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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

Tax Receipts

You are no longer required to include a copy of your tax receipt with your income tax return. You can simply enter the amount of your annual fee payment on line 212 under Professional Fees.

You can, however, print tax receipts for membership fees you've paid to the College since 2001 through your private Members' Area account if necessary.

Inside the March Issue of Professionally Speaking

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This issue of Professionally Speaking (PS) brings you much more, with new web material that goes deeper into features from your magazine.

Visit the new PS web address at professionallyspeaking.oct.ca to see the lesson plans and other helpful information you can use. Look for this icon throughout PS to point you in the right direction.

  • Lesson Study - Taking Professional Learning into the Classroom
  • The Colourful Story of English
  • Transition to Teaching - New Teachers Determined Despite Tighter Job Market
  • Lawrence Hill’s Remarkable Teachers
College Welcomes Labour Mobility for the Teaching Profession

Teachers certified in a Canadian jurisdiction are now entitled to certification in Ontario without requirements for additional training, experience or assessments. 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.

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2010 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.