Interpretation
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(1) In this Regulation, “Accreditation Appeal Committee” means the committee established under section 31 of Ontario Regulation 563/21 (General); (“comité d’appel des agréments”) “Accreditation Committee” means the committee established under section 28 of Ontario Regulation 563/21 (General); (“comité d’agrément”) “accreditation panel” means a panel established in accordance with section 29 of Ontario Regulation 563/21 (General); (“sous-comité d’agrément”) “accredited program” means a program of professional education or a program of additional qualification, (a)  that is accredited under this Regulation, or (b)  that was approved by the College before this Regulation came into force; (“programme agréé”) “area of study” has the same meaning as in the teachers’ qualifications regulation; (“domaine d’étude”) “business day” means a day other than Saturday or a holiday; (“jour ouvrable”) “concurrent program” means, (a)  a program of professional education that is undertaken at the same time as a program leading to an undergraduate degree in a discipline other than education, or (b)  a program of professional education that combines studies in education with studies in other disciplines and leads to a degree in education; “consecutive program” means a program of professional education that is not a concurrent program; (“programme consécutif”) “Council” means the Council of the College established under section 4 of the Act; (“conseil”) “general education” has the same meaning as in the teachers’ qualifications regulation; (“éducation générale”) “permitted institution” means, (a)  a college, faculty or school of education in Ontario that is part of or affiliated with a university that is authorized to offer degrees under an Act of the Assembly, or (b)  an entity authorized under the Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000, (i)  to offer a program of professional education leading to a degree, or (ii)  to operate or maintain a university; (“établissement autorisé”) “program of additional qualification” means a program provided in Ontario that leads to the entry of an additional qualification referred to in Part III of the teachers’ qualifications regulation on the general certificate of qualification and registration of a person who successfully completes the program; (“programme de qualification additionnelle”) “provider” means, in respect of a program of professional education or a program of additional qualification, the educational institution or other entity that provides the program; (“fournisseur”) “teachers’ qualifications regulation” means Ontario Regulation 176/10 (Teachers’ Qualifications) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les qualifications requises pour enseigner”) “technological education” has the same meaning as in the teachers’ qualifications regulation. (“éducation technologique”)  O. Reg. 347/02, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 136/08, s. 1 (1, 2); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 13, s. 3 (2); O. Reg. 182/10, s. 2 (1-4); O. Reg. 240/14, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 565/21, s. 1. (2) For the purposes of this Regulation, a program of professional education is an educational program provided in Ontario that prepares a person to teach in elementary or secondary schools in Ontario and that satisfies the following requirements: 1.  The program leads to the granting of a degree and prepares a person to teach one of the following: i.  The primary and junior divisions, with or without a focus on the teaching of French as a second language. ii.  The junior division, and the intermediate division in a general education subject for grades 7 and 8 listed in Schedule A to the teachers’ qualifications regulation. iii.  The intermediate division and the senior division in two general education subjects listed in Schedule A to the teachers’ qualifications regulation. iv.  Grades 9 and 10 in one technological education subject listed in Schedule B to the teachers’ qualifications regulation, and grades 11 and 12 in the same subject. v.  The intermediate division and the senior division in one general education subject listed in Schedule A to the teachers’ qualifications regulation, and grades 9 and 10 and grades 11 and 12 in one technological education subject listed in Schedule B to the teachers’ qualifications regulation. 2.  The program includes, i.  studies in education, including learning and development throughout the primary, junior, intermediate and senior divisions, ii.  teaching methods designed to meet the individual needs of pupils, iii.  the Acts and regulations respecting education, iv.  a review of the curriculum guidelines issued by the Minister relating to all of the divisions and a study of curriculum development, and v.  a minimum of 80 days of practical experience, appropriate to the format and structure of the program, in schools or in other situations approved by the College for observation and practice teaching. O. Reg. 347/02, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 343/07, s. 1; O. Reg. 136/08, s. 1 (3); O. Reg. 182/10, s. 2 (5, 6); O. Reg. 283/13, s. 1; O. Reg. 240/14, s. 1 (2). (3) Despite subsection (2), a program that satisfies the requirements of paragraph 2 of subsection (2) but not paragraph 1 of that subsection is a program of professional education for the purposes of this Regulation if the program prepares persons, (a)  to teach grades 9 and 10 in one technological education subject listed in Schedule B to the teachers’ qualifications regulation and grades 11 and 12 in the same subject; (b)  to be teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing who are entitled to a general certificate of qualification and registration under subsection 11 (3) of the teachers’ qualifications regulation; or (c)  to be teachers of Native languages who are entitled to a general certificate of qualification and registration under subsection 11 (5) of the teachers’ qualifications regulation.  O. Reg. 182/10, s. 2 (7); O. Reg. 422/22, s. 1. (4) Despite subsection (2), a program that satisfies the requirements of subsection (2) but does not lead to a degree is a program of professional education for the purposes of this Regulation if the program prepares persons of First Nation, Métis or Inuit ancestry to be teachers who are entitled to a general certificate of qualification and registration under subsection 11 (4) of the teachers’ qualifications regulation.  O. Reg. 182/10, s. 2 (7). Part ii (s. 2-7) Revoked: O. Reg. 565/21, s. 2. part iii   accreditation — Program of professional education