Annual Learning Plan

Introduction

Every year, in consultation with their principal, all teachers, other than new teachers, are legally required to prepare an Annual Learning Plan (ALP).  Both the principal and teacher must review and sign the ALP. Each retains a copy.

The Annual Learning Plan

On September 1, 2007, new regulations came into effect with regard to the Annual Learning Plan.

• Starting with the school year commencing 2007, every board shall ensure that every teacher, other than a new teacher, employed by the board has a learning plan each year that includes the teacher’s professional growth objectives, proposed action plan, and timelines for achieving those objectives. O.Reg. 98/02, as amended.
  
• Each year after the first year that a teacher has a learning plan, the teacher shall, in consultation with the appropriate principal:
  
• Review the teacher’s learning plan from the previous year, the teacher’s learning and growth over the previous year, and the summative report of the teacher’s most recent performance appraisal under Part X.2 of the Act; and
  
• Update the teacher’s learning plan for the purposes of the current year, if necessary, taking into account the results of the review under clause (a). O.Reg.98/02, as amended.
  
• In an evaluation year for a teacher, the consultation required under subsection (2) must include a meeting between the teacher and the appropriate principal in the course of the teacher’s performance appraisal for the year under Part X.2 of the Act. O.Reg. 98/02, as amended.
• In a year that is not an evaluation year for a teacher, a meeting is not required.  The teacher and the appropriate principal shall meet to discuss the learning plan for the year if either of them requests it. O.Reg. 98/02, as amended.