Interpretation
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “acceptable certificate, diploma or advanced diploma” means a certificate, diploma or advanced diploma that is granted, (a) by a post-secondary educational institution authorized to grant the certificate, diploma or advanced diploma under the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002 or a predecessor Act, (b) by a private career college approved to grant the certificate, diploma or advanced diploma under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 or a predecessor Act, or (c) by another institution acceptable to the College; (“certificat, diplôme ou diplôme de niveau avancé reconnu”) “acceptable post-secondary degree” means a degree for which a person is required to complete at least 90 post-secondary credits or their equivalent and that is, (a) granted by a post-secondary educational institution authorized to grant the degree under an Act of the Legislature, including a person that is authorized to grant the degree under the Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000, or (b) considered by the College to be equivalent to a degree described in clause (a) and is granted by, (i) a post-secondary educational institution in a Canadian province or territory other than Ontario, (ii) a post-secondary educational institution in the United States that is recognized by, (A) the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, (B) the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, (C) the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, (D) the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, (E) the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or (F) the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or (iii) a post-secondary educational institution located in a country other than Canada or the United States; (“grade postsecondaire reconnu”) “accreditation regulation” means Ontario Regulation 347/02 (Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs) made under the Act; (“règlement sur l’agrément”) “accredited program” means an accredited program as defined in the accreditation regulation; (“programme agréé”) “applicant” means an applicant for a general, transitional, multi-session transitional or temporary certificate of qualification and registration under Part II; (“postulant”) “appropriate supervisory director of education” means any of the following who is able to confirm whether a person has successful experience as a supervisory officer: 1. A director of education appointed by a board in accordance with the Education Act, or 2. A person who, in the opinion of the Registrar, has a role comparable to a person referred to in paragraph 1, with respect to, i. a school operated by a band or an education authority in Ontario that is authorized to provide education for Indians within the meaning of the Indian Act (Canada), or ii. a school in a jurisdiction outside Ontario; (“superviseur-directeur de l’éducation compétent”) “appropriate supervisory officer” means, in respect of a teacher, the supervisory officer assigned by a school board in accordance with the Education Act or by the Minister to provide supervisory services in respect of the performance by the teacher of his or her duties under the Education Act
and the regulations under it; (“agent de supervision compétent”) “appropriate supervisory official” means a person who, in the opinion of the Registrar, (a) has a role comparable to an appropriate supervisory officer with respect to, (i) a school operated by a band or an education authority in Ontario that is authorized to provide education for Indians within the meaning of the Indian Act (Canada), or (ii) a school in a jurisdiction outside Ontario, and (b) is able to confirm whether a person has successful classroom teaching experience, or successful experience as a principal, vice-principal or supervisory officer, as applicable; (“responsable de supervision compétent”) “area of study” means an area studied in a program of professional education or in a program of additional qualification for which a person may obtain a qualification, (a) in the primary division, (b) in the junior division, (c) in the intermediate division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A, (d) in the senior division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A, (e) in grades 9 and 10 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B, (f) in grades 11 and 12 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B, (g) identified in Part III, other than one identified in clause (a) to (f), (h) to be teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, as described in clause 1 (3) (b) of the accreditation regulation, or (i) to be teachers of Native languages, as described in clause 1 (3) (c) of the accreditation regulation; (“domaine d’étude”) “band” and “council of the band” have the same meaning as in the Indian Act (Canada); (“bande”, “conseil de bande”) “candidate” means a holder of a general certificate of qualification and registration who is a candidate for an additional qualification under Part III; (“candidat”) “certificate of apprenticeship” means, (a) a certificate provided under section 66 of the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 that confirms the successful completion of an apprenticeship program, (a.1) a certificate issued or deemed to have been issued under subsection 16 (1) of the Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021 that confirms the successful completion of an apprenticeship program, or (b) a certificate acceptable to the College that confirms the successful completion of an apprenticeship program; (“certificat d’apprentissage”) “concurrent program” has the same meaning as in the accreditation regulation; (“programme concurrent”) “general certificate of qualification and registration” means a certificate of qualification and registration referred to in paragraph 1 of section 2; (“certificat de qualification et d’inscription général”) “general education” means the curriculum prescribed or developed for the intermediate and senior divisions under subsection 8 (1) of the Education Act and described in the secondary curriculum documents available from the Ministry, excluding the courses described in the documents entitled “The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10 – Technological Education (2009)” and “The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12 – Technological Education (2009)”; (“éducation générale”) “multi-session program of professional education” means a program described in clause (a) of the definition of “program of professional education” that is delivered over two or more sessions where the first session consists of, (a) a practicum of a minimum of 10 days that meets the requirements set out in subsection 9 (2) of the accreditation regulation, and (b) 12 post-secondary credits or their equivalent, of which, (i) nine credits are in a methodology course