Council Meeting Summary
During the October 1 meeting, College Council:
- received a quarterly report from the Registrar & CEO.
- approved a request to the Minister of Education that regulations be amended to permit the College to establish a process to administratively suspend members who fail to complete the Sexual Abuse Prevention Program before July 2, 2025. If a member’s license is suspended, they can no longer teach in the publicly funded school system. The specified parameters of these regulations will include:
- Intent to Suspend Notice
The Registrar shall not suspend a member’s certificate of qualification and registration without first giving the member two months’ notice of intention to suspend.
- Reinstatement
Members whose certificate of qualification and registration was suspended as a result of their failure to complete the SAPP before July 2, 2025, are eligible to have the suspension lifted upon successful completion of the SAPP and payment of a reinstatement fee of $130 (as required by section 18.03 of the College bylaws for removal of a license suspension).
- Public Register Notation
OCTs whose membership has been administratively suspended for failing to complete the SAPP before July 2, 2025, will have a status indicating the administrative suspension on the Public Register until they have completed the SAPP.
- approved an amendment to the College bylaws to remove a requirement that completion of the Mathematics Proficiency Test be noted on a member’s public register page.
- received various correspondence.
- received a report from the Audit and Finance Subcommittee and passed motions approving:
- the Investigations and Professional Conduct department’s request for immediate approval to hire six full-time equivalents to be funded from the current 2024 budget with a funding impact in the 2025 budget of $832,067.
- received a quarterly financial report for the period ending June 30, 2024.
- received a report of the Selection and Nominating Subcommittee and approved the subcommittee’s recommendations for Council, committee and roster member appointments and reappointments.
- received a report from the Registration Appeals Committee.
- received a report from the Accreditation Committee.
- received a report from the Standards of Practice and Education Committee.
- received reflections on a College presentation to a First Nations community.
