The Alberta Teachers’ Association

1. Substitute teachers who possess an interim certificate should

a) remind their superintendent or signing officer (recommending officer) that they soon will be eligible for permanent certification and require an evaluation;

b) provide their superintendent or officer (recommending officer) with the necessary records of previous employment with other Alberta authorities;

c) collect appropriate artifacts of their teaching practice to demonstrate as much as possible that their practice meets the requirements of the Teaching Quality Standard Ministerial Order in respect to permanent certification; and

d) encourage their principal and/or superintendent or signing officer (recommending officer) to schedule direct observation of teaching practice.

2. The principal and/or superintendent or signing officer (recommending officer) should

a) ensure that the substitute teacher who shortly will be eligible for permanent certification is evaluated;

b) wherever possible, schedule direct observation of the substitute teacher’s teaching practice;

c) review and assess artifacts provided by the substitute teacher for purposes of determining that the teacher’s practice meets the requirements of the Teaching Quality Ministerial Order applicable to permanent certification;

d) comply with the requirements of the regulation and recommend that a permanent professional teaching certificate be issued or not be issued; and

e) where there is insufficient information at hand to make a judgment about permanent professional certification, recommend that a permanent professional certificate not be issued or recommend extension and reissuance of an interim certificate.

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