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Addressing Anti-Black Racism to Change Pedagogy and Practice
The statements and descriptions that accompany the artwork produced for the Additional Qualification (AQ) Anti-Black Racism guidelines by Danilo Deluxo have been co-written by Danilo Deluxo McCallum (he/him) and Rukiya Mohamed (she/her).

Essential Advice to the Teaching Profession
This document contains essential information and advice for Ontario Certified Teachers that will help guide and inform your practice.

Exploring Ethical Professional Relationships
Professional inquiry empowers educators to become critically aware of the assumptions and beliefs that inform their decisions and actions.

Exploring Interprofessional Collaboration
The Ontario College of Teachers and the College of Early Childhood Educators are pleased to offer a new professional learning resource related to interprofessional collaboration and ethical leadership within the context of early learning.

Exploring Leadership Practices through Case Inquiry
This guide is a case-based resource to help facilitate professional inquiry into inclusive educational leadership practices through exploring professional experiences of school principals.

Exploring the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession through Anishinaabe Art
Exploring the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession through Anishinaabe Art is an educative resource designed to support exploration into the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession.

Exploring the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession
Exploring the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession through Anishinaabe Art is a teacher education resource designed to support inquiry into the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession.

Foundations of Professional Practice
The Foundations of Professional Practice articulate a collective vision of professionalism for Ontario educators. Take a minute to reflect on what's new in a recently revised version.

Inquiring into Professional Practice Narratives of Educators of Mathematics
This guide is a narrative-based resource to help facilitate professional inquiry into the standards through mathematics.

Inquiring into the Ethical Dimensions of Professional Practice
Professional inquiry assists educators to critically explore practices that are laden and interwoven with multifaceted complex ethical dimensions.

OCT The Mark of Professionalism
The professional designation Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT) was first approved by the Ontario College of Teachers in 2008.

Professional Learning Framework for the Teaching Profession
Members recognize that a commitment to ongoing professional learning is integral to effective practice and to student learning. Professional practice and self-directed learning are informed by experience, research, collaboration and knowledge.

Self-Reflective Professional Learning Tool
A workbook for teachers to use on their own.

A two-sided poster listing the standards of practice and ethical standards that are the foundation of teaching in Ontario.
