Reflection 5: OCT website - Standards

      Believe it or not, there are standards even in teaching! The standards are there to help guide the teachers so they can provide a better learning experience for the students, also they are there to help the public to have more trust in the education provided and in the teaching profession.

      The standards are split into 2 sections, which are ethical standards and the standards of practice for the teaching profession. Ethical standards include care, respect, trust, and integrity. Pretty much self-explanatory. Those are the traits that the teachers must practice and model to meet the ethical standards.

      The standards of practice for the teaching profession are more complicated. The teachers must show commitment in helping the student to succeed. Also the teachers must apply professional knowledge and use professional practice to educate the students, they must adjust to fit the needs of the student. Another part of this standard is that they must have leadership in learning communities, therefore they must have leadership and be involved in making a better learning community. Lastly the teacher must have commitment to lifelong learning to continue to improve their knowledge so they can educate the students better.

      Information on how the standards are formed can be found under the subsection of standards review, and under development of professional standards. Resources are also offered on the site, such as the fostering professional inquiry resource kit. Which can be found under the standards education, research & resources subsection. 

      Overall, I found this very informative as it gives a lot of information on the standards. It even explains thoroughly what the standards are and all the parts of the standards. Also it even provides background on how the standards were developed. And most of all, the section provides resources to help the teachers explore further easily and a resource kit is provided to help the teacher meet and apply those standards so that the standards can be met. You could even contact them for more information or if you don't understand something under the subsection of standard review, then under contact us. So I felt this section was very well done.