Continuing Teacher Education

• Click on Additional Qualification Courses or Short Courses on the side bar.
• Click on your AQ subject and if Short Course, click on Course Offerings
• Click on the symbol under the appropriate session in the chart.
• Fill out the registration form.
• Click on the submit button at the bottom of the page.
• The system will ask you how you wish to pay for the course. Choose your payment method. If you are paying by credit card, you will receive an email to complete your payment. If you are paying by cheque, record the transaction # of your registration on the cheque and mail it to our office. Once your credit card is processed or your cheque is processed, you will receive a confirmation email with your log-in information for the course.

Official transcripts are required for any course which has an academic prerequisite (Business Education, French as a Second Language, Intermediate Additional Basic, Senior Additional Basic, and Honour Specialist courses). A transcript is official only if it is sent directly from the issuing institution or arrives in a sealed envelope with a university seal intact. If you are a Western grad, we do not require official Western transcripts. If your transcript is coming from a foreign country and will be difficult to obtain, a copy from the Ontario College of Teachers is acceptable.

Ensure that the transcript is addressed to Continuing Teacher Education, 1137 Western Road, London, ON N6G 1G7.

Ontario B.Ed. students can take courses with us prior to becoming certified providing they have successfully completed ALL degree requirements for their Bachelor of Education (including the practicum) and have registered with OCT prior to the start date of the course. A letter from the Faculty of Education confirming this is required.

Most universities have online transcript services. Ensure that the transcript is sent to Continuing Teacher Education, 1137 Western Road, London, ON N6G 1G7. Western University is a large university and transcripts often do not arrive at the intended office unless they are addressed correctly. Click here for links to Canadian universities.

A combined Honour Specialist is TWO Honour Specialist courses. You must register and pay for both Honour Specialist courses. The courses can be taken concurrently or during different sessions. Once you have completed BOTH courses, a recommendation will be forwarded to the College of Teachers for a combined Honour Specialist. For admission requirements for a combined Honour Specialist, please visit our calendar by clicking here.

When you register for a course, the system may provide a response that the course is full, and you have been placed on a waiting list. Waiting lists are monitored daily. Waiting list invitations will be sent by email if a space opens in the course. Invitations are time-sensitive, so watch your email closely.

You can print the form from the pull-down menu in the right-hand border of this site or by clicking here.

For teachers employed by a board of education, a supervisory officer may be a superintendent or assistant superintendent of the board. A principal is not deemed to be a supervisory officer. For teachers employed by a private school, the official, appointed by the Ministry to provide supervisory services for the school, will be deemed to be the supervisory officer.

Yes. The experience required for a Part 2 course is different from that required for a Specialist course. For a Part 2 course you only need 1 year of teaching experience. For a Specialist course, you must have 2 years of experience INCLUDING 1 year of teaching in the subject area in Ontario. You can have both areas on the form signed at the same time if you already have the Specialist experience.

All AQ courses are $899 per course. Short courses are $250 for ¼ course and $500 for ½ course.

We accept Visa, Mastercard, Amex or cheque. You must pay IN FULL in order to be registered. If you are paying by cheque, your registration will not be processed until the cheque is received by our office. Note that the tuition amount includes a $100 non-refundable deposit.

Tax receipts for courses taken within the tax year will be available on the Registrar's web site at the end of February. You will need your student number and PIN to print an official tax receipt.

If a receipt is needed for refunding of tuition payment, e.g. school board, for courses taken prior to Summer 2008, email conted@uwo.ca  For courses taken during Summer 2008 and beyond, you can print a receipt from the Registrar's website by following these instructions:

Go to:
Registrar's Office You will need your student number and PIN.
Hit: "Click here for more info on Student Center authentication."
Scroll down to the right beside the large number 2, and select “Click the ITS icon to bring up the webpage: http://www.uwo.ca/its/activateAccount.html "

If you need to activate your account, hit: “Activate my Student Account” and follow the instructions in that section.

