Minimum Admission Requirements for Diploma in Education (Technological Education)
In accordance with Ontario Regulation 184/97 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, applicants must:

1. hold a secondary school graduation diploma or have successfully  completed courses that are considered by the College to be the equivalent of holding such a diploma;
   
   
2. have chosen the same area of technological education for optional courses for Grades 9 and 10 and for Grades 11 and 12;
   
   
3. provide proof of competence based on an assessment of advanced knowledge and skill in the area of technological education selected;
   
   
4. have one of the following:
   
   i) five years of wage-earning experience, including business or industrial experience, where the candidate used skills and knowledge in the area of technological education selected,
   
   or
   
   ii) at least two years of wage-earning experience and successful completion of a post-secondary education program acceptable to the College that includes at least six semesters of academic studies, where the experience and education used the candidate's skills and knowledge in the area of technological education selected,
   
   or
   
   iii) a combination of education (beyond the secondary school graduate diploma) and wage-earning experience which totals five years, at least two years of which must be wage-earning experience (including business or industrial experience), and no less than four months of which is continuous employment, where the candidate used skills and knowledge in the area of technological education selected.

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