O. Reg. 79/02: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMITTEE AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING REQUIREMENTS

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ontario regulation 79/02

made under the

Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996

Made: March 8, 2002
Filed: March 11, 2002
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 30, 2002

Amending O. Reg. 270/01

(Professional Learning Committee
and Professional Learning Requirements)

1. Section 9 of Ontario Regulation 270/01 is revoked and the following substituted:

Courses completed outside of five-year period

9. (1) A course approved as a professional learning course under clause 24.1 (8) (b) or 24.3 (1) (b) of the Act that is successfully completed by a member is deemed to be a professional learning course successfully completed by the member during his or her first five-year period if the member completes the course during the period,

(a) that commences on or after the later of,

(i) June 30, 2001, and

(ii) the day the member receives a new certificate of qualification and registration under the Act; and

(b) that ends before the commencement of the member’s first five-year period.

(2) A course approved as a professional learning course under clause 24.1 (8) (b) or 24.3 (1) (b) of the Act that is successfully completed by a member during a calendar year for which the member is exempt from the application of section 24.6 of the Act is deemed to be a professional learning course successfully completed by the member during the five-year period next ending after the member ceases to be exempt.

Exemption, retired member

10. (1) A member who is retired and who receives pension benefits under a retirement plan at any time in a calendar year is exempt from the application of section 24.6 of the Act for that calendar year.

(2) Every member who is exempt under subsection (1) shall notify the Registrar no later than June 30 before the end of the period that would otherwise be the member’s first five-year period ending after he or she retires and shall provide such material as the Registrar may require to verify that the member qualifies for the exemption.

(3) If the member provides the notice to the Registrar required under subsection (2), the member’s five-year periods referred to in section 24.6 of the Act exclude all calendar years for which the member is exempt under subsection (1).

Other exemptions

11. (1) A member who belongs to one of the following classes of members is exempt from the application of section 24.6 of the Act for one or more calendar years, as determined under subsection (2):

1. Members employed in teaching positions who are on an extended leave approved by the appropriate employer for a period of at least four consecutive calendar months.

2. Members who work in a non-teaching position for which they are not required to be members for a period of at least four consecutive calendar months.

3. Members who are not employed for a period of at least four consecutive calendar months.

(2) A member described in subsection (1) is exempt for each calendar year that includes the last day of a period of 12 consecutive calendar months that satisfies the following rules:

1. The period of 12 consecutive calendar months starts,

(i) on the first day of the first full calendar month of the period of at least four consecutive calendar months referred to in subsection (1), or

(ii) on the day that is an annual anniversary of the day described in subclause (i).

2. The period of 12 consecutive calendar months includes a period of at least four consecutive calendar months throughout which the member is on the extended leave, working in the non-teaching position or is not employed, as the case may be.

Calculation of five-year period

12. (1) If a member is exempt under section 11 for one or more calendar years, the member may apply to the Registrar to exclude those years in the calculation of the member’s five-year period referred to in section 24.6 of the Act.

(2) An application under subsection (1) must be made to the Registrar no later than June 30 before the end of the period that would otherwise be the member’s first five-year period ending during or after the period for which the member is exempt under section 11. 

(3) Upon the request of the Registrar, the member shall provide such material as the Registrar may require to verify the member’s exemption and the calendar year or years for which the member is exempt.

(4) If the member makes an application to the Registrar under subsection (1) and provides any material required under subsection (3), the Registrar shall notify the member of the day on which the member’s five-year period ends for the purposes of section 24.6 of the Act.

(5) For the purposes of determining a day referred to in subsection (4), the member’s five-year period for the purposes of section 24.6 of the Act excludes all calendar years for which the Registrar verifies that the member is exempt under section 11.

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