Positions
Electoral regions map: click to expand.
Each of the 23 elected positions represents a separate electoral category
to ensure a balance of geographic, elementary, secondary and system
perspectives. Each position also has its own nomination criteria.
There are:
To serve on Council, you must be in good standing with the College, reside
in Ontario and — if you’re seeking a regional or system seat — hold a
regular teaching assignment in an elementary or secondary school.
All regional and system positions are open to full-time staff. Six of the
regional positions are open to regular part-time or occasional teachers.
Part-time and occasional teachers are eligible to serve if they teach for
at least 10 days during each year of their term of office. A partial day of
teaching is considered a full day for these purposes. If you are elected to
a part-time position, you will need to remain employed and provide evidence
of 10 teaching days each year to stay in office.
If you are a guidance counsellor, librarian, mentor or consultant directed
to supervise or co-ordinate subjects or programs, you are considered to be
providing instructional services and are eligible to run for regional and
system positions.
To be eligible to run for one of the category positions
(principal/vice-principal, supervisory officer, faculty of education and
private school), you are required to be qualified for and employed in that
position.
You are not eligible to serve on Council if you are employed by or are an
elected or appointed official of any of the 13 organizations at the
provincial level or serve as a president of one of these organizations at the local level. If you do occupy one of these positions, you may run
for election but must resign your position and obtain the necessary
employment before you can take your place on Council.
If you are employed with the Ontario College of Teachers, you are eligible
to run for a position if at least 12 months have elapsed between when you
last worked at the College and the start of the Council term on July 1,
2018.
A College member who previously served on Council is eligible to run if at
least three years has elapsed since they last served on Council.
You must be eligible to serve the entire three-year term of Council.
Those who sign your nomination papers — your nominators — must meet the
same eligibility requirements for the position.
You cannot stand for election for more than one position.
If you are unsure about eligibility, please call the information line at
416-961-8800 (toll-free in Ontario 1-888-534-2222), ext. 558.
Regional Positions
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REQUIREMENTS
You can run for one of these 12 regional positions provided:
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you are a College member employed full time (FT) or part time (PT) as a
classroom teacher by a district school board, school authority or
private school or Provincial Schools Authority;
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you live in one of the municipalities or areas specified for each
region.
Southeast Region — PT/FT
Southeast Region — FT
The Southeast Region includes: Ottawa, Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas,
Glengarry, Hastings, Lennox, Addington, Lanark, Renfrew, Leeds, Grenville,
Frontenac and Prince Edward.
Southcentral Region — PT/FT
Southcentral Region — FT
The Southcentral Region includes: Northumberland, Kawartha Lakes,
Peterborough, Clarington, Simcoe, Haliburton, Muskoka, Dufferin,
Wellington, Peel (including Mississauga), Halton, Waterloo, Niagara and
Hamilton.
Southwest Region — PT/FT
Southwest Region — FT
The Southwest Region includes: Brant, Essex, Lambton, Elgin, Middlesex,
Huron, Perth, Bruce, Grey, Oxford, Haldimand, Norfolk and Chatham-Kent.
Central Region — PT/FT
Central Region — FT
The Central Region includes: Toronto, York and Durham (excluding
Clarington, which is in the Southcentral Region).
Northwest Region — PT/FT
Northwest Region — FT
The Northwest Region includes: Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River and
Thunder Bay.
Northeast Region — PT/FT
Northeast Region — FT
The Northeast Region includes: Sudbury, Manitoulin, Timiskaming, Nipissing
and Parry Sound.
System Positions
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REQUIREMENTS
If you are a College member who is not employed as a vice-principal,
principal or supervisory officer, by a private school or by a faculty of
education as a tenured or tenure-track faculty member, you are eligible to
run for the province-wide position related to the system (reflecting English public, English Roman Catholic, French public and French Roman Catholic school systems) in which you are
employed full time. You must be part of your employer’s regular teaching
staff.
English-Language Public Board Elementary
You may run for this position if you are employed full time as a qualified
elementary classroom teacher by an English-language public district school
board, the Provincial Schools Authority or a school authority, other than a
Roman Catholic school authority or a board of a secondary school district.
You may not be employed in a French-language instructional unit.* You are
also required to hold the qualifications required to teach a course or
class in the Primary or Junior division or in the first two years of the
Intermediate division.
English-Language Public Board Secondary
You may run for this position if you are employed full time as a qualified
secondary classroom teacher by an English-language public district school
board, public school authority or the Provincial Schools Authority. You may
not be employed in a French-language instructional unit.* You are also
required to hold the qualifications required to teach a course or class in
the last two years of the Intermediate division or in the Senior division.
English-Language Roman Catholic Board Elementary
You may run for this position if you are employed full time as a qualified
elementary classroom teacher by an English-language Roman Catholic district
school board, or a Roman Catholic school authority and are not employed in
a French-language instructional unit.* You are also required to hold the
qualifications required to teach a course or class in the Primary or Junior
division or in the first two years of the Intermediate division.
English-Language Roman Catholic Board Secondary
You may run for this position if you are employed full time as a qualified
secondary classroom teacher by an English-language Roman Catholic district
school board. You are also required to hold the qualifications required to
teach a course or class in the last two years of the Intermediate division
or in the Senior division.
French-Language Roman Catholic Board Elementary
You may run for this position if you are employed full time as a qualified
elementary classroom teacher by a French-language Roman Catholic district
school board or school authority and work in a French-language
instructional unit.* You are also required to hold the qualifications
required to teach a course or class in the Primary or Junior division or in
the first two years of the Intermediate division.
French-Language Roman Catholic Board Secondary
You may run for this position if you are employed full time as a qualified
secondary classroom teacher by a French-language Roman Catholic district
school board. You are also required to hold the qualifications required to
teach a course or class in the last two years of the Intermediate division
or in the Senior division.
French-Language Public Board Elementary or Secondary
You may run for this position if you are employed full time as a qualified
elementary or secondary classroom teacher by a French-language public
district school board or the Provincial Schools Authority at Centre
Jules-Léger or a public school authority that operates a French-language
instructional unit.* You are also required to hold the qualifications
required to teach a course or class in the Primary, Junior, Intermediate or
Senior division.
* French-language instructional units do not include immersion
programs. If you are not certain about whether you are part of a
French-language instructional unit, contact the election information
line.
Category Positions
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REQUIREMENTS
If you are a College member who is qualified and employed in any of the
following categories, you are eligible to run for the province-wide position
related to your area of qualification and employment.
Principal/vice-principal
You may run for this position if you are qualified and employed as a
principal or vice-principal and are not employed at a private school.
Faculty of Education
You may run for this position if you are employed by a post-secondary
institution at a school or faculty of education offering programs
accredited by the College and are in a tenured or tenure-track position.
Private school
You may run for this position if you are employed by a private school that
has submitted to the Ministry of Education a current notice of intention to
operate a private school. (Private school classroom teachers who are
members of the College may also run for regional positions.)
Supervisory officer
You may run for this position if you are qualified and employed as a
supervisory officer.
