O. Reg. 342/07: TEACHERS' QUALIFICATIONS

 

ontario regulation 342/07

made under the

ontario college of teachers act, 1996

Made: June 7, 2007
Approved: June 27, 2007
Filed: July 9, 2007
Published on e-Laws: July 10, 2007
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 28, 2007

Amending O. Reg. 184/97

(Teachers Qualifications)

1. Subparagraph 1 iv of subsection 1 (3) of Ontario Regulation 184/97 is amended by striking out “at the basic level” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “for Grades 9 and 10” and by striking out “at the advanced level” at the end and substituting “for Grades 11 and 12”.

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

5.1 An entry on a certificate of qualification in respect of a program in Native Languages shall specify which language was studied in the program.

3. Clause 32 (1) (c) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “at the advanced level” in the portion before subclause (i) and substituting “for Grades 11 and 12”.

4. (1) Subclause 34 (c) (iii) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(iii) qualification in technological studies, in the case of a Part I qualification in one of the following:

1. Actualisation linguistique en français et perfectionnement du français.

2. Co-operative Education.

3. English as a Second Language.

4. Guidance and Career Education.

5. Inclusive Classroom.

6. Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction.

7. Media.

8. Music — Instrumental.

9. Music — Vocal, Intermediate and Senior.

10. Music — Vocal, Primary and Junior.

11. Religious Education.

12. Special Education.

13. Teaching Students Who Are Blind.

14. Teaching Students Who Are Deaf-Blind.

15. Visual Arts.

(2) Section 34 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following clause:

(d) for the specialist qualifications in American Sign Language or Langue des signes québecoise, or Aural and Oral Communication listed in Schedule D, had an entry on his or her certificate of qualification, at the time the candidate began the specialist course, that showed a qualification in The Deaf listed in Schedule D or in Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

5. (1) Subsection 40 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Individual and Society” at the end and substituting “Social Sciences”.

(2) Subclause 40 (4) (b) (i) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “at both the basic and the advanced level” and substituting “for both Grades 9 and 10 and for Grades 11 and 12”.

(3) Subclause 40 (4) (b) (ii) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “at the basic level” and substituting “for Grades 9 and 10”.

(4) Subsection 40 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “one basic level entry” and substituting “one entry for Grades 9 and 10”.

6. Section 42 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Classical Studies (Latin, Greek)” at the end and substituting “Classical Studies”.

7. The Regulation is amended by adding the following sections:

Qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

42.1 A qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — ASL/LSQ Communication or for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — Aural and Oral Communication is a specialist qualification. 

42.2 (1) The Registrar may have entered on a person’s certificate of qualification or interim certificate of qualification, a qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — ASL/LSQ Communication (Conditional) or for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — Aural and Oral Communication (Conditional) if the Registrar is satisfied that,

(a) the person has successfully completed,

(i) an accredited Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing program leading to that qualification that meets the requirements of section 42.4, or

(ii) a program outside Ontario for teaching the deaf that is equivalent to such a program;

(b) for a person who successfully completed an accredited Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing program described in section 42.4, at the time the person was admitted to the program, he or she held a certificate of qualification or an interim certificate of qualification that was in good standing, and,

(i) had successfully completed at least two courses in American Sign Language or Langue des signes québécoise acceptable to the College, or

(ii) his or her proficiency in American Sign Language or Langue des signes québécoise was at least equivalent to the proficiency that would be achieved by completing two such courses; or

(c) for a person who successfully completed a program outside Ontario for teaching the deaf that is equivalent to an accredited Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing program described in section 42.4,

(i) at the time the person was admitted to the program,

(A) he or she had successfully completed at least two courses in American Sign Language or Langue des signes québécoise acceptable to the College, or

(B) his or her proficiency in American Sign Language or Langue des signes québécoise was at least equivalent to the proficiency that would be achieved by completing two such courses, or

(ii) at the time the Registrar enters the qualification on the certificate, the person’s proficiency in American Sign Language or Langue des signes québécoise is at least equivalent to the proficiency that would be achieved by completing two such courses.

(2) The qualification mentioned in subsection (1) shall be valid for three years from the date of entry.

