Principal Certification Regulations
Regulation- Registration
- R-138-96
- Source
- Unofficial consolidation PDF (justice.gov.nt.ca)
- Under
- Education Act
This is an unofficial reading copy parsed from the Department of Justice consolidation PDF above — itself an office consolidation, not an official statement of the law. The authoritative text is in the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988 and the annual Statutes volumes.
The Minister, under section 151 of the Education Act, S.N.W.T. 1995, c.28, and every enabling power, makes the Principal Certification Regulations.
INTERPRETATION
In these regulations,
"Act" means the Education Act; (Loi)
"Deputy Minister" means the Deputy Minister of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment; (sous-ministre)
"Director" means the person appointed under subsection 4(1); (directeur)
"Registrar" means the person appointed under section 49 of the Act. (registraire)
Qualifications for Principal
(1) A teacher who wishes to be employed as a principal must hold a Standard or Professional Teaching Certificate issued in the Territories and
(a) hold a certificate of eligibility as principal;
(b) be enrolled in and make a written commitment to the Deputy Minister to complete the principal certification program at the earliest opportunity; or
(c) make a written committment to the Deputy Minister to apply for admission in, and complete, the principal certification program and have the recommendation for admission from the education body employing that teacher or from the Superintendent responsible for the school in which that teacher is employed.
(2) A person referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) who is employed as a principal must obtain a certificate of eligibility as principal in accordance with subsection 65(3) and section 66 of the Act.
(1) Subject to the approval of the Minister, the Deputy Minister shall establish a principal certification program for the Territories.
(2) Participants in the principal certification program must attend a minimum of 240 hours of instruction and complete at least two practicum projects.
(1) The Minister may appoint a person to be Director of the principal certification program.
(2) The Director shall establish the minimum requirements, in addition to those set out in subsection 3(2), for completion of the principal certification program.
(1) A teacher or a person who holds a teaching certificate for the Territories or who is eligible to hold a teaching certificate for the Territories may apply to the Director for admission to the principal certification program.
(2) If a limited number of spaces is available in the principal certification program, the Director shall give priority for admission to applicants who are principals or who have an offer of a principalship.
The Director shall submit to the Deputy Minister the names of the persons who have successfully completed the program.
(1) At the request of the Deputy Minister, the Registrar shall issue a certificate of eligibility to each person who has successfully completed the principal certification program.
(2) Every certificate of eligibility issued pursuant to subsection (1) shall be in a form approved by the Deputy Minister and shall state the academic year in which it takes effect and the date on which it expires.
A certificate of eligibility as principal issued under the Act or under legislation previously in force expires five years from the end of the academic year in which it takes effect or five years from the end of the academic year in which these regulations come into force, whichever is later.
The Registrar may renew a certificate of eligibility as principal where the holder of the certificate has met the requirements for recertification referred to in the Education Staff Regulations made under the Act.
The Principal Training Program Regulations, R.R.N.W.T. 1990, c. E-20, are repealed.