ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teachers' Local: Apology; Extension Retention Stipend; TVOT Community Outreach; Did You Know? Upcoming ETFO Provincial PD Opportunities

We have heard that many members did not receive our last Wednesday Blog.

This is a matter the Local is addressing with our provider so that members can reliably receive emergent news.

In the interim, please know that TVOT members can always access the Local's Wednesday Blog at www.tvotblog.blogspot.com.

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$1000 Retention Stipend

Daily TVOT members now have until March 31, 2023 to earn up to $1000 by teaching 35 assignments between Oct. 20/22 and March 31/23 with a minimum of 2 days worked per month; teaching 10 or more daily assignments on a Friday or a Monday during that same time period; teaching 10 or more assignments in a high needs school:

A.J. Baker	Oxbow
Adelaide - W.G. MacDonald	Parkhill - West Williams
Aldborough	Parkview
Annandale	Plattsville
Blenheim District	Port Burwell
Caradoc	Port Stanely
Caradoc North	River Heights
Centennial Central	South Dorchester
Davenport	South Ridge
Delaware Central	Southwold
Dunwich-Dutton	Sparta
East Williams Memorial	Springfield
Ekcoe Central	Straffordville
Emily Stowe	Summers' Corners
Hickson Central	Tavistock
Innerkip Central	Thamesford
Kettle Creek	Valleyview Central
Mary Wright	West Elgin Sr.
McGillivray Central	West Nissouri
McGregor	Westfield
Mosa Central	Westminster Central
New Sarum	Wilberforce
Northdale Central	Zorra Highland Park

Expand your horizons and try a new school, many of which are just a few minutes away!

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- An OT who replaces the same Teacher in the same assignment for a period of 10 or more consecutive days (or consecutive appearances if it's a fractional FTE), becomes a LTO on the 10th day and will be paid retroactive to the first day of the assignment at grid rate, so long as they have submitted a QECO rating and proof of any previous post-certification teaching experience outside of TVDSB. This includes any daily OT work in Ontario. Please note that this pay increase might not appear on the next pay if the 10 day threshold was not reached in time for TVDSB's payroll cut-off date.

- To apply for your Edvantage discounts, you will need your ETFO Provincial number. Contact the Member Records at trecords@etfo.org if you don't know your number.

- ETFO stewards represent the permanent Teachers at a site. TVOT members are a separate union and are represented by the TVOT office at etfotvot@gmail.com or 519-641-3936. Calls are confidential so never hesitate to contact us with your concerns.

- TVOT members have only 3 more months to apply for their $60 Resource Rebates.

TVOT Community Outreach

To date, your TVOT Local has donated:

- $2,500 Red Cross/Red Crescent Turkey and Syria Earthquake Appeal

- $6,000 London and Area Food Bank

- $2,500 Salvation Army Woodstock Food Bank (not part of the London Area Food Bank)

- $5,000 Merrymount Family Support and Crisis Centre (serves all TVDSB)

- $2,000 Red Cross Pakistani Flood Relief

- $1,000 Red Cross Hurricane Fiona Relief

- $1,000 Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal

- $1,000 Atlohsa Youth Support Program

- $1,000 N'Amerind Family Support Program

- $1,000 Aeolian Hall El Sistema Music Program

Lingo For Educators

AAR - Attendance Area Review: procedure where the school board studies and plans for student accommodation

AEFO - Association des Enseignants et des Enseignantes Franco-Ontariens: union representing education workers in Ontario's french language public education system

AQ - Additional Qualifications: courses offered to Teachers to upgrade skills and salary

CA - Collective Agreement: negotiated terms and conditions of employment

CAS - Children's Aid Society

CBC - Collective Bargaining Committee: those elected by Local members to negotiate on their behalf

CLC - Canadian Labour Congress

CPI - Consumer Price Index

CPP - Canada Pension Plan

CPRI - Child and Parent Research Institute: provincial facility in London for children with special needs

CTF - Canadian Teachers' Federation

CUPE - Canadian Union of Public Employees

EA - Educational Assistant

ECE- Early Childhood Educator

ELHT - Employee Life and Health Trust: ETFO's benefit plan for eligible LTOs

ELL - English Language Learner

ESA - Employment Standards Act: Teachers are exempt from many of these provisions

ETFO - Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario: every board has at least a permanent Teachers' Local and an OT Local

FI - French Immersion

FNMI - First Nations, Metis, Inuit

FSL - French as a Second Language

FTE - Full time equivalent

IPRC - Identification Placement and Review Committee

JHSC - Joint Health and Safety Committee

LST - Learning Support Teacher

LTO - Long-term Occasional Teacher

NTIP - New Teachers' Induction Program: LTOs may participate to a limited degree

OCT - Ontario College of Teachers: regulatory body Teachers

OECTA - Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association

OFL - Ontario Federation of Labour

OHSA - Occupational Health and Safety Act

OLRB - Ontario Labour Relations Board

OMERS - Ontario Municipal Employees' Retirement System

OPC - Ontario Principals' Council

OPSBA - Ontario Public School Boards' Association

OSR - Ontario Student Record

OSSTF - Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation

OT - Occasional Teacher

OTIP/RAEO - Ontario Teachers' Insurance Plan: manages

OTPP - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (also known as TPP or "Teachers")

QECO - Qualifications Evaluation Council of Ontario: they evaluate credentials for salary grid placement

ROE - Record of Employment

RTO - Retired Teachers of Ontario

SEB - Supplementy Employment Benefits

STLDP - Short-term Leave Disability Plan

TLA - Temporary Letter of Approval

TPA - Teacher Performance Appraisal: LTOs are exempt from this part of NTIP

TVARRIS - Thames Valley Absence Reporting and Replacement Information System

WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WSIB - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

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