Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Sept. 15 deadline and extension requests

This reminder is only for individuals who have not yet completed the Program.

If you have completed it, the Sexual Abuse Prevention Program field on your public register page now indicates “Completed.”

All Ontario Certified Teachers (OCTs) who were members in Good Standing as of January 3, 2022 are required to successfully complete the Sexual Abuse Prevention Program by Thursday, September 15, 2022.

If you are unable to complete the Program by that deadline, or if you are scheduled to complete it on a Professional Activity Day after the deadline, you can request a one-time extension by signing into the Members area on the College’s website, where you can complete and submit a Program extension form. You must submit this request before 11:59 p.m. ET on September 15, 2022.

If an OCT has not completed the Program or requested an extension by the deadline, the Sexual Abuse Prevention Program notation on their certificate and public register page will change from To Be Completed to Incomplete. Once that update occurs, the only way to change the notation is to successfully complete the Program.

Applicants for membership who completed their application prior to January 3, 2022 and have since become certified must also successfully complete the Program or request an extension by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 15, 2022. Applicants for membership who completed their applications after January 3, 2022 must successfully complete the Program to be eligible for certification. Applicants can access the Program by signing into their application status page.

To date, more than 160,043 OCTs and applicants have successfully completed the Program.

You're invited: Virtual Annual Meeting of Members
Join us online Sept. 28

Our Annual Meeting of Members will be held virtually on Wednesday, September 28 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. ET.

The meeting is open to OCTs and members of the public. Attendees will hear from Council Chair Diana Miles and Interim Registrar & CEO Chantal Bélisle, OCT, among others.

Register to attend and ask a question for the Q&A session.

OCTs and applicants: self-serve options available online

We are responding to higher-than-normal call and email volumes. Members and applicants may be able to get more efficient and immediate results through the use of the self-serve options. As such members and applicants are strongly encouraged to use the self-serve options available on our website.

Update & clarification: service timelines, applications, and teacher shortages

As Ontario’s teaching regulator, the Ontario College of Teachers exists to protect the public interest and the province’s more than two million students. Read more about our commitment to progress and change.

Governance: Join us

Apply now for positions on College Council, committees or a roster.

Appointment: Director of Investigations and Hearings

Jamie Robertson, OCT, has been appointed as the College’s Director of Investigations and Hearings. Jamie will take on this limited term appointment as part of the Senior Leadership Team on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

Jamie is a seasoned educator with 32 years of experience in the education sector, holding diverse leadership positions. Most recently, he was a Superintendent of Education with the Peel District School Board and he held the Human Resources portfolio. During Jamie's career, he was a school vice-principal and then principal for 15 years and served on various provincial committees and networks.

Jamie holds an MA in School Policy and Administrative Studies from the University of Calgary and a bachelor in education from the University of Alberta.

College library services

Members, did you know that the Margaret Wilson Library provides access to thousands of full-text scholarly and professional articles and publications for free?

Refer to the Accessing EBSCO Articles guide for easy, step-by-step navigation (located on your left side menu) or get in touch with the team via library@oct.ca or 679 for support.