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Ontario College of Teachers
121 Bloor Street East
Toronto ON  M4W 3M5

Telephone: 416-961-8800
Toll free in Ontario: 1-888-534-2222
Fax: 416-961-8822
E-mail: info@oct.ca

Inside the September Issue of Professionally Speaking
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  • Letters of Distinction: OCT, Ontario Certified Teacher
  • 2009 Member Survey
  • Teaching Diversity
  • Dave Thomas' Remarkable Teacher
Making It Easier to Find AQs

Planning to take an additional qualification course to expand your subject knowledge or sharpen your classroom skills? Find an AQ is a search engine that will help you find the AQ and provider to suit your needs. More...

Council Chooses Chair, Vice-chair

Liz Papadopoulos has been selected by her peers to serve as Chair of the fifth Council of the Ontario College of Teachers.

"I am thrilled to have been chosen to represent our profession as the fifth Chair of the College Council. Teachers bring their heads and hearts to the noblest cause of all – helping students to realize their potential and reach their dreams," says Papadopoulos. More...

Interactive 2008 College Annual Report profiles Ontario teachers

Where in the world do College members come from? How are they qualified? What are the most popular College-accredited courses our members take for their professional development?

Visit Professionalism in Teaching, our 2008 online annual report, and find a rich and broad statistical picture of Ontario’s teaching profession.

With just the click of a mouse, the College’s annual report also provides you with committee reports, annual financial statements and video-recorded messages from Council Chair Don Cattani and former Registrar Brian McGowan.

The interactive online report is a timely, environmentally responsible and cost-effec­tive way for the College to provide our members, stakeholders, the public and the media access to current information on the teaching profession.

We're Moving!

The College is moving down the street next year.

We have purchased majority interest in a building at 101 Bloor Street West at St. Thomas Street in the heart of Toronto’s downtown core. The new location remains central to Queen’s Park, education stakeholder organizations and to staff, College members, applicants and members of the public. More...

College Prepares for Labour Mobility

The Ontario government has introduced Bill 175 – the Ontario Labour Mobility Act (OLMA) – that, if passed, will enable the College to certify teachers from other Canadian jurisdictions under the terms of the revised Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT). More...

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2009 Member's Handbook

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Your member's handbook is a one-stop guide to the many services available to everyone registered with the College.


Become A Teacher

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Ontario needs French and technological education teachers.