regulation and revising and updating many more to bring them in line with the current Ontario curriculum.

Members can find an updated list of qualifications and the guidelines that the College has created for providers under Additional Qualifications.