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Accreditation Committee Decision

Nipissing University

Application for General Accreditation

Consecutive program of professional education with areas of study in the Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate and Intermediate/Senior divisions, including the Primary/Junior divisions with a focus on French as a Second Language, leading to a degree 

Concurrent program of professional education with areas of study in the Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate and Intermediate/Senior divisions, including the Primary/Junior divisions with a focus on teaching French as a Second Language, leading to a degree 

Multi-session consecutive program of professional education for persons of First Nation, Métis, or Inuit ancestry with areas of study in the Primary/Junior divisions, leading to a degree or diploma (referred to as the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (ITEP))

Multi-session consecutive program of professional education with an area of study in teaching Native Languages, leading to a degree or diploma (referred to as Teacher of Indigenous Language as a Second Language Program (TILSL))

Decision of the Accreditation Committee

For the reasons set out above, the Accreditation Committee finds that the following programs of professional offered by the Schulich School of Education, Nipissing University fully satisfy the requirements of Regulation 347/02, Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs:

  • Consecutive program of professional education with areas of study in the Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate and Intermediate/Senior divisions, including the Primary/Junior divisions with a focus on French as a Second Language, leading to a degree 
  • Concurrent program of professional education with areas of study in the Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate and Intermediate/Senior divisions, including the Primary/Junior divisions with a focus on teaching French as a Second Language, leading to a degree 
  • Multi-session consecutive program of professional education for persons of First Nation, Métis, or Inuit ancestry with areas of study in the Primary/Junior divisions, leading to a degree or diploma (referred to as the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (ITEP))
  • Multi-session consecutive program of professional education with an area of study in teaching Native Languages, leading to a degree or diploma (referred to as Teacher of Indigenous Language as a Second Language Program (TILSL))

The Accreditation Committee grants general accreditation to these programs for a period of seven years until August 13, 2031 or for an amended period of time that is in accordance with Section 15 of Regulation 347/02, Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs.

Accreditation Committee
Ontario College of Teachers
August 13, 2024

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