The Ethical Standards for                                                                                                              The Standards of Practice 
             the Teaching Profession                                                                                                                for the Teaching Profession
             The Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession represent a vision of                                                                The Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession provide a framework  
             professional practice. At the heart of a strong and effective teaching profession                                                      of principles that describes the knowledge, skills and values inherent in  
             is a commitment to students and their learning. Members of the Ontario College                                                         Ontario’s teaching profession. These standards articulate the goals and 
             of Teachers, in their position of trust, demonstrate responsibility in their                                                           aspirations of the profession. These standards convey a collective vision  
             relationships with students, parents, guardians, colleagues, educational partners,                                                     of professionalism that guides the daily practice of members of the Ontario 
             other professionals, the environment and the public.                                                                                   College of Teachers.
             The Purposes of the Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession are:                                                                 The Purposes of the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession are:
             •   to inspire members to       •   to identify the ethical     •   to guide ethical            •   to promote public                  •   to inspire a shared          •   to identify the values,      •   to guide the professional    •   to promote a common 
               reflect and uphold the          responsibilities and            decisions and actions           trust and confidence                   vision for the teaching          knowledge and skills             judgment and actions of          language that fosters an 
               honour and dignity of the       commitments in the              in the teaching                 in the teaching                        profession                       that are distinctive to          the teaching profession          understanding of what it 
               teaching profession             teaching profession             profession                      profession.                                                             the teaching profession                                           means to be a member of 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         the teaching profession.
             The Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession are:                                                                                 The Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession are:
             Care                                                            Respect                                                                Commitment to Students and                  Ongoing Professional Learning               Professional Practice
             The ethical standard of Care includes compassion,               Intrinsic to the ethical standard of Respect are trust                 Student Learning                            Members recognize that a                    Members apply professional 
             acceptance, interest and insight for developing                 and fair-mindedness. Members honour human dignity,                     Members are dedicated in their care         commitment to ongoing professional          knowledge and experience to promote 
             students’ potential. Members express their                      emotional wellness and cognitive development. In their                 and commitment to students. They            learning is integral to effective           student learning. They use appropriate 
             commitment to students’ well-being and learning                 professional practice, they model respect for spiritual                treat students equitably and with           practice and to student learning.           pedagogy, assessment and evaluation, 
             through positive influence, professional judgment               and cultural values, social justice, confidentiality,                  respect and are sensitive to factors that   Professional practice and                   resources and technology in planning 
             and empathy in practice.                                        freedom, democracy and the environment.                                influence individual student learning.      self-directed learning are informed         for and responding to the needs of 
             Trust                                                           Integrity                                                              Members facilitate the development of       by experience, research,                    individual students and learning 
             The ethical standard of Trust embodies fairness,                Honesty, reliability and moral action are embodied in the              students as contributing citizens of        collaboration and knowledge.                communities. Members refine their 
             openness and honesty. Members’ professional                     ethical standard of Integrity. Continual reflection assists            Canadian society.                           Professional Knowledge                      professional practice through ongoing 
             relationships with students, colleagues, parents,               members in exercising integrity in their professional                  Leadership in Learning Communities          Members strive to be current in             inquiry, dialogue and reflection.
             guardians and the public are based on trust.                    commitments and responsibilities.                                      Members promote and participate in          their professional knowledge and 
                                                                                                                                                    the creation of collaborative, safe and     recognize its relationship to practice. 
                                                                                                                                                    supportive learning communities. They       They understand and reflect on 
                                                                                                                                                    recognize their shared responsibilities     student development, learning theory, 
                                                                                                                                                    and leadership roles in facilitating        pedagogy, curriculum, ethics, 
                                                                                                                                                    student success. Members maintain and       educational research and related 
                                                                                                                                                    uphold the principles of the ethical        policies and legislation to inform 
                                                                                                                                                    standards in these learning communities.    professional judgment in practice.
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       The Ethical Standards                                              The Standards of Practice  
       for the Teaching Profession                                        for the Teaching Profession
                                                                                     Ongoing            Commitment  
                                                                                   Professional         to Students  
                 Integrity                  Care                                     Learning           and Student 
                                                                                                          Learning
                             ETHICAL                                                          STANDARDS
                            STANDARDS                                         Leadership           OF
                                                                                               PRACTICE        Professional 
                                                                               in Learning                      Knowledge
                                                                             Communities
                 Respect                   Trust
                                                                                              Professional 
                                                                                                 Practice