Checklist for Application and Supporting Documents

When you submit your application to become a certified teacher to the Ontario College of Teachers, you must include the documents found in the list below. The College can only begin to evaluate your application when it has all your documents and the translations for any that are in a language other than English or French.

The Registration Guide for Teachers Trained Outside Ontario is available at the Ontario College of Teachers website.

Document Checklist
Documents you need to submit to the College: Registration Guide for Teachers Trained Outside Ontario - please be sure to sign the Applicant's Declaration in the application guide. Photocopy of proof of identity - if you have changed your name since you graduated from your teacher education program and became authorized to teach in your jurisdiction, a proof of name change is required. Photocopy of employment authorization, if you are not a Canadian citizen Photocopy of certificates of your program of teacher education Original Canadian criminal record check report Fee of $345 Documents that institutions need to send in for you: Academic record of post-secondary degree(s) Academic record of teacher education Statements of professional standing, showing that you were authorized to be a teacher in the jurisdiction you graduated from Language proficiency test report, if applicable, from a list of acceptable English/French proficiency tests If you are a teacher of Technological Studies, you also need to send: Photocopy of your secondary school diploma Evidence of wage-earning experience, provided by your previous employers Proof of competence in your technical field

Document Checklist

Documents you need to submit to the College:

Registration Guide for Teachers Trained Outside Ontario - please be sure to sign the Applicant's Declaration in the application guide.
Photocopy of proof of identity - if you have changed your name since you graduated from your teacher education program and became authorized to teach in your jurisdiction, a proof of name change is required.
Photocopy of employment authorization, if you are not a Canadian citizen
Photocopy of certificates of your program of teacher education
Original Canadian criminal record check report
Fee of $345

Documents that institutions need to send in for you:

Academic record of post-secondary degree(s)
Academic record of teacher education
Statements of professional standing, showing that you were authorized to be a teacher in the jurisdiction you graduated from
Language proficiency test report, if applicable, from a list of acceptable English/French proficiency tests

If you are a teacher of Technological Studies, you also need to send:

Photocopy of your secondary school diploma
Evidence of wage-earning experience, provided by your previous employers
Proof of competence in your technical field

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Checklist for Application and Supporting Documents

Documents you need to submit to the College:

Documents that institutions need to send in for you:

If you are a teacher of Technological Studies, you also need to send: