Université de l’Ontario français
Application for General Accreditation
Consecutive multi-session program of professional education with areas of study in the Primary/Junior divisions, leading to a Bachelor of Education degree.
Decision of the Accreditation Committee
The Accreditation Committee finds that the program of professional education offered by the Pôle d’études et de recherche en enseignement et apprentissage of the Université de l’Ontario français fully satisfies Accreditation Requirements 1, 1.1, 2, 3, 3.1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 and substantially but not fully satisfies Accreditation Requirements 8 and 15 of Regulation 347/02, Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs, for the accreditation of the following program:
- Consecutive multi-session program of professional education with areas of study in the Primary/Junior divisions, leading to a Bachelor of Education degree.
The Accreditation Committee grants initial accreditation with conditions to this program:
Requirement 8
The Head of the Pôle d’enseignement et apprentissage of the Université de l’Ontario français must submit evidence deemed acceptable by the Accreditation Committee, once the first cohort has completed the program; in other words, no later than January 2025, indicating that the program includes a practicum that satisfies all the requirements set out in subparagraph 2v of subsection 1(2) and subsection 9(2).
Requirement 15
The Head of the program must submit this evidence to the Accreditation Committee once the first cohort has completed the program; in other words, no later than January 2025.
Summary
The Head of the Pôle d’enseignement et apprentissage of the Université de l’Ontario français must submit this evidence to the Accreditation Committee no later than January 2025. Once the Head of the program has provided information that the Accreditation Committee deems acceptable evidence, Requirements 8 and 15 will be fully satisfied.
The Accreditation Committee recognizes that the Pôle d’enseignement et apprentissage of the Université de l’Ontario français intends to fully satisfy the requirements within the deadline. The Head of the program has stated that plans are already under way to complete the work needed to satisfy the requirements.
Initial Plan
As stipulated in subsection 16(1) of Regulation 347/02, Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs, the Head of the Pôle d’enseignement et apprentissage of the Université de l’Ontario français must “submit a plan to the Accreditation Committee within six months after receiving the decision, outlining the proposed method and estimated time for satisfying the [above-mentioned accreditation] conditions; and report annually to the [College] on the progress in satisfying the conditions.”
The Accreditation Committee grants initial accreditation with conditions to the program until November 24, 2025. In accordance with section 15 of Regulation 347/02, Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs, the initial accreditation period of a consecutive program is two years or the period of time ending on the graduation of the second class of students enrolled in the program, whichever is the longer period of time but must not exceed three years from the date of this decision.
Accreditation Committee
Ontario College of Teachers
November 24, 2022
Removal of Conditions
The College orders the removal of the accreditation conditions on Requirement 8 and 15 for the Université de l’Ontario français multi-session consecutive French-language program.
In making the decision, documentation submitted by the Pôle d’études et de recherche en enseignement et apprentissage were considered.
