If boards have decided to appraise LTO teachers using the TPA process for new teachers, will any appraisal results be counted towards the two Satisfactory appraisals required for the NTIP notation?
Each board determines at its own discretion whether to offer the NTIP supports to other first year teachers, such as LTOs. However, because occasional teachers are not included in the definition of “new teacher”, they are not eligible to receive the NTIP notation until such time that they do come within that definition. An LTO who becomes a “new teacher” would be required to participate in the NTIP program as determined by the principal and in accordance with the legislation and regulations. TPA results prior to becoming a “new teacher” do not count for the purposes of the NTIP notation. Would a teacher who has experience teaching in another jurisdiction or within the private school system but no prior teaching experience in an Ontario publicly-funded school board, be required to participate in the New Teacher Induction Program? Yes. Although a teacher may have experience teaching in another jurisdiction or within the private school system in Ontario, all teachers new to an Ontario pub
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