What are your top five
questions about how to support
students regarding mental
health?
Please take two minutes to
complete our
survey
to inform the development of
our next professional
advisory. Advisories inform
professional judgment. Thanks!
What would you do?
The College's Investigation
Committee reviewed a complaint
from a mother of a student who
alleged that a high school
teacher kicked her child in the
foot while he was sitting on the
floor of the school cafeteria.
The incident left a mark on his
foot.
The mother alleged that the
teacher got a colleague to lie
and say he saw nothing.
If you were a member of the
College's Investigation
Committee, what would you do?
See the outcome of
Physical Contact.
College role strengthened due to
changes in legislation
Recent
changes
in legislation expands the
definition of sexual abuse in
the College Act that would
result in mandatory revocation
or suspension. A fund for
therapy and counselling for
student victims of sexual abuse
will also be introduced.
You're invited. It's your Annual
Meeting of Members on June 6.
Join us
at the College on Wednesday June
6 at 5:30 p.m. for our Annual
Meeting of Members. Watch the
live streaming of the meeting
and a panel discussion on what
the public expects of regulators
like the College.
Panellists include the public
editor of the
Toronto Star, the CEO
of the College of Veterinarians
and a senior partner at the law
firm Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc.
Your eighth College Council
See the
members
of the eighth College
Council. They take office
July 1, 2018.
Interested in shaping how and
what teachers teach?
Join the College's Additional
Qualification volunteer
list
to support continuing teacher
education and we'll notify you
when opportunities become
available.
Myth: The
College's
professional advisory
on responding to the bullying of
students only applies to Ontario
Certified Teachers.
Fact:
Addressing the causes and
responses to bullying is a
collective responsibility.
It applies to all Ontario
Certified Teachers including
teachers, consultants,
vice-principals, principals,
supervisory officers, directors
of education and those working
in non-school board positions.
Strategies to inform your
professional practice
How do you promote global
citizenship in your
classroom?
See how your peers respond to
that same question in the
September 2018 issue of
Professionally Speaking.
Our
poll
enables OCTs to share advice,
opinions and effective practices
on educational topics related to
professional practice, one of
the College's standards of
practice.
Now accepting: 2018-2019
scholarship applications
Meet Nicole, Devan and Kara.
Each received $2,000 towards
their studies. The College
awards three scholarships
annually (set out in College
bylaw). They acknowledge teacher
candidates for their outstanding
academic achievement and high
level of preparedness for
teacher education.
Applications
are accepted until June 29,
2018.
