What are Basic Qualifications?

What are Basic Qualifications?

These are the qualifications teachers receive after their initial teacher education program. To be licensed to teach in Ontario, teachers need expertise in two consecutive divisions: primary/junior or junior/intermediate or intermediate/senior.

Division - Grades

primary - Junior Kindergarten to 3

junior - 4 to 6

intermediate - 7 to 10

senior - 11 and 12

Since teachers in primary and junior divisions teach all subjects, there are no subject requirements.

Teachers in junior/intermediate must have expertise in one subject specialization in the intermediate division.

Teachers in intermediate/senior division must have expertise in one subject in each division.

There is a list of subjects in the Requirements for Becoming a General Education Teacher in Ontario, which you can download from this site.