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ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS
Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession
The Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession and the Standards of Practice for
the Teaching Profession describe the ethical stance, professional knowledge, skills and practices that educators embody within their daily practice. These standards or principles of professional practice are lived out in multiple and diverse ways and are reflective of the unique contexts that exist in the rich landscape of Ontario.
The ethical standards and standards of practice convey a dynamic and collective vision of ethical professionalism for the Ontario teaching profession. The standards serve as complex and interrelated insightful frame- works for exploring, inquiring and enhancing ethical professional practice. As educators individually and collectively critically explore the evolving nature of professional practice through the concepts embodied within the standards, they are engaging in forms of professional self-regulation.
Engagement in processes of critical collab- orative inquiry help to support educators in further refining the knowledge, skills and values embedded within the nine standards or principals of professional practice.
The Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession are intended to:
• inspire a shared vision for the teaching profession
• identify the values, knowledge and skills that are distinctive to the
• teaching profession
• guide the professional judgment and
actions of the teaching profession • promote a common language that
fosters an understanding of what it means to be a member of the teaching profession.
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