Overview
Our SEAQP offers you an opportunity to enhance your school-level leadership skills and knowledge to support leadership in Special Education. The program focuses on improving professional practice to support diverse learners and build more inclusive and equitable learning spaces.
It includes a culminating reflective journal that focuses your learning on a challenge you have regarding special education in your school. Assignments are often job-embedded and can be adjusted to meet individual learning needs. Our program creates a community of professional collaboration where learners discuss topics and share learning with one another.
Our program is based on the Ontario College of Teachers' guidelines. It includes learning outcomes in the following areas
- assessing and evaluating with special education in mind
- building an inclusive and equitable school culture
- building relationships and developing people to support students with special needs
- developing the organization
- foundations and legislation
- instructional leadership and leading change in special education and
- responding to conflict and challenges.
A minimum of 125 hours is included in our program.
For those looking to offer this program in your board, we are able to tailor the program to the unique characteristics of each district.
Module Information
This program is made up of five modules. The breakdown of asynchronous and synchronous hours that total the required 125 hours is shown below.
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Total Required Hours |
| 120 | 5 | 125 |
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Module 1 - Setting Directions |
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Module 2 - Securing Accountability |
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Module 3 - Improving the Instructional Program |
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Module 4 - Developing the Organization |
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Module 5 - Building Relationships |
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Program Pre-work and Canvas Access |
| Program Pre-work
There is pre-work that will need to be completed in advance of the program start date. You will receive an email with access to our Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) approximately one week before the start date. It is important that you follow the instructions and access the LMS to review the pre-work learning expectations. The pre-work includes an equity, diversity and inclusion module designed to help candidates to reflect and prepare for productive conversations and participation. Program Resource Access All program content and Learning Management System access will be available to candidates beginning approximately one week in advance of the program and will remain active four weeks after the end of the program. Following this period, candidates will no longer have access to assignments, conversations, resources or other content related to the program. Please be sure to save any information that you would like to retain during the timeframe that you have access to the LMS as extensions to program access will only be granted under special circumstances, as approved by the Registrar or Director of Professional Learning. |
Admission Requirements
- Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) Certificate of Qualification and Registration in good standing.
Program Fee
$900.
Includes all five modules and a $50 non-refundable registration fee.
Full payment is required for registration to be confirmed.
Full Subsidy Available!
Full subsidies are available for SEAQP. Please view our Special Education for School Leaders Project for more detailed information or to apply.
Upcoming Sessions
| Online: Fall 2024 | ||||||||||||
There is one online web conference per module, module group meetings, and independent assignments. Web conference dates and times are determined once the program begins based on participant availability. A minimum of 125 hours is included in our program.
DatesThese dates are subject to change
Registration Deadline September 21, 2024 |
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| Online: Winter 2025 | ||||||||||||
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There is one online web conference per module, module group meetings, and independent assignments. Web conference dates and times are determined once the program begins based on participant availability. A minimum of 125 hours is included in our program. DatesThese dates are subject to change
Registration Deadline January 17, 2025 |
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| Online: Summer 2025 | ||||||||||||
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There is one online web conference per module, module group meetings, and independent assignments. Web conference dates and times are determined once the program begins based on participant availability. A minimum of 125 hours is included in our program. DatesThese dates are subject to change
Registration Deadline June 21, 2025 |
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Board Partnerships
The PDC can be locally customized to meet the unique needs of your district. If you are interested in offering this program with your board, please email learning@principals.ca.
Terms and Conditions
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| Our Accessibility and other policies that relate to our programs are outlined on the OPC Policies webpage. | ||||||||
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| All program content and LMS access will be available to candidates/participants one week in advance of the program/course and will remain active for two weeks after the end of the program/course. Following this period, candidates/participants will no longer have access to assignments, conversations, resources or other content. Please save any information that you would like to retain during the timeframe that you have access to the LMS. | ||||||||
| Program Tax Receipt | ||||||||
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A tax receipt will be generated and available on your OPC account by the end of February for the previous tax year. To access the document:
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A full refund applies when a session is cancelled due to low enrollment. |
For more information about the program, please contact sea@principals.ca.
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