O. Reg. 171/00: TEACHING TIME - SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2
Education Act
ONTARIO REGULATION 171/00
Amended to: O. Reg. 398/00
TEACHING TIME — SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Note: This Regulation was revoked on July 1, 2000. See: O. Reg. 398/00, s. 12.
Note: This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2000. See O. Reg. 171/00, s. 4.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
1.For the purposes of subsections 170.2 (11) and (12) of the Act, the meaning of “assigned to provide instruction” is clarified as follows:
1. A classroom teacher is considered to be assigned to provide instruction and, accordingly, the time so assigned may be included in the calculation of minimum instruction time under subsection 170.2 (3) of the Act, only when,
i. the teacher is the person assigned in his or her regular timetable to provide instruction in a class, course or program,
ii. pupils are assigned in a regular timetable to receive instruction from that teacher in the class, course or program,
iii. the teacher is qualified under the Act to provide that instruction, and
iv. the teacher providing the instruction in the class, course or program is responsible for the instruction of the class, course or program, the evaluation of the progress of the pupils in that class, course or program and the reporting to the principal of the progress of the pupils in that class, course or program.
2. Where a classroom teacher who is considered to be assigned to provide instruction, pursuant to paragraph 1, is not available to perform his or her instructional duties, another classroom teacher who covers for the unavailable classroom teacher is not considered to be assigned to provide the same instruction and, accordingly, the time assigned to cover the instructional duties shall not be included in the calculation of minimum instruction time under subsection 170.2 (3) of the Act. O. Reg. 171/00, s. 1.
2.Despite paragraph 1 of section 1, for the purpose of clause 170.2 (11) (c) of the Act, the meaning of “assigned to provide instruction” with respect to a remedial class is clarified as follows:
1. A classroom teacher is considered to be assigned to provide instruction and, accordingly, the time so assigned may be included in the calculation of minimum instruction time under subsection 170.2 (3) of the Act only when,
i. the teacher is the person assigned in his or her regular timetable to provide instruction in a remedial class,
ii. one or more pupils are assigned in a regular timetable to receive instruction from that teacher in the remedial class, and
iii. the teacher is qualified under the Act to provide instruction in the course or program for which assistance is being provided in the remedial class. O. Reg. 171/00, s. 2.
3.(1)For the purposes of section 170.2 of the Act and in accordance with clause 170.2 (11) (g) of the Act, a classroom teacher in a secondary school is assigned to provide instruction when he or she is assigned in a regular timetable to provide instruction to a group of pupils in the Teacher Adviser Program, as described in the Ministry publication entitled “Ontario Secondary Schools Grades 9-12 - Program and Diploma Requirements — 1999”.
(2)Section 1 does not apply to the program described in subsection (1). O. Reg. 171/00, s. 3.