CONT404: Communications Technology Grades 11/12

Course Schedule

Course Description

Students today are highly immersed in communications media well before entering the senior level courses Communications Technology. They bring with them digital experiences and technical skills of all sorts and levels. Because of this, more than ever, the role of teachers in Communications Technology has evolved. Teachers have become facilitators or guides as students work in project-driven environments to develop skills in creative problem solving, iteration, and critical thinking, and gain knowledge and develop sensitivity to issues around the environment, society, and technological innovation.

The Additional Qualifications course Communications Technology Grades 11 and 12 will give you the needed professional knowledge and guidance to further develop your teaching practice for these senior classrooms. Many activities and projects in the course mirror the curriculum expectations of your students as you learn in a collaborative, project-driven environment and reflect on your experiences.

What You'll Learn and Do In this course, you will learn about:

• the supporting theory and practice around teaching strategies in Communications Technology
• designing a student-centred, collaborative, learning environment
• developing a program that engages with and develops partnerships within the school and surrounding community
• creating engaging projects that are inclusive and differentiated for all digital learners, based on the provincial curriculum expectations
• designing authentic assessment and evaluation practices
• ethical use of communications technologies
• health and safety issues related to technology use
• obtaining and employing resources, including software made available for use by Ontario Software Acquisition Program Advisory Committee (OSAPAC), freeware, and other Web 2.0 tools
• developing your own skillset with the aid of tutorials
• arranging and managing effective classroom space
• how to engage with and share in professional learning networks

Application Requirements

1) OCT MEMBERSHIP

We will use the OCT number you provide during online registration to confirm you are an OCT member.

2) WORK EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• a Certificate of Qualification and Registration with Technological Education Qualifications and one of the following:
  • 12 months’ work experience, including business or industrial experience, in which you used skills and knowledge related to the subject
  • post-secondary education equivalent to 12 months’ work experience, including business or industrial experience, in which you used skills and knowledge related to the subject
  • two years teaching Communications Grades 11/12
  • a combination thereof.

Note:

• Educators without technological education qualifications need:
  • a Certificate of Qualification and Registration
  • five years of work experience, including business or industrial experience, or a combined total of five years’ post-secondary education and work experience, including:
    • at least two years’ business or industrial work experience, at least four months of which were continuous, and post-secondary education acceptable to the OCT consisting of:
      • an apprenticeship program acceptable to the OCT, and…
      • work experience demonstrating competency based on an assessment of advanced skills and knowledge, related to a technological education subject listed in Schedule B of the regulation.
  • *Experience teaching Communications Grades 11/12 is accepted as part of the five-year requirement at a ratio of two years experience to one year of the required total e.g., four years teaching Communications Grades 11/12 is equal to two years of the required five years experience.

• Eligible work experience must use skills and knowledge related to the subject and may include business or industrial experience in the following areas:
  • radio and TV arts/animation
  • graphic art and design
  • photography

*One year of work experience can be interpreted as 1,700 hours of work experience.

**If you were self-employed, you must submit an affidavit, a business license, proof of income and a letter from a major supplier/customer to confirm years of work experience.

Course Materials

Accommodations

Applicants who require accommodations for a specific learning need (e.g., learning disability) within their AQ/ABQ course, should click here for further information and support.

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Refund Schedule

If you drop a course:

1. by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee.
2. after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee.

For more about our refund policies, visit our Fees & Refunds page.