19. (1) In assigning or appointing a teacher to teach in a division or to teach a subject in a school, the principal of the school shall have due regard for the provision of the best possible program and the safety and well-being of the pupils.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6. (2) No teacher shall be assigned or appointed to teach except in accordance with the qualifications recorded on his or her certificate of qualification and registration or as otherwise provided in this Regulation.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6. (2.1) For the purposes of assigning teachers under this section and section 19.2, the areas of study recorded on a teacher’s transitional, multi-session transitional or temporary certificate of qualification and registration are deemed to be qualifications recorded on the certificate. O. Reg. 2/21, s. 2; O. Reg. 227/23, s. 2 (1). (3) Despite subsection (2), the following assignments or appointments to teach may be made where a teacher’s certificate of qualification and registration does not indicate the required qualification, if the teacher and principal agree to the assignment or appointment and the appropriate supervisory officer approves it: 1. A teacher whose certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in the primary division, the junior division, the intermediate division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A or the senior division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A may be assigned or appointed to teach in any division or any general education subject. 2. A teacher whose certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification to teach in grades 9 and 10 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B or grades 11 and 12 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B may be assigned or appointed to teach any technological education subject in grades 9 and 10 or grades 11 and 12.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6. (4) An agreement under subsection (3) respecting the assignment or appointment of a teacher to teach in a division or to teach a subject for which he or she does not hold a qualification, (a) shall not be made in respect of a teacher who holds, or is deemed to hold, a multi-session transitional certificate of qualification and registration under the teachers’ qualifications regulation; (b) shall not be made so as to permit a teacher whose certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in the primary division, the junior division, the intermediate division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A or the senior division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A to be assigned or appointed to, (i) teach or be placed in charge of a special education program or class, (ii) teach French as a second language, or (iii) teach a class for pupils who are deaf, hard of hearing or blind or have limited vision; and (c) shall not be made so as to permit a teacher whose certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in grades 9 and 10 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B or in grades 11 and 12 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B to be assigned or appointed to, (i) teach or be placed in charge of a special education program or class, or (ii) teach a class for pupils who are deaf, hard of hearing or blind or have limited vision.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6; O. Reg. 227/23, s. 2 (2). (5) A teacher shall not be assigned or appointed to teach or be placed in charge of a class in the primary division, the junior division, the intermediate division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A or the senior division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A, even if the teacher’s certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in a general education subject, unless the teacher holds a qualification in one or more of the divisions.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6. (6) A teacher shall not be assigned or appointed to teach or be placed in charge of a special education program or class, even if the teacher’s certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in special education, unless, (a) the teacher’s certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in the primary division, the junior division, the intermediate division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A or the senior division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A, and the appointment or assignment is to teach or be in charge of, (i) a special education program or class in the primary division, the junior division, the intermediate division in general education or the senior division in general education, or (ii) a special education program or class in a secondary school, other than a program or class in general or technological education; or (b) the teacher’s certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in grades 9 and 10 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B or in grades 11 and 12 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B, and the appointment or assignment is to teach or be in charge of, (i) a special education program or class in technological education, or (ii) a special education program or class in a secondary school, other than a program or class in general or technological education.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6. (7) Whether or not a teacher holds a degree, a teacher may be assigned or appointed to teach cooperative education in a secondary school if the teacher’s certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in the primary division, the junior division, the intermediate division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A, the senior division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A, grades 9 and 10 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B or grades 11 and 12 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6. (8) Whether or not the teacher holds a degree, a teacher whose certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in grades 9 and 10 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B or in grades 11 and 12 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B, may be assigned or appointed to teach guidance and career education in general education in a secondary school if the teacher’s certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in guidance and career education.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6. (9) A teacher whose certificate of qualification and registration does not indicate a qualification in a division, a general education subject or a technological education subject entered in the English language shall not be assigned or appointed to teach in classes where English is the language of instruction, and a teacher whose certificate of qualification and registration does not indicate qualifications entered in the French language shall not be assigned or appointed to teach in schools or classes established under Part XII of the Act where French is the language of instruction.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6. (10) Despite subsection (9), a teacher who holds qualifications to teach in the intermediate division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A and the senior division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A or grades 9 and 10 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B or grades 11 and 12 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B, may be assigned or appointed to teach in either or both of such divisions in classes where either English or French is the language of instruction.  O. Reg. 183/10, s. 6. (11) In this section, “multi-session transitional certificate of qualification and registration” and “transitional certificate of qualification and registration” have the same meaning as in subsection 1 (1) of the teachers’ qualifications regulation. O. Reg. 227/23, s. 2 (3).