Research & Field Development, Faculty of Education York University

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Online Registration Instructions for Returning clients

An Honour Specialist is a single AQ in a given in a teachable subject area.To qualify you must have 9 full undergraduate courses in a 4 year Honour Specialist degree with at least a B average in the 9 courses.You must also have two years of teaching experience with at least one of these in Ontario in the subject area.The qualification is achieved by taking one Honour Specialist AQ course. For some candidates a double honour qualification is possible. Please see eligibilty requirements section on this website for more details.

A Specialist can be achieved by taking AQ course that are a three part series-Part 1-Part 2-Part 3 (Specialist)These are offered in areas such as Special Education, ESL, HPE, Drama etc. There are no undergraduate credit requirements for these courses. Part 1can be taken once you have an Ontario teaching certificate in good standing. Part 2 requires at least one year of teaching in Ontario. Part 3 (Specialist) requires two years of teaching experience including at least one year in Ontario in the subject area.

For any Honour Specialist Unviersity Degree Holders
A four year honour specialist university degree is NOT the equivalent to Part 1 and Part 2 of a three part AQ series.

For example Health and Physical Education candidates.
If you have a four year degree in Health and Physical Education/Kinesiology and if you qualify you should take the Honour Specialist course. To take the Part 3 course you will be required to take the Part 2 course first.You are only granted equivalency for Part 1of the three parts if you have an intermediate or senior basic qualification in Health and Physical education.

Once you have successful completed your course (125 hours), your instructional leader will forward your recommendation to the Research and Field development unit (about 2-3 weeks). The Research and Field Development Office will check that you have meet all the requirements and then upload your recommendation to the Ontario College of Teachers (2-3 business days) and you will see the course on your certificate on the public registry.

If you require an academic record for QECO or OSSTF please complete the request form and fax to (416) 736-5023. (3-5 business days)

Please download our Policies & Procedures PDF

This unique element of our program is a teacher inquiry project that allows you to explore questions of direct interest related to your own teaching and learning. You are asked to be curious and look critically and reflectively at your own practice. You are encouraged to seek out and try fresh ideas and to discover explicit links between your learning and your students learning.

The 60-hour focused time devoted to this activity comprises the full teacher inquiry project:

• deciding on an interest;
• formulating a question based on teaching/learning in your classroom;
• making a study plan;
• examining the best current practice/research;
• gathering data;
• keeping a journal of your journey;
• interacting with your Instructional Leader and colleagues; and,
• presenting the story of your discoveries.

Exploring questions about classroom practice can ultimately lead to increased understanding of the subject area and the management of change. Candidates who do not have access to a classroom or who take summer programs will, with the assistance of their instructional leaders, be able to modify the inquiry.

Courses will run over a 12 week period if it is taken during the regular school year. In that timeframe, about 5 hours of participation is required per week for the course content. If this course is taken during the summer, it will run over a 4 week period, with approximately 16 hours of participation required per week for the course content. In addition, 60 hours of classroom based inquiry project will be conducted alongside the core course. Remember to participate more frequently for short periods rather than less often for long periods.

For guidelines used to develop courses and programs visit:
http://www.oct.ca/additional_qualifications/guidelines.aspx?lang=e

If a textbook is required for a given course, your instructor will contact you before the start of class to let you know. Many courses, including all our online courses, do not require a textbook and utilize a variety of resources. Face to face courses, such as, English as a Second Lanuage, Special Education and Reading may require additional books. Candidate have both online and face to face access to York University resources through the Scott Library on our Keele Campus.

Students who are qualified to teach in the Intermediate and/or Senior, such as Dramatic Arts, French, Health and Physical Education and Visual Arts, divisions may be granted an equivalency for Part 1 of corresponding three-session courses. (for the purposes of entry into Part 2). The equivalency does not work in reverse. (i.e., students who have completed Part 1 of a three-session course are not considered to have the equivalent teachable in the Intermediate or Senior division).

Note: The Intermediate or Senior teachable must be displayed on the Ontario College of Teachers Certificate of Qualification.

You are now able to logon to your account with us and print your professional development record and T2202A Forms (3 years will be displayed starting with this year). T2202A forms are also emailed to you in the early part of the year.

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