• Commitment to Students and Student learning
  Encourage students to grow as individuals & as contributing members to their chosen [sport].
• Professional knowledge
  Know the curriculum, the subject matter, the student, the teaching practice, education-related legislation, methods for communication & ways to teach in a changing world.
• Teaching practices
  Apply professional knowledge and understanding of the curriculum, teaching, student & changing context of the learning environment. Conduct ongoing assessment and evaluation of progress. Modify & refine teaching practices through continuous reflection.
• Leadership and Community
  Create and sustain learning communities in the facilities and in the profession. Collaborate with colleagues & other professionals, parents & members of the community to enhance programs & student learning.
• Ongoing Professional learning (continuing education)
  Engage in a continuum of professional growth to improve their practice. Recognize that teachers are learners who are interdependent on teacher / student learning.
  
  ( see : www.oct.on.ca/english/standards.htm)

Principles
Professional growth is at the core of teacher professionalism. The needs for continuing education are identified and opportunities made available through accredited programs for ongoing professional learning.

• Establish National Standards of practice
• Identify Knowledge, skills & values inherent to the teacher's profession.
• Articulate goals & aspirations
• Foster student learning.
• Provide progressive, logical Programs that equip teachers to meet the challenge.
• Ensure effective teaching practices that accommodate change & meet current needs
• Provide a foundation for ongoing professional growth
• Co-operate to create educational systems where the teaching professional is able to work toward goals and aspirations outlined in the standards of practice for the teaching profession, serving a range of purposes :
  - Focus on the responsibility of the teaching profession to enhance   student learning
  - Provide a common understanding of what makes "being a
     teacher/trainer" a unique professional experience
  - Clarify the knowledge, skills and values implicit in the practice of
     teaching
  - Provide the basis for ongoing personal and professional growth and
     the accreditation of professional learning programs
  - Represent the aspiration and goals of the teaching profession
  - Enhance the dignity of the teaching profession
  - Govern the practice of teaching in the public interest