You will need your student number and PIN to activate your account.

The system will provide you with a login for the student center. Be prepared to write down the login name, email address and password displayed on the screen.
You will need to accept the user agreement.
Your account will be active within a couple of hours.
Once you have your login information, login to the Student Center where you will be able to print your official receipt.

If you do not have 5 full university courses in French OR 1 year of university taken in French OR evidence of successfully completing a French equivalency test at another university, you will be required to take an equivalency test. The fee for the test is $50, payable on the day of the test. Proctored testing at a distance is available. Testing dates for 2008 are Saturdays April 12, June 14, September 6 and December 6 at the Faculty of Education. Contact conted@uwo.ca for details.

Your computer should be capable of running an Internet browser with a minimum requirement of Internet Explorer 6.0 or a suggested requirement of IE 7.0.

For the FSL Part 1 course, a microphone is required. The microphone/headset is not used to "communicate" with your instructor. It is used to record your voice and post these recordings on the course Discussion area.

The etext must be ordered through the Western bookstore at this site Click on the correct term, scroll down to Intermediate Additional Basic - (subject area), highlight it and hit Search. Click on either the EBook which includes printed version of book or EBook with printed book not included and proceed to check out. You will receive an access code for the online text.

You will receive an initial evaluation email asking for specific documentation for admission to the course. Further emails will be sent if the documentation does not arrive. NO recommendation will be sent to the Ontario College of Teachers until ALL supporting documentation is complete. Ensure that transcripts and other documentation arrive in a timely manner.

Registration remains open after the registration deadline for late registration until 4:00 pm on the Friday prior to the start date of the course. NO further registration is possible after that time.

Ask for a pre-evaluation from OSSTF or QECO to determine whether specific AQ courses will result in a category change.

The Technological Proficiency Exam (TPE) is required for all participants taking an online Technological Education additional basic course. Testing is done onsite at the Faculty of Education (proctoring is available at a distance) 4 times per year. See our calendar for dates of testing.

AQ courses can qualify you to teach in another division/subject, as well as help you to improve your skills in your current teaching. AQ Courses come in two types: Additional Basic Qualifications and Additional Qualifications.
-ABQ courses will allow you to change or add to what you are already qualified to teach, e.g., Primary ABQ, Junior ABQ.
-AQ courses will allow you to expand your skills within the divisions/subjects that you are already qualified to teach, e.g., 3-part courses, PQP.

Western cannot grant equivalencies. You must submit your documentation to the Ontario College of Teachers for consideration of an equivalency.

If you previously were a Western student or applied to Western under one name, we cannot change your name without official documentation, i.e., marriage or birth certificate or driver's license. Fax a copy to us at 519-850-2526 along with your student number, and we will make the change.

Our courses consist of a web site containing the course content and a discussion area. The discussion area is where you will spend your online time responding to the Instructor's questions and commenting on your colleague's responses. Each course consists of 100 hours of online work plus 25 hours of readings and assignments.

The expectation is that you are online participating in the discussion at least once every three days for courses that are 3-months in duration (Intersession/Summer, Fall and Winter) or once every other day for the summer online course (which is only 7 weeks long). The discussion is not "live" so you can be online at any time of the day or night.

Assignments are submitted within the course in a "DropBox". You are evaluated on your Discussion participation and your assignments in each Module.

All courses include a 24-hour online Educational Rounds Component. The idea of participating in ‘Educational Rounds’ has grown from a desire to provide a space for teachers to come together around difficult cases or issues from their individual practice, and engage in professional dialogue with others in the field in ways that inform and extend the understanding of all involved. A great deal of continuing teacher education and professional development is driven by Ministry initiatives, and subject content. Participating in Educational Rounds is a way for you to tailor your learning to address issues that are of concern and interest to you in your current context, and engage in professional dialogue with other teachers in the course.  The AQ student's Educational Rounds Project must focus on the subject area of certification.  Specific guidelines and tasks are included in each course.