South Africa: Statement of Professional Standing

The College understands that letters of good conduct are only issued to South African citizens who have taught in South Africa for more than 12 months.

To arrange for a statement of professional standing, please choose one of the options below:

• If you hold South African citizenship and have taught in South Africa for more than 12 months:
  • Arrange for Letter of Good Standing to be sent directly to the College from The South African Council for Educators (SACE), Private Bag X127, Centurion 0046, South Africa.
• If you do not hold South African citizenship and have taught in South Africa:
  • Arrange for a letter to be sent directly from the last school where you were employed as a teacher at the elementary or secondary level in South Africa. This letter must confirm your employment, the grade(s) taught, that your employment was never suspended for any disciplinary reason and that your conduct was satisfactory.
• If you have completed a professional education program in South Africa and never taught in South Africa after completing your program OR if you did not teach in South Africa after January 1, 2000:
  • Arrange for a letter sent directly from the Department of Education confirming that the teacher education program you completed lead to the authorization to teach in South Africa.

Statement of Professional Standing

A Statement of Professional Standing is a letter from a licensing body or an education ministry that says your right to teach has never been suspended, revoked or cancelled.

The Statement of Professional Standing provides the Ontario College of Teachers with information regarding your past professional practice as a teacher. For example, it tells the College whether your authorization to teach has ever been taken away for disciplinary reasons or whether you would still be welcome to teach in that country, province or state.

You must arrange to have this statement sent to the College from the jurisdiction where you completed your teacher education and from every jurisdiction in which you have been certified to teach.

The statement must:

• verify you were authorized to teach in that jurisdiction
• state that your authorization was never suspended, cancelled or revoked
• come directly to the College from the licensing authority or department of education
• be an original and signed by the appropriate official
• not be more than one year old when the College receives it
• be in the official language of the country in which you taught.

The College recognizes some jurisdictions have no central authority governing the teaching profession. In these instances the College will accept other documents.