Teaching Policy and Standards Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Teaching Policy and Standards Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Ontario. Teaching Policy and Standards Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario Teacher Testing Project

    • Teaching Policy and Program Office

    • Professionalism, Teaching Policy and Standards Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    2000-

    History

    The Branch evolved from the Ontario Teacher Testing Project, created in the Strategic Planning and Elementary/Secondary Programs Division in 2000 as a result of promises made in the 1999 election campaign and subsequent throne speech.

    In 2002 it was renamed the Teaching Policy and Program Office but remained in the same Division.

    Sometime between 2004 and 2005 it was renamed the Teaching Policy and Standards Branch and was moved to the Instructional and Leadership Development Division. In 2014 it moved to the Leadership and Learning Environment Division, with no change in function.

    In 2018 the Branch was renamed the Professionalism, Teaching Policy and Standards Branch and placed in the new Student Achievement Division.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Teaching Policy and Programs Branch provided policy advice, developed programs, and monitored the implementation of initiatives intended to improve the quality of teaching in Ontario.

    The Branch was responsible for legislation and regulations involving teachers; induction programs for new teachers; professional development of teachers and supervisory officers; and liaison with the Ontario College of Teachers, Ontario Association of Deans of Education, and other stakeholders. In later years, it also added responsibilities for analyzing teacher supply and demand in the province, and identifying priority areas for teacher education.

    Address

    J. Ecker statement to the legislature on Ontario teacher testing program, May 11, 2000.

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA116

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-) controls Teaching Policy and Standards Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1999-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2424

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Larry Glassford, Teacher Development After Certification: Lessons From Ontario's Mandatory Professional Learning Program, Professional Learning Program, 1999-2004, Policy and Practice in Education, Vol. 14 (2008).

        "Professionally Speaking", June 2001, https://professionallyspeaking.oct.ca/june_2001/story1.asp

        Government telephone directories and KWIC directories

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Levi