(3) The Registrar may extend the period of validity of a person’s qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — ASL/LSQ Communication (Conditional) or for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — Aural and Oral Communication (Conditional), for one-year periods if,

(a) the person requests the extension before the end of the initial term of the qualification or before the end of the most recent extended term of the qualification, as the case may be;

(b) the person has submitted to the Registrar evidence that he or she has an offer of a position in Ontario requiring the qualification; and

(c) at the time of the request, the person holds a certificate of qualification or interim certificate of qualification that is in good standing.

42.3 (1) The Registrar may have entered on a person’s certificate of qualification or interim certificate of qualification, a qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — ASL/LSQ Communication or for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — Aural and Oral Communication if,

(a) the person has an entry on his or her certificate of qualification or interim certificate of qualification indicating, as appropriate, a qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — ASL/LSQ Communication (Conditional) or for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — Aural and Oral Communication (Conditional);

(b) for a person who successfully completed an accredited Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing program described in section 42.4, the person has submitted to the Registrar evidence of at least one school year of successful teaching experience in Ontario in one or more positions requiring the qualification;

(c) for a person who successfully completed a program outside Ontario for teaching the deaf that is equivalent to an accredited Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing program described in section 42.4, the person has submitted to the Registrar evidence of at least one school year of successful teaching experience outside Ontario in one or more positions teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing;

(d) the evidence referred to in clause (b) or (c), as the case may be, has been certified by,

(i) the appropriate supervisory officer, for a position in Ontario, or

(ii) the appropriate supervisory official, for a position outside Ontario; and

(e) the experience referred to in clause (b) was obtained since the granting of the qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — ASL/LSQ Communication (Conditional) or for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — Aural and Oral Communication (Conditional), as the case may be, or if an extension was granted under subsection 42.2 (3), since the granting of the extension.

(2) The Registrar may exempt a person from the requirements in clauses (1) (a) and (e) if the Registrar is satisfied that the person meets the requirements in subclause 42.2 (1) (a) (ii) and clause 42.2 (1) (c).

42.4 An accredited Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing program leading to a qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — ASL/LSQ Communication or for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — Aural and Oral Communication shall, in addition to any other requirements for accreditation set out in Ontario Regulation 347/02 (Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs) made under the Act,

(a) be two academic semesters in duration;

(b) have the same core curriculum for both qualifications;

(c) have additional course content in, 

(i) communication in American Sign Language or Langue des signes québécoise, for a program leading to a qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — ASL/LSQ Communication, or

(ii) aural and oral communication with deaf or hard of hearing students, for a program leading to a qualification for Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing — Aural and Oral Communication; and

(d) include a practicum acceptable to the College in teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing. 

8. The Regulation is amended by adding the following sections:

61. Any person who, on August 30, 2008, holds a qualification that is listed in a schedule to this Regulation, as the schedule reads on August 30, 2008, and that is set out in Column 2 of the Table to this section, is deemed, on and after August 31, 2008, to hold the qualification set out in the corresponding cell of Column 3 of the Table:

Table

 

Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	Schedule	Old qualification name	New qualification name
1.	Schedule A	Business Studies — Information Management	Business Studies — Information and Communication Technology
2.	Schedule A	Computer Science	Computer Studies
3.	Schedule A	Individual and Society	Social Sciences — General
4.	Schedule A	English (First language)	English
5.	Schedule A	English (Second language) — anglais	Anglais
6.	Schedule A	French (Second language)	French as a Second Language
7.	Schedule A	French (First language) — français	Français
8.	Schedule A	Native Language (Second language)	Native Languages
9.	Schedule A	Physical and Health Education	Health and Physical Education
10.	Schedule B	Communications Technology (Basic Level)	Communications Technology, Grades 9 and 10
11.	Schedule B	Communications Technology (Advanced Level)	Communications Technology, Grades 11 and 12
12.	Schedule B	Construction Technology (Basic Level)	Construction Technology, Grades 9 and 10
13.	Schedule B	Construction Technology (Advanced Level)	Construction Technology, Grades 11 and 12
14.	Schedule B	Hospitality Services (Basic Level)	Hospitality Services, Grades 9 and 10
15.	Schedule B	Hospitality Services (Advanced Level)	Hospitality Services, Grades 11 and 12
16.	Schedule B	Manufacturing Technology (Basic Level)	Manufacturing Technology, Grades 9 and 10
17.	Schedule B	Manufacturing Technology (Advanced Level)	Manufacturing Technology, Grades 11 and 12
18.	Schedule B	Personal Services (Basic Level)	Personal Services, Grades 9 and 10
19.	Schedule B	Personal Services (Advanced Level)	Personal Services, Grades 11 and 12
20.	Schedule B	Technological Design (Basic Level)	Technological Design, Grades 9 and 10
21.	Schedule B	Technological Design (Advanced Level)	Technological Design, Grades 11 and 12
22.	Schedule B	Transportation Technology (Basic Level)	Transportation Technology, Grades 9 and 10
23.	Schedule B	Transportation Technology (Advanced Level)	Transportation Technology, Grades 11 and 12
24.	Schedule C	Childhood Education	Kindergarten
25.	Schedule C	Preschool Deaf Education	Pre-School Education for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
26.	Schedule C	Teacher of Ojibway	Teaching Ojibwe
27.	Schedule D	Business Studies — Entrepreneurship Studies	Business Studies — Entrepreneurship
28.	Schedule D	Business Studies — Information Management	Business Studies — Information and Communication Technology
29.	Schedule D	Computer Studies — Computer Science	Computer Studies
30.	Schedule D	Computers in the Classroom	Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction
31.	Schedule D	Guidance	Guidance and Career Education
32.	Schedule D	Native Language as a Second Language	Native Languages
33.	Schedule D	Physical and Health Education (Intermediate, Senior)	Health and Physical Education, Intermediate and Senior
34.	Schedule D	Physical and Health Education (Primary, Junior)	Health and Physical Education, Primary and Junior
35.	Schedule D	Science in Primary and Junior Education	Science and Technology, Primary and Junior
36.	Schedule D	The Blind	Teaching Students Who Are Blind
37.	Schedule D	The Deaf/Blind	Teaching Students Who Are Deaf-Blind
38.	Schedule E	Classical Studies (Latin, Greek)	Classical Studies
39.	Schedule E	Computer Science	Computer Studies
40.	Schedule E	Contemporary Studies	Social Sciences
41.	Schedule E	English (First language)	English
42.	Schedule E	English (Second language) — anglais	Anglais
43.	Schedule E	French (Second language)	French as a Second Language
44.	Schedule E	French (First language) — français	Français
45.	Schedule E	Physical and Health Education	Health and Physical Education

62. Any person who, on August 30, 2008, holds a qualification identified in the Table to this section continues to hold the qualification after that date despite its revocation from the Schedules.

Table

 

Item	Column 1	Column 2
	Schedule	Qualification
1.	Schedule A	Business Studies — Data Processing
2.	Schedule A	Business Studies — Marketing and Merchandising
3.	Schedule A	Design and Technology
4.	Schedule A	Science — Geology
5.	Schedule C	Childhood Education in Great Britain
6.	Schedule C	Community School Development
7.	Schedule C	Driver Education Instructor
8.	Schedule C	Law
9.	Schedule C	Teaching Children with Language Difficulties — Aphasia
10.	Schedule C	Teacher of Native Children
11.	Schedule E	Geology

63. Any person who, on August 30, 2012, holds a qualification identified in the Table to this section continues to hold the qualification after that date despite its revocation from the Schedules.

Table

 

Item	Column 1	Column 2
	Schedule	Qualification
1.	Schedule D	Business Studies — Data Processing
2.	Schedule D	Business Studies — Marketing and Merchandising
3.	Schedule D	Design and Technology
4.	Schedule D	Multiculturalism in Education
5.	Schedule D	The Deaf

9. Schedule A of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Schedule A
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR DIVISION OPTIONS TAKEN IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH

Anglais

Business Studies — Accounting

Business Studies — Entrepreneurship

Business Studies — General

Business Studies — Information and Communication Technology

Classical Studies — Greek

Classical Studies — Latin

Computer Studies

Dance

Dramatic Arts

Economics

English

Environmental Science

Family Studies

Français

French as a Second Language

Geography

Health and Physical Education

History

International Languages

Law

Mathematics

Music — Instrumental

Music — Vocal

Native Languages

Native Studies

Philosophy

Politics

Religious Education

Science — Biology

Science — Chemistry

Science — General

Science — Physics

Social Sciences — General

Visual Arts

10. Schedule B of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Schedule B
TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES OPTIONS TAKEN IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH

