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The Ministry of Education is the ministry of the Government of Ontario responsible for government policy, funding, curriculum planning and direction in all levels of public education, including elementary and secondary schools.
Educational accountability is important to three key stakeholders: taxpayers, elected officials, and teachers. [4] By providing yearly standardized tests, the Ministry of Education hopes to increase the quality of education in Ontario, while also using the tests to make plans for future improvement. [5]
As of 2018, only the public and Catholic school boards in Ontario are required to use the provincial report cards. Many private schools choose to use the provincial report card to maintain the standards set by Ontario's Ministry of Education. The report cards for grades 1–6 use a common template.
Education in Ontario comprises public and private primary schools, secondary schools and post-secondary institutions.Publicly funded elementary and secondary schools are administered by the Ontario Ministry of Education, while colleges and universities are administered by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
The Hall-Dennis Report, officially titled Living and Learning: The Report of the Provincial Committee on Aims and Objectives of Education in the Schools of Ontario, called for broad reforms to Ontario education to empower teachers and the larger community and to put students' needs and dignity at the centre of education.
The OAC curriculum was codified by the Ontario Ministry of Education in Ontario Schools: Intermediate and Senior (OS:IS) and its revisions. The Ontario education system had a final fifth year of secondary education, known as Grade 13 from 1921 to 1988; grade 13 was replaced by OAC for students starting high school (grade 9) in 1984. OAC ...
The 2005 report by the Ontario Ministry of Education titled Education for All indicates the characteristics of PLCs are as follows: [11]: 54 Shared vision and values that lead to a collective commitment of school staff, which is expressed in day-to-day practices; Solutions actively sought, openness to new ideas
The Ontario College of Teachers (OCT; French: Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l'Ontario [OEEO]) is the regulatory college for the teaching profession in Ontario and is the largest self-regulatory body in Canada. [citation needed] It was established on 20 May 1997. [2]