ontario regulation 374/08

made under the

Ontario college of teachers act, 1996

Made: September 26, 2008
Approved: October 22, 2008
Filed: October 24, 2008
Published on e-Laws: October 28, 2008
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: November 8, 2008


Amending O. Reg. 184/97

(Teachers Qualifications)

1. (1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 55 (1) of Ontario Regulation 184/97 is amended by striking out “at least seven school years of successful teaching experience” and substituting “at least five years of successful classroom teaching experience”.

(2) Paragraph 3 of subsection 55 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

3. The person has,

i. an entry on his or her certificate of qualification that shows a qualification in technological studies for Grades 9 and 10 or a concentration in the intermediate division, and that shows any two of,

A. a

concentration in the primary division,

B. a

concentration in the junior division, and

C. either a qualification in technological studies for Grades 11 and 12 or a concentration in the senior division, or

ii. qualifications that the Registrar considers equivalent to the qualifications described in subparagraph i.

(3) Paragraph 3 of section 55 of the Regulation, as remade by subsection (2), is amended by striking out “technological studies” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “technological education”.

(4) Paragraph 5 of subsection 55 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

5. The person holds a master’s degree for which the applicant was required to complete at least 30 graduate post-secondary credits or their equivalent, as described in subsection (2), or a doctorate, where the master’s degree or doctorate was granted by an institution identified in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of “acceptable post-secondary degree” in subsection 1 (1).

(5) Paragraph 6 of subsection 55 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subparagraphs:

ii.1 The person holds principal’s qualifications from a jurisdiction outside Ontario, as certified by a person acceptable to the Registrar.

ii.2 The person holds or has held a principal’s position in a jurisdiction outside Ontario that the Registrar considers equivalent to a position in Ontario for which principal’s qualifications are required under the Education Act.

. . . . .

iii.1 The person,

A. holds specialist or honour specialist qualifications from a jurisdiction outside Ontario, as certified by a person acceptable to the Registrar, and the Registrar considers the qualifications equivalent to the qualifications described in subparagraph iii, and

B. has, in addition to the experience required by paragraph 1, at least two years of successful experience in a position that the Registrar considers equivalent to a position described in subparagraph iii.

(6) Sub-subparagraphs 6 iv A, B and C of subsection 55 (1) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

A. as an education officer employed by the Ministry of Education, as certified by a district manager or branch director of the Ministry, or as an employee outside Ontario in a position that the Registrar considers equivalent,

B. as an employee outside Ontario in a position that the Registrar considers equivalent to the position of supervisory officer of a school board, as certified by a person acceptable to the Registrar, or

C. as a program consultant seconded to the Ministry of Education for French language, English language or Native language programs, as certified by a district manager or branch director of the Ministry, or as an employee outside Ontario in a position that the Registrar considers equivalent.

(7) Paragraph 6 of subsection 55 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subparagraph:

v. The person has, in addition to the experience required by paragraph 1, at least two years of education-related leadership experience in an educational organization in a position that the Registrar considers comparable to one of the positions described in subparagraph iv.

(8) Paragraph 7 of subsection 55 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

7. The person meets one or more of the following criteria:

i. He or she successfully completed the supervisory officer’s qualifications program described in section 56 within five years after starting the program.

ii. The person has qualifications and experience, including experience gained while employed as a supervisory officer under section 2.0.1 of Regulation 309 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (Supervisory Officers), made under the Education Act, that the Registrar considers equivalent to the successful completion of all of the modules of the supervisory officer’s qualifications program described in section 56.

iii. The person has qualifications and experience, including experience gained while employed as a supervisory officer under section 2.0.1 of Regulation 309 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990, that the Registrar considers equivalent to the successful completion of some of the modules of the supervisory officer’s qualifications program described in section 56, and the person successfully completed the remaining modules of the program, as identified by the Registrar, within five years after starting the program.

2. Section 56 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

2.1 If the Registrar determines under sub-subparagraph 7 iii of subsection 55 (1) that a person has qualifications and experience that are equivalent to the successful completion of some of the modules of the supervisory officer’s qualifications program, the person shall be admitted to the program and be required to successfully complete only those modules of the program identified by the Registrar as requiring completion.

3. Item 2 of the Table to subsection 62.1 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

 


2.


Schedule B


Hospitality Services, Grades 11 and 12


Hospitality and Tourism, Grades 11 and 12



 

4. Section 62.1 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) A person who began a program before May 31, 2009 for a qualification identified in the Table to subsection (2) and who completes the requirements for the qualification, as set out in this Regulation as it read on May 30, 2009, shall have an entry indicating the qualification recorded on his or her certificate of qualification and is deemed to continue to hold the qualification on and after the date the qualification is recorded, despite its revocation from Schedule B.

5. Subsection 9 (2) of Ontario Regulation 135/08 is revoked.

6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Subsection 1 (3) and section 4 come into force on May 31, 2009.

Made by:

Council of the Ontario College of Teachers:

Don Cattani

Chair of Council

Brian P. McGowan

Registrar and Chief Executive Officer

Date made: September 26, 2008.