CONT487: Technological Design Grades 9/10

Course Schedule

Course Description

CONT 487 is an additional qualification course that prepares you to teach Junior Technological Design through a focus on the engineering design process, inquiry-based and experiential learning, and curriculum-aligned planning and assessment. Grounded in the Ontario curriculum, Growing Success (2010), and the Ontario College of Teachers’ (OCT) Standards of Practice, this course emphasizes safe, inclusive, and accessible learning environments, culturally responsive and Indigenous-informed pedagogy, universal design for learning (UDL), and ecological responsibility. You will engage in reflective practice, collaborative inquiry, and a culminating design task that integrates ethical practice, equity, and professional leadership in technological education. 

What You Will Learn and Do

In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to

• analyze and apply structured design processes to model the stages of creative and critical thinking in Technological Design classrooms
• integrate learning theories to create learning environments where students explore real-world design challenges and develop autonomy, reflection, and innovation
• demonstrate equity, ethical practice, and cultural responsiveness by embedding Indigenous perspectives, UDL, and culturally sustaining pedagogies into design instruction
• develop safe, accessible, and inclusive design classrooms that reflect compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), promote student well-being, and uphold the teacher’s duty of care through risk management, supervision, and responsive instruction
• engage in ongoing professional learning and research by participating in collaborative inquiry, professional learning communities, and reflective practice that align with the OCT’s Standards of Practice
• foster meaningful school–community and industry partnerships that connect students’ design learning to authentic contexts, diverse career pathways, and mentorship opportunities
• articulate a personal professional philosophy of design education grounded in ethical practice, reflective inquiry, and leadership within Ontario’s technological education community

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

• Educators with existing technological education qualifications do not need to provide additional documentation.
• 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 Tech Design Grades 9/10 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 Tech Design Grades 9/10 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:
  • architectural/mechanical drafting
  • architectural/mechanical engineering
  • engineering design technology
  • prototyping or constructing material in wood, metal or other media

*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 and a business license 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 by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee
• If you drop a course 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.