Wednesday, January 10, 2024

New Paid PD Sessions; Meeting for members hired after 2019; Legal assistance for members; International Women's Day T-Shirts

 

Great Paid PD Opportunities for Friday, January 19/24

Register in the TVDSB Employee Portal > Conference/Session Registration > Elementary Occasional Teacher PD 2023-2024, for any of these half-day sessions which count for all purposes as .5 of a day of teaching!

Time: 9:00 am - 11:30 am

  • Anti-Sex Trafficking: Why Education Matters (in person)
  • Implementing Essential Conditions for Learning Foldables (in-person)
  • Proactive Responses to Manage Behaviour (in-person)
  • Thinking Classroom in Mathematics (in-person)
  • Empowering Young Minds Through Problem and Inquiry Based Learning (in-person)
  • Cultural and Responsive Approach to Affirm Student Identity (virtual)
  • Four Frames of Kindergarten (virtual)
  • Supporting Multilingual Learners in the Classroom (virtual)
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

  • Proactive Responses to Manage Behaviour (in-person)
  • Empowering Young Minds Through Problem and Inquiry Based Learning (in-person)

TVOT Occasional Teachers hired after 2019 are invited to attend a meeting and dinner on February 13th at the Lamplighter Inn in London from 4:30pm - 7pm. Meet your peers over a lovely dinner, then have your questions answered as we highlight the nuances of elementary occasional teaching, your Collective Agreement and belonging to a Union. Guest presenter will be TVDSB Occasional Teacher Staffing Specialist, Jessica Grison-Roeder.

To register call us at the TVOT Office: 519-641-3936 or email us: mail@etfotvot.com 




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Provincial ETFO is now accepting orders for this year's International Women's Day t-shirts. The theme is "Rise Up for Gender Justice". Orders will be accepted until Friday January 12, 2024 with deliveries in late February. International Women's Day is annually recognized on March 8th. Click here to order https://shop.etfo.ca/collections/clothing