in an area of study and three credits are in a foundation course, or (ii) six credits are in a methodology course in an area of study and six credits are in a foundation course; (“programme de formation professionnelle en plusieurs parties”) “multi-session transitional certificate of qualification and registration” means a certificate of qualification and registration referred to in paragraph 2.1 of section 2; (“certificat de qualification et d’inscription transitoire (programme en plusieurs parties)”) “one-year program of professional education” means a teacher education program that was accredited under the accreditation regulation, as that regulation read on August 31, 2015, but that does not satisfy the requirements for accreditation set out in the accreditation regulation as that regulation reads on and after September 1, 2015; (“programme de formation professionnelle d’un an”) “post-secondary course” means a one-year post-secondary course, or its equivalent, that is part of a program leading to an acceptable post-secondary degree; (“cours postsecondaire”) “post-secondary credits” means the credits a student is awarded on successful completion of a post-secondary course where six credits are awarded for a one-year post-secondary course and a proportionate number of credits are awarded for a post-secondary course of a different duration; (“crédits postsecondaires”) “program of additional qualification” means a program accredited by the College that leads to the entry of an additional qualification referred to in Part III on the general certificate of qualification and registration of a person who successfully completes the program; (“programme de qualification additionnelle”, “programme menant à une qualification additionnelle”) “program of professional education” means, (a) a program described in subsection 1 (2), (3) or (4) of the accreditation regulation that is accredited by the College, or (b) a teacher education program provided outside Ontario that is acceptable to the College and not substantially different from a program described in clause (a); (“programme de formation professionnelle”) “provincial or territorial teacher regulatory authority” means a body or person that is authorized under an Act of a Canadian province or territory other than Ontario to grant to a person in the teaching occupation a certificate, licence, registration or other form of official recognition that attests to the person being qualified to practise the teaching occupation in an elementary or secondary school; (“autorité provinciale ou territoriale de réglementation de la profession enseignante”) “school year” has the same meaning as in Regulation 304 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (School Year Calendar, Professional Activity Days) made under the Education Act; (“année scolaire”) “teacher regulatory authority” means a body or person that is authorized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Ontario to grant to a person in the teaching occupation a certificate, licence, registration or other form of official recognition that attests to the person being qualified to practise the teaching occupation in an elementary or secondary school; (“autorité de réglementation de la profession enseignante”) “technological education” means the curriculum prescribed or developed for grades 9 and 10 and for grades 11 and 12 under subsection 8 (1) of the Education Act and described in the secondary curriculum documents entitled “The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10 – Technological Education (2009)” and “The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12 – Technological Education (2009)” available from the Ministry; (“éducation technologique”) “temporary certificate of qualification and registration” means a certificate of qualification and registration referred to in paragraph 3 of section 2; (“certificat de qualification et d’inscription temporaire”) “transitional certificate of qualification and registration” means a certificate of qualification and registration referred to in paragraph 2 of section 2. (“certificat de qualification et d’inscription transitoire”) O. Reg. 176/10, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 59/14, s. 1; O. Reg. 239/14, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 617/20, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 1/21, s. 1 (1, 2); O. Reg. 882/21, s. 1; O. Reg. 421/22, s. 1, 12 (1); O. Reg. 229/23, s. 1 (1, 2). (2) For the purposes of this Regulation, a person holds a degree with respect to a program of professional education identified in clause (a) of the definition of “program of professional education” in subsection (1) if he or she has completed all the requirements for and has been approved for the granting of the degree, regardless of whether or not the degree has been conferred. O. Reg. 176/10, s. 1 (2). (3) For the purposes of this Regulation, an applicant for a general, transitional, multi-session transitional or temporary certificate of qualification and registration holds technological qualifications if, (a) he or she holds a secondary school graduation diploma or has qualifications that the College considers to be equivalent to holding such a diploma; (b) he or she has five years of work experience, including business or industrial experience, or a combination of post-secondary education and work experience that totalled five years and that included, (i) at least two years of work experience, including business or industrial experience, at least four months of which were continuous, and (ii) post-secondary education acceptable to the College consisting of, (A) a program leading to an acceptable post-secondary degree or an acceptable certificate, diploma or advanced diploma, or (B) an apprenticeship program acceptable to the College; and (c) in the work experience referred to in clause (b), he or she demonstrated competency, based on an assessment of advanced skills and knowledge, related to a technological education subject listed in Schedule B. O. Reg. 176/10, s. 1 (3); O. Reg. 617/20, s. 1 (3); O. Reg. 1/21, s. 1 (3); O. Reg. 229/23, s. 1 (3). (4) For the purposes of fulfilling the work experience requirements in clause (3) (b), (a) 1,700 hours of work experience shall be counted as equal to one year of work experience; and (b) up to one year of work experience completed as part of a work placement or co-operative work placement in a post-secondary education program may be counted if the placement was a required element of the education program and the work experience occurred after the applicant had completed at least 50 per cent of the program. O. Reg. 239/14, s. 1 (2). (5) For the purposes of this Regulation, a person’s membership in the College is in good standing if the member has paid their annual membership fee and has a valid certificate of qualification and registration. O. Reg. 810/21, s. 1. Part II   Certificates of qualification and registration Applications