Part 7 — Education Professions and Occupations Division 1 Responsibilities
225.1 Division 3.1 Discipline of Teachers and Teacher Leaders Definitions
(a) "administrator" means
(i) in the case of a school op erated by a board, Francophone
regional authority or operator of a charter school,
(A) the superintendent appointed under this Act for the
board, Francophone regional authority or charter
school, or
(B) in respect of a matte r that relates to the
superintendent,
(I) the chair of the board or Francophone regional
authority, or
(II) the operator of the charter school,
(ii) in the case of an early childhood services program
provided by a person other than a board or an
independent school,
(A) if the person providing the early childhood services
program is an individual, that individual, or
(B) if the person providing the early childhood services
program is not an individual, the chair of the board of
the society under the Societies Act, the non-profit
company under Part 9 of the Companies Act or the
non-profit corporation incorporated by or under an
Act of the Legislature that is providing the early
childhood services program,
(iii) in the case of an independent school,
(A) if the person responsible for the operation of the
independent school is an individual, that individual,
or
(B) if the person responsible for the operation of the
independent school is not an individual, the chair of
the board of the society under the Societies Act, the
non-profit company under Part 9 of the Companies
Act or the non-profit corporation incorporated by or
under an Act of the Legislature that is responsible for
the operation of the independent school,
(iv) in the case of a First Nation school,
(A) the director of education, or
(B) if there is no director of education, the individual
designated by the Commissioner as the administrator
of the First Nation school for the purposes of this
Division,
o r
(v) in the case of an institution approved by the Minister, th e
individual designated by the Commissioner as the
administrator of the institution for the purposes of this
Division;
(b) "appeal committee" means an appeal committee established
under section 225.9993(4);
(c) "code of professional conduct" means the code of
professional conduct established under the regulations;
(d) "complainant appeal com mittee" means a complainant
appeal committee established under section 225.95(3);
(e) "complaint" means
(i) a complaint made under section 225.91(1),
(ii) a matter referred by the Registrar to the Commissioner
under section 225.91(3)(a),
(iii) a matter in respect of wh ich the Commissioner, of the
Commissioner's own initiative, makes preliminary
inquiries under section 225.91(3)(b), and
(iv) a notice of termination referred to in section 225.92;
(f) "conduct" includes an act or omission;
(g) "consent resolutio n agreement" means a consent resolution
agreement entered into under section 225.994;
(h) "First Nation school" me ans a structured learning
environment through which an education program is offered
by
(i) a council of a band as defined in the Indian Act
(Canada),
(ii) a person authorized by th e council of a band as defined
in the Indian Act (Canada), or
(iii) the Government of Canada;
(i) "hearing committee" means a hearing committee established
under section 225.9(1);
(j) "indictable offence" m eans an offence under the Criminal
Code (Canada), the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
(Canada), the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) or the Youth
Criminal Justice Act (Canada) that is prosecuted by
indictment;
(k) "investigator" means an i nvestigator appointed under
section 225.96;
(l) "investigator's report" mea ns a report referred to in section
225.96(4);
(m) "leadership certificate" m eans a leadership certificate as
defined in the regulations made under section 201;
(n) "Leadership Quality Stand ard" means the Leadership
Quality Standard adopted by the Minister under section
18(2)(b), as amended from time to time;
(o) "panel" means the professional conduct and competency
general panel established under section 225.8(1);
(p) "panel member" means an individual appointed to the panel
under section 225.8(2);
(q) "professional incompete nce" means being unskilled or
incompetent in carrying out teaching duties related to a
teaching certificate or leadership duties related to a
leadership or superintendent leadership certificate, as
described in section 225.3;
(r) "superintendent leader ship certificate" means a
superintendent leadership certificate as defined in the
regulations made under section 224;
(s) "Superintendent Leadershi p Quality Standard" means the
Superintendent Leadership Quality Standard adopted by the
Minister under section 18(2)(b), as amended from time to
time;
(t) "teacher" means an indi vidual who holds a teaching
certificate or who once held but no longer holds a teaching
certificate;
(u) "teacher leader" means a t eacher who holds a leadership
certificate or superintendent leadership certificate, including
a principal or superintendent, or who once held but no
longer holds a leadership certificate or superintendent
leadership certificate;
(v) "Teaching Quality Standard " means the Teaching Quality
Standard adopted by the Minister under section 18(2)(b), as
amended from time to time;
(w) "unprofessional conduct" means conduct described in
section 225.4.
2012 cE-0.3 s225.1;2022 c7 s12;2025 c6 s23