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The following is meant to be of assistance to those who, by law,
have to take the Ontario Teachers Qualifying Test (OTQT):
Before the
test:
1.
Ensure the application package that you
have filled out (see www.ets.org/otqt for
more information on how to obtain a registration package), is properly
completed and sent in long before the due date.
This will ensure you will get your first choice of testing locations.
2.
Know what the format of the questions is
on the test, how the test is graded and what educational topics will be covered
on the test:
Educational Testing Services’ link to
the Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test (OTQT) outline: www.ets.org/otqt
3.
For those of you in the Intermediate
and/or senior divisions my professors from teachers college recommended reading
the following books and website links for reading during the course that are
beneficial to read before the test:
Overall (Entire Test):
·
Read the Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test Information Booklet that you should
have received with your registration package or visit the following link for an
online version of the Information Booklet: www.ets.org/otqt/pdfs/einfobooklet.pdf
·
Knowing an overview of the basic clauses
of the Ontario Education Act will help you to base your answers on a solid
foundation These resources will help you
avoid the confusing legal language of the actual legislation as much as
possible yet give you a solid understanding of the act itself:
o
An
overview from the Ministry of Education on the responsibilities of different
parties in education, with a link to the full text of the Education Act: www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/whosresp.html
o
This book provides a good readable and understandable reading
of the education McNaughton, John K. The Law Primer: A Guide for Teachers.
3rd edition (or higher).
Case Studies:
·
The OTQT registration booklet also gives
you questions to get you thinking. To
get top marks remember to show how the theory you learned in the university
class works in the real world.
·
Redman, George L. Teaching in Today's
Classrooms: Cases from Middle and Secondary School.Columbus,
·
Hare, William and John P. Portelli. What to
do?: Case Studies for Teachers. 2nd
edition.
Curriculum:
·
Know the curriculum for your respective
teachable(s) in the divisions that you have signed up for the OTQT:
Ontario Ministry of Education Elementary
(Grades Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8) Curriculum:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/elemcurric.html
Ontario Ministry of Education Secondary
(Grades 9-12) Curriculum:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/seccurric.html
Course Material:
·
Make sure to read over any notes from
your experience in teacher’s college experience and reflect on any classroom
experience you may have in
·
I would suggest reviewing one
educational theorist's ideas on how students learn in order to base your
answers on and, in turn, make them more believable to the marker.
Going to
Write the Test:
1.
Make sure to be prepared for mistakes to
happen and to not be able to start writing the test at the assigned time. For example, when I arrived at my assigned
testing room, the testing proctors only had FRENCH versions of test. The test administrators just rolled their
eyes and said this had happened year before as well. The long story short, an hour and a half
later after the
2.
Another issue is identification. Bring your Driver's License, University
Student Card, and everything else you have to prove who you are. In my experience, I used my
Other
Important Information:
1.
Remember that those of us who took the
test in previous years are bound by the line in the registration booklet saying
we cannot divulge the actual questions on the test.
2.
Finally, I found the test to be pretty
easy. Almost the entire test I could do
from my teacher’s college lectures and in school practicum experiences.
Links
Educational
Testing Service (ETS) – www.ets.org
Educational Testing
Service (ETS) – Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test (OTQT) – www.ets.org/otqt
Ministry of
Education for the
