…your OCT designation! In your written communications with parents and colleagues, show off the fact that you are an Ontario Certified Teacher. Add your designation next to your signature as a reminder to everyone that you belong to Ontario’s regulated teaching profession. See how OCTs use it in this dynamic video.

What do the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession look like in action? See how a group of teachers got together and went to Haiti after the earthquake to help out. Watch their emotional stories. Become inspired to think differently about your practice.

In honour of World Teachers’ Day on October 5, the College thanks all OCTs for their daily commitment to students. The respect and care that you demonstrate is an invaluable contribution to society. Browse Professionally Speaking’s archive of Great Teaching videos to see how award-winning OCTs have successfully embraced the College’s Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession.

Read about opportunities for ongoing professional learning in the Professional Learning Framework for the Teaching Profession .

Share your top reasons for using the College’s public register (Find a Teacher), then see how your peers respond to that same question in the December 2016 issue of Professionally Speaking. This poll enables OCTs to share advice, opinions and effective practices on educational topics related to professional practice.

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The College attends events to raise awareness of its role in regulating the teaching profession, protecting the public interest and in promoting the high standards to which you and your colleagues aspire.

Eighty-three per cent of readers are satisfied with the quality of Professionally Speaking’s content, according to our latest readers’ survey. Why do teachers read the publication? For the discipline decision summaries (62%); to keep abreast of developments in the profession (59%) and for ideas that can be applied to the classroom (56%).