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ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS
The purposes of the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession are:
• to inspire a shared vision for the teaching profession
• to identify the values, knowledge and skills that are distinctive to the
teaching profession
• to guide the professional judgment and actions of the teaching profession
• to promote a common language that fosters an understanding of what it means to be a
member of the teaching profession.
Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession
Commitment to Students and Student Learning
Ongoing Professional Learning
Professional Knowledge
Standards of Practice
Leadership in Learning communities
Professional Practice
12 FOUNDATiONS OF PROFESSiONAL PRACTiCE
(Ontario College of Teachers, 2006b)
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