Wednesday, March 19, 2014

PD PD PD PD PD PD PD

Registration is open for our upcoming PD Event scheduled for Thursday, March 27th at Best Western Lamplighter Inn, 591 Wellington Road, in London from 4:30 - 7:30 PM with dinner included for members.
Scheduled workshop options are:

1:  Step Forward with French
2:  Math Foldables  (Registration is CLOSED for this session)
3:  Savvy Science for Grade 7/8

The deadline is March 25th at noon and registration is via our Local website: www.etfotvot.com. If you have not yet set up your account on the website, you will have to do that first in order to register. Please use your personal email address as it is inappropriate to use the Board's First Class email system for Union business.

As you are aware, all publicly funded elementary schools in Ontario will offer Full Day Kindergarten by September 2014.  The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario is offering a professional opportunity in London for teachers wishing to obtain an additional qualification focused on Kindergarten. For more information please visit our website: www.etfotvot.com our ETFO's site: www.etfo-aq.ca. 

FDK classrooms present many new challenges since this is a new curriculum with collaborative roles. For ETFO's "Building and Maintaining Positive Professional Full Day Kindergarten Team Relationships", go to www.etfo.ca  then Advice for Members and you will find it under PRS Matters.

We are happy to remind you that we are offering the popular Book Rebate Program to our members.  This allows you to claim up to $25.00 for the purchase of a book related to your professional development needs.  Conditions and information on how to submit a claim along with the Book Rebate Form can be found on our website under Member Services and Useful Documents.

If you have an questions, concerns or require further information, please call our office: 519-641-3936 and we will be happy to assist you.