Teaching and Professional Resources
Ministry of Education Online Resources
- Ontario Ministry of Education — Curriculum, Policy and Resource Documents for Ontario Teachers
- Ontario Ministry of Education Links — Elementary and Secondary Education Links
- Ontario Ministry of Education — School Effectiveness Framework (2010)
- Curriculum Services Canada — Curriculum, Course Profiles, Learning Resources
- Ontario School Year Calendar
- The Teaching Profession
- Departments of Education Across Canada
Lesson, Unit and Long Range Planning
- What Did You Do in School Today? (Canadian Education Association, 2009). Discusses five principles of effective teaching practice and provides rubrics for each principle.
- Strategies for Effective Lesson Planning (University of Michigan)
- Link to Learning — Ontario Teacher's Webring
- Discovery Student Adventures — Lesson Plans and Videos
Assessment and Reporting
- Ontario Provincial Report Card
- Growing Success
- EQAO: Education Quality and Accountability Office — Information about province-wide testing for Grades 3 and 6 and for secondary school literacy and mathematics
Teaching Strategies for Special Needs Learners and all others
- Education for All, report of the expert panel on literacy and numeracy instruction for students — this is a key document for all teaching and learning
- Learning For All — this is the latest Ontario key document for all learners K-12
- Teaching Strategies and Techniques — Learning Disabilities Online
Ontario College of Teachers
Other Resources
- The Project for Enhancing Effective Learning (PEEL) (Australia). Queen’s has a site license. If off-campus, connect via the Library Proxy Service. (If “Start PEEL in Practice” does not appear in the lower left of your screen, refresh the page).
- Action Research — Details about the Australian Project for the Effective Enhancement of Learning.
- ETFO & OSSTF Publications (108 KB Microsoft Word)

