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.
Council Meetings
Summary – June 2–3, 2011
At its June 2–3 meeting, College Council:
- approved amendments to define a program of professional education for technological education so that candidates who hold a degree in technological education may take one option in broad-based technology and one in general studies at the Intermediate/Senior level, and directed the Registrar to identify the combination of general and technological education qualifications for such a program through the regulatory development process
- approved defining a "one-degree" program of professional education in the College's Accreditation Regulation and a supporting provision in regulation that would enable the College to recognize an equivalent number of credits as reported by pre-service program providers
- approved defining a "multi-session program" and "session" in the College's Accreditation Regulation so they are congruent with current definitions in the Teachers' Qualifications Regulation
- approved regulatory amendments to identify the types of organizations that can provide Additional Qualification courses and programs described in Schedules A, B, C and D, one-session honours courses, principal's qualifications and the Principal's Development course as the same types of organizations specified previously in the Teachers' Qualifications Regulation
- approved regulatory changes to identify the types of organizations that can provide Additional Qualifications courses described in Schedule F and that the College develop policy to identify specific program provider.
- approved a regulatory amendment to clarify that one year of work experience out of the total number of years required of a technological education teacher candidate comprise 1,700 hours; the Minister of Education has been asked by letter to move forward on these recommendations
- accepted the December 31, 2010 audited financial statements of the Ontario College of Teachers
- elected Bill Kirkwood, an appointed member, to serve as an alternate on the Executive Committee for the duration of this Council.
