Additional Qualifications can often be a catch all term for courses accredited by the Ontario College of Teachers. However, you will notice that your Certificate of Qualification does separate your qualifications between “Basic Qualifications” and “Additional Qualifications”. Basic Qualifications extend your eligibility to teach in a given division; Primary (K- Grade 3), Junior (Grade 4-6), Intermediate (Grade 7-10) and Senior (Grade 11-12). Additional Qualifications enhance your teaching divisions by deepening your skills in a specific subject area or specialization.

You may qualify for a Combined Honour Specialist. For a combined Honour Specialist, we are looking for proof of successful completion of 14.0 university degree credits or the equivalent in the 2 subjects in which the combined Honour Specialist qualification is being sought, including no fewer than 6.0 university degree credits or the equivalent in each subject. Each subject area must have an overall average of at least a “B” or “70%”. Both of the Honour Specialist courses in the combination must be successfully completed before the qualification will be recommended to the Ontario College of Teachers to be added to the Certificate of Qualification.

The One-Session Additional Qualifications are complimentary education courses. Since this course is a condition of your certification, the Ontario College of Teachers will not display it on your Certificate of Qualification, but you will have access to a record of learning showing completion of the course from OISE Continuing and Professional Learning.

An important component of the Principal Qualifcation Program is the proposal and development of your Leadership Practicum. In PQP Part 1, you are expected to submit a practicum proposal within 1 month from the end of the course. This practicum must be approved before you can take PQP Part 2. In PQP Part 2, you are expected to completed your practicum within 1 year from the end of the course. While exceptions can be made, most learners find it efficient to plan to take the PQP Part 1 and PQP Part 2 within a year, in order to ensure that their practicum proposal continues to be relevant and accomplishable.

The Math Proficiency Test has a practice test and answer key, which offers an excellent way to prepare for the test that covers Ontario Curriculum from Grades 7 – 10. The French Proficiency Test does not have a practice test. To prepare for the test, we encourage you to immerse yourself as much as possible in the language (listening to the radio, reading books, watching videos) and review important aspects of the language (tense system, idiomatic expressions).