Communications Technology, Grades 9 and 10

Communications Technology, Grades 11 and 12

Construction Technology, Grades 9 and 10

Construction Technology, Grades 11 and 12

Hospitality Services, Grades 9 and 10

Hospitality Services, Grades 11 and 12

Manufacturing Technology, Grades 9 and 10

Manufacturing Technology, Grades 11 and 12

Personal Services, Grades 9 and 10

Personal Services, Grades 11 and 12

Technological Design, Grades 9 and 10

Technological Design, Grades 11 and 12

Transportation Technology, Grades 9 and 10

Transportation Technology, Grades 11 and 12

11. Schedule C of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Schedule C
ONE-SESSION QUALIFICATIONS TAKEN IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH

Aboriginal Peoples: Understanding Traditional Teachings, Histories, Current Issues and Cultures

Action Research

Adapting Curriculum for Second-Language Learners

Adapting Curriculum for the Catholic School System

Adult Education

Alternative Education

Arts, Grades 7 and 8

Associate Teaching

Computer Studies — Computer Technology

Education Law

Geography, Grades 7 and 8

Health and Physical Education, Grades 7 and 8

History, Grades 7 and 8

Integrated Arts

Kindergarten

Language Arts, Grades 7 and 8

Leadership en milieu minoritaire

L’enseignement en milieu minoritaire

Mathematics, Grades 7 and 8

Mentoring

Outdoor Experiential Education

Pre-School Education for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Science and Technology, Grades 7 and 8

Special Education — Behaviour

Special Education — Communication — Autism

Special Education — Communication — Learning Disability

Special Education — Communication — Speech and Language

Special Education — Intellectual — Developmental Disabilities

Special Education — Intellectual — Gifted

Special Education — Multiple Exceptionalities

Special Education — Physical

Special Education for Administrators

Student Assessment and Evaluation

Teaching Aboriginal Children

Teaching and Learning Through e-Learning

Teaching Cayuga

Teaching Combined Grades

Teaching Cree

Teaching Delaware

Teaching Mohawk

Teaching Ojibwe

Teaching Ojicree

Teaching Oneida

Teaching in a French Immersion Setting

Teaching in the Catholic School System

Use and Knowledge of Assistive Technology

12. (1) Schedule D of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Schedule D
THREE-SESSION QUALIFICATIONS TAKEN IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH

Actualisation linguistique en français et Perfectionnement du français

American Sign Language or Langue des signes québécoise

Aural and Oral Communication

Business Studies — Accounting

Business Studies — Data Processing

Business Studies — Entrepreneurship

Business Studies — Information and Communication Technology

Business Studies — Marketing and Merchandising

Computer Studies

Co-operative Education

Dance

Design and Technology

Dramatic Arts

English as a Second Language

Environmental Science

Family Studies

French as a Second Language

Guidance and Career Education

Health and Physical Education, Intermediate and Senior

Health and Physical Education, Primary and Junior

Inclusive Classroom

Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction

Intermediate Education

International Languages

Junior Education

Librarianship

Mathematics, Primary and Junior

Media

Multiculturalism in Education

Music — Instrumental

Music — Vocal, Intermediate and Senior

Music — Vocal, Primary and Junior

Native Languages

Native Studies

Primary Education

Reading

Religious Education

Science and Technology, Primary and Junior

Social Studies, Primary and Junior

Special Education

Teaching Students Who Are Blind

Teaching Students Who Are Deaf-Blind

The Deaf

Visual Arts

Writing

(2) Schedule D of the Regulation, as remade by subsection (1), is amended by striking out the following:

Business Studies — Data Processing

Business Studies — Marketing and Merchandising

Design and Technology

Multiculturalism in Education

The Deaf

13. Schedule E of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Schedule E
HONOUR SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS TAKEN IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH

Anglais

Biology

Business Studies

Chemistry

Classical Studies

Computer Studies

Dance

Dramatic Arts

English

Environmental Science

Family Studies

Français

French as a Second Language

Geography

Health and Physical Education

History

International Languages

Mathematics

Music

Native Languages

Native Studies

Physics

Religious Education

Science

Social Sciences

Visual Arts

14. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on August 31, 2008.

(2) Subsection 12 (2) comes into force on August 31, 2012.

Made by:

Ontario College of Teachers:

Don Cattani

Chair

Brian P. McGowan

Registrar

Date made: June 7, 2007.