Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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PRINCIPAL'S AND VICE-PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE 'A child's best guarantee of a good education is an inspiring teacher, a vigorous friendly person who likes children, who is able to establish a cheerful, social, permissive climate for learning, and who maintains creative and democratic relationships? The administration of the Toronto Teachers' College concur fully with this statement from the Hall-Dennis Report and hope sincerely that each of you who are graduating this year will always main- tain a keen awareness and understanding of children and their problems as the cornerstone of your educational philosophy. We extend our best wishes to you as you begin an exciting and rewarding career. Since your experiences during your year at the college constituteonly the initial stage of your professional training, it is anticipated that you will grow and develop through your daily contacts with students, parents and other members of the profession. The sincerity of your approach to teaching will determine the success of your efforts to improve your abilities as an educator. As you gain new insights into educating children for living, may you find the personal satisfaction that comes from optimum and effective endeavours to become a better teacher and a better person. R-E- BODEN, B.A., M.Ed. J.D. Stenneti, M.A. C.W. PERCIVAL, B.A., M.Ed A Division B Division Page I

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One of the pleasant duties which I am called upon to perform as Minister of Education is to extend to the graduates of the Ontario Teachers' College a welcome to the teaching profession in Ontario. Your effectiveness as a teacher will be judged by your success in preparing the youth of to-day for roles of responsibility in industry, education, statesmanship and the professions in the highly complex world in which he will live to-morrow. I trust that you will seek to establish sound educational objectives compatible in content and pedagogic method with the rapidly changing conditions underwhich we live. In keeping with the nature and the progress of scientific achievement, your authority will at times be questioned and the traditional classroom atmosphere may have to give way to more modern concepts which take into consideration changing notions regarding learning theory and greater attention to individual differences. I have every confidence that as truly professional teachers you will accept the challenge and will face the future with assurance, determined to add your contribution to the substantial achievements made by the great teachers of the past. I wish you success in your endeavours. William G. Davis c March 25, 1969. Nhnister of Education Poge 2