Would you like to contribute to the development of Additional Qualification (AQ) course guidelines?

Read about our selection criteria, roles and responsibilities below, then complete and submit the Expression of Interest Form. The College will notify you as opportunities become available.

Selection Criteria, Roles and Responsibilities

A. Consultation Tables

Consultation tables are intentionally selected to represent the linguistic, geographic, and cultural diversity of Ontario.

Consultation tables are only convened for new, specialized Additional Qualifications (AQs).

  1. Selection Criteria
    • Researchers and scholars in the subject area
    • Representatives of education-focused community organizations
    • Education system leaders with experience or responsibility in the subject are
  2. Responsibilities
    • Read pre-session information materials
    • Attend a consultation session of approximately two hours
    • Respond to discussion prompts
    • Contribute to collaborative generation of ideas.
  3. Recruitment
    • Faculties of education are invited to identify a scholar in the designated field
    • Organizations with a focus on education who have expressed interest are invited to designate a representative
    • AQ providers are invited to identify a representative.

B. Writing Teams

Writing teams are intentionally selected to represent the linguistic, geographic, and cultural diversity of Ontario.

Writing team members use their subject-specific expertise to contribute content but are not the author of AQ guideline documents.

College staff synthesize writing team contributions to develop guideline text in alignment with template norms and College style.

  1. Selection Criteria
    • Ontario Certified Teachers who are:
      • subject area specialists
      • school and system leaders with subject-specific experience.
  2. Responsibilities
    • Read pre-session information materials
    • Participate in a series of writing team sessions that total approximately six hours
    • Contribute to collaborative generation of ideas
    • Review consolidated draft guideline to confirm that the writing team contributions are accurately represented.
  3. Recruitment
    • AQ providers are invited to identify representative contributors
    • Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) is invited to identify contributors to represent both English- and French-language sectors
    • Qualified Ontario Certified Teachers who have expressed interest.

C. Critical Leaders

Critical readers are consulted for new, specialized AQs. For all other AQs, the primary source of feedback is the three-month provincial validation during which all parties may contribute.

  1. Selection Criteria
    • Researchers and scholars in the subject area
    • Representatives of relevant community organizations
    • Individuals who did not serve on the writing team but could have contributed to the consultation.
  2. Responsibilities
    • Review consolidated draft guideline to provide feedback on the following:
      • subject-specific content gaps
      • use of the most current subject-specific terminology
      • areas of concern, such as statements that are not supported by evidence or where the evidence is disputed.
  3. Recruitment
    • Subject area experts recommended through faculties of education, AQ providers or interestholder groups who have not contributed to the writing team.

How you can get involved

If you are interested in participating in the development of Additional Qualification (AQ) course guidelines, please complete and submit the Expression of Interest Form.