Professional Associations
Ontario College of Teachers
121 Bloor Street East, 6th Floor Toronto, ON M4W 3M5
Phone: 416-961-8800 or 1-888-534-2222 Fax: 416-961-8822
http://www.oct.ca/
The Ontario College of Teachers establishes standards of practice for the Ontario teaching profession; regulates teacher qualifications; investigates complaints; administers disciplinary processes for allegations of professional misconduct; and sets a framework for mandatory career-long professional learning.
Ontario Teacher's Federation
1300 Yonge Street, Suite 200, Toronto ON M5R 2B9
Phone: (416) 966-3424
http://www.otffeo.on.ca/
The Ontario Teachers' Federation is an umbrella organization that includes the following affiliates: The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO), the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA), and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF). On entering the teaching profession you will become a member of one of these affiliates.
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
480 University Avenue, Suite 1000, Toronto, ON M5G 1V2
Phone: (416) 962-3836 or 1-888-838-3836 Fax: (416) 642-2424
http://www.etfo.on.ca/
The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) represents 65,000 people teaching and working in public elementary schools in Ontario. Those with primary teaching responsibilities in an elementary public school are statutory members of this affiliate.
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
60 Mobile Drive, Toronto, ON M4A 2P3
Phone: (416) 751-8300 or 1-800-267-7867 Fax: (416) 751-3394
http://www.osstf.on.ca/
OSSTF/FEESO, founded in 1919, has 50,000 members across Ontario. They include public high school teachers, occasional teachers, teaching assistants, continuing education teachers and instructors, psychologists, secretaries, speech-language pathologists, social workers, plant support personnel, attendance counsellors, and many others in education. Those with primary teaching responsibilities in a public secondary school are members of this affiliate.
Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association
65 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON M4T 2Y8
Phone: (416) 925-2493 or 1-800-268-7230 Fax: (416) 925-7764
http://www.oecta.on.ca/
The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA) represents 36,000 men and women who teach in all grades in the publicly funded English Roman Catholic schools in Ontario. OECTA is affiliated with the Ontario Teachers' Federation, the Canadian Teachers' Federation and Education International. Those with primary teaching responsibilities in an elementary or secondary Separate school are members of this affiliate.
Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens
681 chemin Belfast, Ottawa, ON K1J 0Z4
Phone: (613) 244-2336 or 1-800-267-4217 Fax: (613) 563-7718 or 1-888-609-7718
http://www.franco.ca/aefo
L'AEFO a été fondée le 12 mai 1939. L'Association regroupe toutes les enseignantes et tous les enseignants qui travaillent dans les écoles élémentaires et secondaires de langue française en Ontario. Les membres de l'AEFO travaillent dans:
283 écoles élémentaires
74 écoles secondaires
70 autres lieux de travail (conseils scolaires, institutions spécialisées, AEFO, etc.)
Salary Category Placement
A teacher who is a member of one of the affiliates of the Ontario Teachers' Federation may receive an evaluation for salary category purposes from the appropriate agency of that Federation.
Secondary school teachers in public-supported English-language schools should contact:
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
60 Mobile Drive, Toronto, Ontario M4A 2P3
Phone: (416) 751-8300 or 1-800-267-7867 Fax: (416) 751-3394
http://www.osstf.on.ca/
Secondary and elementary school teachers in public-funded French-language schools and elementary school teachers in public-supported English-language schools should contact:
Qualifications Evaluation Council of Ontario
1300 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4G 1X3
Phone: (416) 323-1969 or 1-800-385-1030 Fax: (416) 323-9589
http://www.qeco.on.ca/
The Qualifications Evaluation Council of Ontario evaluates teacher qualifications for salary purposes for those teaching in Catholic schools (elementary and secondary), French schools (elementary and secondary), and public elementary schools.