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O.A.C.A.S. Certification Program

Requirements

Successful completion of an education level equivalent to at least a two (2) year community diploma in Social Services or Child Care or one (1) year university or successful completion of the Ministry of Education School Attendance Counsellor's Certification Program which is deemed to be acceptable to O.A.C.A.S. (Please send proof with your application). The Certification Board must receive from your Superintendent or Supervisor (your immediate Supervisor), a letter verifying that you have served satisfactorily for at least two (2) years as an Attendance Counsellor.

Membership in the Ontario Association for Counselling and Attendance Services

If you were hired prior to March 25, 1970 you may qualify for certification under the grandfathering clause. Please Note: Part-time Attendance Counsellors are also eligible for O.A.C.A.S. certification.

Please send a letter applying for certification to:

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ORVILLE WATSON AWARD WINNERS

1978

Sally Field

Guelph

1979

Bill Hay

London

1980

Helen Desroches

Ottawa

1981

Harley Shaw and Frank Wren

Geneva Park

1982

Jack Shepherd

Kingston (RMC)

1983

Robert Cairns

Windsor

1984

No Winner

Toronto

1985

Ed James and Mike Bennett

Hamilton

1986

Cliff Lehman

Peterborough

1987

Archie Collisimo

Sudbury

1988

Lillian Orban

Ottawa

1989

Joe Yurkiw

Collingwood

1990

Ted Green

London

1991

Shirley Byers

Oshawa

1992

Lynn Lambert

Kingston

1993

No Winner

Sault Ste. Marie

1994

Malcolm Powell

Niagara Falls

1995

Shirley Mitchell

Collingwood

1996

Sylvie Wesley

Windsor

1997

Ron Blouin

Cornwall

1998

No Winner

Etobicoke

1999

Norma Orazietti-Ironside

Waterloo

2000

Karen Munro

North Bay

2001

No Winner

 

2002

Steve McCann

Barrie

2003

Glenn Purcell

Hamilton

2004

Joseph O'Connor

London

2005

Peter Maas

Etobicoke

2006

Suzanne Smith

Kingston

2007

Miriam Adams

Etobicoke

2008

Kings College

2009

Pearce Thomas

Collingwood

2010 Susan Bagnell Ottawa

Award of Merit

This award can be given annually in recognition of an individual or individuals who have brought distinction to our profession through service to their community or our Association.
Please email the Secretary of our Association, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , in order to recommend someone for an Award of Merit.

 

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The Provincial School Attendance Counsellor (PSAC) Anthony Di Lena is our new Provincial School Attendance Counsellor Anthony has been with the Ministry of Education since 2000 when he started as an Education Officer responsible for Secondary School Policy for Guidance and Career Education. Since then he moved in 2004 to assist with the start of the Student Success Initiative. In 2007, he became a Senior Manager with the Student Success/Learning to 18- Implementation, Training and Evaluation Branch where he remained until this recent appointment. Prior to joining the Ministry Anthony began his teaching experience with the Toronto Catholic Board and then the York Region Catholic Board was he was the Head of Guidance. Along the way he served as President and the Executive of the Ontario School Counsellors’ Association (OSCA). Anthony is very familiar with the important and complex role the members of OACAS play in our education system. Having spend a significant portion of his career as a guidance counsellor and administrator in the publicly funded education system before coming to the Ministry in 2000, he is extremely appreciative of the work done and the challenges facing attendance counsellors and the Association.

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