Wednesday, June 20, 2018

LTOs must complete mandatory training too! Earn a few extra days of pay! LTOs and June 29th; PLDF Grant

IMPORTANT: LTOs Must Complete Mandatory Training Too!
The required online mandatory training modules are posted in the Employee Portal under the link "Employee Training". Both daily OTs and LTOs must complete these before the end of the school day on June 29, 2018. Daily OTs will receive .5 of a day of pay and LTOs will have completed most of these on Board paid time.
N.B. Check off each completed module as completed then log back in - if the check mark is still there, completion has been recognized.

Hear are this year's required modules and if they are not completed by the due date, you will be made inactive until they are done, and you will not be paid for completing them:

  1. Anaphylaxis & Asthma Management Training
  2. Asthma Metered Dose Inhaler Resource
  3. Concussion Spotlight Part 1
  4. Concussion Spotlight Part 2
  5. September - Emergency Codes and Asbestos Awareness
  6. October - Fire Code Training
  7. November - Ladder Safety Awareness
  8. December - Slips, Trips and Falls 
  9. Module 4 - Safe Schools and Employee Roles
  10. Module 5 - Harassment
  11. Module 6 - Work Refusals
  12. Module 7 - Management of Aggressive Behaviour
  13. Module 8 - Domestic Violence in the Workplace
  14. Module 9 - Parking Lots
Earn a Few Extra Days of Pay - 
Daily Occasional Teachers are entitled to three days of extra pay if they complete the paid PD offered by the Board.  (N.B., one half of these days is paid for completing the above mandatory training modules.) Only online modules remain but they can be completed anytime so long as they are done by the end of the school day on June 29th. Participation counts as time worked for E.I. purposes, seniority credit, pension credit and credit toward the 10 days required to remain on the OT Roster.  If you are a LTO of less than .5, you are eligible to complete 1.5 days and be paid. Registration is on the Employee Portal > Conference/Sessions  Registration > "Elementary Occasional Teachers PD 2017 - 2018.

LTOs on the June 29th PD Day - 
If no permanent Teacher will be attending in your place that day, it is the Union's expectation that you will participate and be paid according to your FTE.  This does not apply to Itinerant LTOs who will not be paid for the last day of school.
If you have any questions, please call our office at 519-641-3936 and we will look into these individual assignments.

Professional LEarning Development Fund 
Just a reminder to apply for your $300 PLDF grant before you take the course.  You must be registered as a member on www.etfotvot.com and been a member for one year in order to be eligible.