Ontario

Teacher Education Programs

The following institutions offer teacher education programs in Ontario:

• Brock University
  
• Lakehead University
• Laurentian University 
• Nipissing University
• Queen's University 
• Trent University
• University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• University of Ottawa
• University of Toronto
• University of Western Ontario
• University of Windsor
• York University
• Wilfrid Laurier University

The Teacher Education Application Service (TEAS) is a non-profit centralized application service for applying to Ontario Faculties of Education. The TEAS Instruction Booklet contains useful information for those considering applying for Teacher Education Programs in Ontario.

Teacher Certification

To teach in a publicly funded school in Ontario you need an Ontario teaching certificate from the Ontario College of Teachers. Many private schools also require their teachers to be college members.

To get a teaching certificate you will normally need an undergraduate degree and one year of teacher education. If you are applying as a teacher of academic subjects from Kindergarten to Grade 12, choose Requirements for Becoming a General Education Teacher in Ontario. If you are applying as a teacher of technological subjects, choose Requirements for Becoming a Teacher of Technological Education in Ontario. If you are applying as a teacher of a native language, choose Requirements for Becoming a Teacher of a Native Language. If you are a First Nations, Inuit or Metis applicant without a university degree applying to teach the Primary-Junior grades, choose Requirements for Becoming a Primary-Junior Teacher if You Are of Aboriginal Ancestry. If you are applying as a Deaf or Hard of Hearing teacher of academic subjects, choose Requirements for Becoming a Teacher of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Ontario.
In the online application, you will be asked for:

• personal information - name, address and other information to establish your identity
  
  
• information about your teacher education program - what it has prepared you to teach, and where you completed it or are enrolled (Step 1, Teacher Education)
  
  
• details of your teacher education program, including supervised practice teaching (Step 2, Teacher Education Program)
  
  
• details of your academic or technological qualifications (Step 3, Academic or Technological Qualifications)
  
  
• details of any previous teacher certification or teaching experience (not supervised practice teaching) that you may have (Step 4, Teacher Certification and Teaching Experience).