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We’re Listening

To ensure course candidates get what they need, in the way they need it, the College regularly surveys teachers about their experiences. Here’s what recent Kindergarten AQ candidates had to say about who they are, and how and why they took the program.

By Melissa Campeau
Photos: Matthew Plexman, Regent Heights Public School

Photo of a teacher and students sitting on the floor in a library. The teacher is smiling while looking at a book with two students.
WHY DO MEMBERS TAKE THIS AQ COURSE?
97%
To extend my professional knowledge
95%
To enrich my professional practice
95%
To further support student learning
86%
To respond to curriculum changes
86%
To fulfil personal interest
64%
To gain a specific required qualification
47%
To acquire a specific position or role
46%
To gain employment opportunities

HOW DID TEACHERS TAKE THIS AQ?
84%
Entirely online
12%
Blended (partly online, partly face to face)
5%
Face to face

WHO TOOK THIS AQ:
44%
Classroom teachers
21%
Long-term occasional teachers
17%
Occasional teachers
6%
Others*
3%
Resource teachers
3%
Consultants/co-ordinators
1%
On leaves of absence

*Teacher-librarians, child and youth workers in the community.


YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
5%
Less than 1
16%
1 to 3
39%
4 to 10
20%
11 to 15
14%
16 to 20
12%
more than 20

Source: Ontario College of Teachers, AQ Infographics September 2018 Report