New certificates
We have changed the number of certificates from six to two: a Certificate of
Qualification and Registration and a Transitional Certificate of
Qualification and Registration. Both will list qualifications and any terms,
conditions and limitations.

The transitional certificate is for teachers enrolled in a multi-session
program. When they complete their requirements, they will receive a
Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

End to 194-day requirement
Teachers educated outside Ontario will no longer need 194 days of Ontario
teaching experience before they can be certified. This facilitates labour
mobility across Canada and removes a barrier for internationally educated
teachers.

New AQs
The College has developed or revised 123 courses on a wide range of
subjects. Teachers can now take AQs like mentoring, American Sign Language,
outdoor experiential education and teaching, learning through e-learning,
and inclusive education.

Technological teachers will be able to choose from 64 new AQ courses that
make up an entirely new Schedule F. This new group of courses provides
technological education teachers with the opportunity to gain a greater
depth of knowledge in an area of expertise, such as Communications
Technology or Construction Technology.

A new three-course specialist Kindergarten program will start in 2011 and
there will be a new full-year program for teachers of the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing.

The Principal’s Qualification Program guidelines were completely revised,
and the Supervisory Officer’s Qualification Program soon will be.

“The content of the regulation and the courses that have been developed are
the result of a lot of consultation,” says College Council Chair Liz
Papadopoulos. “They’re the result of members giving feedback to the College
as to what they wanted. The changes that have been made are changes that our
membership wanted - our teachers, our principals and vice-principals, and
our supervisory officers. These are all changes that they have asked for.”

Over the course of the four-year project, thousands of College members
advised on changes to the AQs.

On March 26, the College Council passed the new TQR and consequential
amendments to the Accreditation Regulation.

The new TQR came into effect on May 20, 2010.

The changes are not yet finished. Work is proceeding on revising the
supervisory officers’ program and on other English and French AQ course
guidelines.

As well, the College is continuing with its plan to finish Phase 5 of the
Teachers’ Qualifications Review, which focuses on initial teacher