A VIDA EH BELA. TOMA CONTA DA SUA SAUDE E DE SEU CORACAO.
BEIJOS
PAULA
Until now, teaching was one of the only self-regulated professions in the province without a professional designation.
For example, we're all familiar with RN, CA, and PEng as designations for nurses, chartered accountants and engineers. The abbreviations become common fixtures in everyday language, symbolic of the professions and as respected titles for their practitioners.
OCT lets students, parents and the public know that you belong to a community of highly educated professionals, people whose professional practice is guided and informed by the profession's standards of practice and ethical standards.
At the request of College Council in 2007, we investigated the notion of professional designation. Over 16 months, through our annual member survey, focus groups and an extensive electronic poll designed and managed by expert firms outside the College, members told us they favoured having a professional designation.
Members wanted a tool to help raise the level of respect for teaching within the community. They wanted a symbol of personal, professional achievement. They wanted a moniker as testament to their distinct knowledge and skills and the respect, trust, care and integrity they demonstrate with their students, parents and each other.
OCT is that symbol.
Sincerely,
Paula Correa, OCT