Registration is online. Access the course that you are interested in and scroll down to find online or possible onsite locations offered. Online courses are listed first. Click the registration link beside the course offering for registration and payment.

The OECTA AQ course fee is $600 except for Religious Education Part I which is $550.

All courses are paid by credit card, at the time of registration. If a course is cancelled, the funds will be remitted back to your credit card. Please note that Visa Debit Cards are not accepted.

You can withdraw from an AQ course. However, please see the course description for fees associated with course withdrawal. Withdrawal fees are calculated from the date the request is received.

Email the registrar@catholicteachers.ca providing the following information:

• Your full name as listed in the course registration
• The name of the course you are currently registered in. State whether online or face-to-face

Email the registrar@catholicteachers.ca providing the following information:

• Your full name as listed in the course registration
• The course you are currently registered in
• The course you would like to transfer to

Class size, availability, etc. will dictate transfer possibilities. You will be notified about your request.

It is not possible to enrol in more than one face-to-face course at one time. While it is possible to enrol in more than one online course at one time, there are some very important considerations. Firstly, as a participant in an online course, you are expected to participate in and lead a number of group discussions, reflections etc. These discussions are open for participant input for very specified blocks of time. In addition, all online course work, including the action research project must be completed by the end date of the course. These assignments contribute to the required hours outlined by the Ontario College of Teachers. Given that most people would be in a teaching assignment, in the fall/winter and spring it seems highly improbable to handle the course expectations of more than one course at any given time. Given the short duration of summer courses, enrolment in more than one course is not permitted.

All AQ courses are 125 hours.

(i) For face-to-face courses (i.e. FSL, Health and Phys.Ed.), attendance is comprised of these two components; in-class time (100hrs) and assignments, readings etc. (25hrs).  Depending which session (fall, spring, summer) class time is set up differently. Spring and summer sessions are of a much shorter duration, but the frequency of classes is increased to meet the time requirements.

(ii) For online courses, attendance is comprised of online instruction, interaction and participation (100hrs) and assignments, readings, etc. (25hrs).  Online courses are designed to facilitate your learning on your own schedule.  However, depending on the length of the session, you will need to be online a few hours per week for fall, 10 or more hours per week for spring, and several hours each day for summer.  Your online time must reflect what your attendance would have been in a face-to-face course, remembering you can self-determine when/how to accomplish this. Most instructors speak to this in the course introduction.

The time is often referred to as contact time and non-contact time.  Attendance is tracked by the instructor through attendance sheets and an online monitoring component of our learning platform.

Each course description indicates the required documents. 

• For all courses, your current Certificate of Qualification and Registration (e.g. OCT Certificate)
• For Part II courses: a Teaching Experience Form
• For Specialist courses: a Teaching Experience Form

Electronic copies of relevant documents are to be submitted by you to the instructor at the first class. Candidates will not be recommended for accreditation for AQ course completion if the required documentation is not submitted. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have submitted all of the necessary documentation required for the course.

No. You will be eligible to enroll in a summer course, following completion of their B.Ed. and possession of the six-digit Ontario College of Teachers membership number.

Recognition of appropriate teaching experience can include theses experiences, however the Supervisory Officer needs to concur and sign the Teaching Experience Form.

No, the required documentation is listed above. Refer to the *FSL and *Religious Education course pages for information on additional required documentation.

Each course is pass/fail based on completion of all course requirements and the recommendation of your instructor.

No. Each course is pass/fail based on completion of all course requirements and the recommendation of your instructor. You will receive a certificate of completion for successful completion of the course.

Certificates for AQ courses, including Religious Education, are mailed approximately a month following the successful completion of the course and submission of all required documentation.

You can order a duplicate certificate on the OECTA website here. The fee for each duplicate certificate is $25.00, payable by credit card.

As the teaching of French requires a strong knowledge of and facilitation with French as a Second Language, you require a majority of your schooling in French Immersion or French Secondary School and/or university courses, and other experiences with the French language.  A proficiency test may also be required. Information about this requirement can be found in the course description on the FSL Part I course page.

• The OECTA Equivalency Form
• Official transcripts sent directly from the University to OECTA
• A copy of your current Certificate of Qualification

You need two full or four half university level courses. The courses must relate directly to the AQ course curriculum.

Part II requires successful completion of the Religious Education Part I course (or equivalent) and one year of successful teaching.

You require successful completion of the Religious Education Part II course (or equivalent) and two years of successful teaching of which one year is in religious education.

An AQ is an Additional Qualification course. These courses are designed to provide ongoing professional learning for teachers in a subject area or topic after they complete their BEd

An ABQ is an Additional Basic Qualification course. These courses are designed to give teachers certification to teach in another division. Only a university Faculty of Education, approved by the Ontario College of Teachers, provides ABQ courses.

Contact OECTA at 416-925-2493/1-800-268-7230, and ask for Accounts Receivable.

They are mailed to participants at the address provided at registration, prior to February 28.

Email the Registrar at registrar@catholicteachers.ca.