Governing Ourselves informs members of legal and regulatory matters affecting the profession. This section provides updates on licensing and qualification requirements, notification of Council resolutions and reports from various Council committees, including reports on accreditation and discipline matters.
ACCREDITATION
College accredits three new programs
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
The Accreditation Committee granted general accreditation to two programs offered by the Faculty of Education at UOIT:
- full-time concurrent program, with areas of study in the Intermediate/Senior divisions, leading to a Bachelor of Education degree
- full-time consecutive program of professional education, with areas of study in the Primary/Junior and Intermediate/Senior divisions, leading to a Bachelor of Education degree.
Both programs are accredited until June 29, 2018.
Tyndale University College
The Accreditation Committee granted general accreditation to the consecutive program, with areas of study in the Primary/Junior and Junior/Intermediate divisions, leading to a Bachelor of Education degree, offered by the Department of Education at Tyndale University College. The program is accredited until October 25, 2018.
The committee also granted accreditation to an addition of focus in teaching French as a Second Language in the consecutive program, with an area of study in the Primary/Junior divisions, leading to a Bachelor of Education degree. The addition is accredited until October 25, 2018.
Laurentian University’s French-language programs
The Accreditation Committee granted general accreditation to the French-language consecutive program, with areas of study in the Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate and Intermediate/Senior divisions, leading to a Bachelor of Education degree in l’école des sciences de l’éducation at Laurentian University.
The committee also granted general accreditation, with conditions, to the French-language multi-session consecutive program, with areas of study in the Primary/Junior and Junior/Intermediate divisions, leading to a Bachelor of Education degree at école des sciences de l’éducation at Laurentian University.
Both programs are accredited until February 28, 2019.
To learn more about the College’s accreditation responsibilities, visit http://www.oct.ca/teacher_education/accreditation/default.aspx?lang=en-CA
