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Council Meetings

Summary – June 4-5, 2009

At its June 4–5 meeting, College Council:

  • approved that the position of Chair of the fifth Council remain full-time and determined that the Chair’s job description include preparation time for all committee and panel meetings; further, Council directed the Registrar to develop an entry plan for the incoming Chair
  • directed the Registrar to study and report to Council in November on how current and former Council members can meet with College members to share information about the College and its mandate and relay any questions or concerns to Council
  • approved providing the Registrar’s Report on the College mandate to stakeholders to inform the public and the teaching profession about the College’s role as a self-regulatory body for the teaching profession
  • approved the continued use of cross-organizational committees to strengthen collaborative working relationships between the College and stakeholders
  • advised using a plain-language question-and-answer document to help clarify the College’s statutory responsibilities
  • endorsed recommendations that Professionally Speaking include information that is relevant to College members, present Council members’ viewpoints through their direct contributions, explain how Council committees work and publish photos of committee members
  • encouraged committees to enable stakeholders to make presentations to or share issues with Council committees as appropriate
  • encouraged the continued use of technology, including webinars, podcasts, video teleconferencing and online streaming as means to deliver seminars and information about College and Council activities
  • approved a regulation for Fair Registration Practices
  • approved an amendment to the Teachers’ Qualifications Regulation to rename Environmental Science in Schedule A, D and E as Environmental Science/Environmental Studies and amended the regulation to add Environmental Education as a new qualification to Schedule College
  • approved moving the Kindergarten qualification from Schedule C to D in the Teachers’ Qualifications Regulation and made it mandatory for candidates to hold Primary division qualifications before they can take Part 1 of the three-part Specialist Qualification Kindergarten in Schedule D
  • approved an amendment to the Teachers’ Qualifications Regulation to enable candidates who completed the one-session qualification Kindergarten in Schedule College or previously Childhood Education to enter Part II of the three-part Special Qualification Kindergarten in Schedule D
  • confirmed that Guidance and Career Education remain as a qualification in Schedule D only
  • redefined “technological qualifications” in the Teachers’ Qualifications Regulation to replace the term “wage-earning experience” with “work experience”
  • approved adding a clause to the definition of technological qualifications to enable work experience in a preparation program – including that completed in conjunction with a degree, a diploma, an advanced diploma or an apprenticeship – to count toward meeting the work experience requirement in the definition
  • amended entry-level courses from Schedule B for Grades 9 and 10 for the purpose of entering the honour Technological Education Specialist course
  • asked the Registrar to create a process to equitably compensate elected and appointed Council members whose meetings or College activities are cancelled or adjourned with less than 48 hours notice
  • recommended a legislative change to the Ontario College of Teachers Act that mirrors the authorities of the Regulated Health Professions Act to enable discipline panels to order publication bans on particular matters arising from disciplinary proceedings
  • approved destroying the electronic ballots used in the 2009 Council election
  • approved amendments to bylaws affecting special and ad hoc committees, committee vacancies, College publications and standing committees
  • amended bylaw changes to enable the Quality Assurance Committee to assess the College’s performance relative to its objectives and to identify opportunities to further support the achievement of the objectives and report annually to Council.

Summary – July 2–3, 2009

At its July 2–3 meeting, College Council:

  • elected Liz Papadopoulos, OCT, as Chair
  • elected Ruth Ann Penny, OCT, as Vice-Chair
  • established membership on Council’s statutory, regulatory, standing and special committees
  • appointed committee chairs
  • appointed the members of the Executive Committee
  • approved a schedule for Council meetings.
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