OCT - Newly Certified
Hi all,
Looking for some much needed clarification. I recently moved to Canada and applied for OCT LAST MAY. but i just received confirmation of my certificate, with conditions to receive FULL certification.
In the letter they sent OCT said I will need to complete 5 additional AQs in order to receive full certification in the next 5 years. I find this to be an outrageous request.
I did my schooling in Wales completed an undergraduate degree for 3 years and then completed my PGCE (Post Graduate in Education) for 1 year. Which included 120 credits and 120 days on teaching practice in a school.
Yet, in the letter they said I need to complete these additional 5 AQs because I only completed "2 Semesters" Not "4 Semesters"?
I mentored a Canadian student last year and she received full certification without the need of these "conditions" that I have to do. We completed the same course, albeit I completed 5 years prior, but the course (PGCE) itself HASN'T changed.
On top of this I have 5 years of experience teaching in Wales.
Can I contact OCT? Have they read the information wrong? 5 AQs is expensive and time consuming and I feel hard done by to say the least.
Any ideas, support and recommendations are welcome. Thank you.
