Wednesday, April 30, 2025

It's Our Spring Meeting! Resource rebates and Possible Postal Strike; Violence Survey and Ottawa University Report; Registration Opens for ETFO Summer Academy; EQAO, OTPP Investment Update


Meet your peers over a lovely dinner -  

We look forward to seeing you there!

$15 gas money for registrants who attend!
Win one of three gift cards of $100 each!
Dependent care provided (with receipts).
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TVOT Candidate Forms for the following elected positions must be received by 5 PM on May 2/25:

- Executives at large (4 positions)

- Chief Negotiator 

- Collective Bargaining Committee (5 positions)

- Delegates and alternates for ETFO Provincial Annual Meeting in Toronto, August 11-14/25

Candidate forms are available at the Local website - www.etfotvot.com

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Resource Rebate Reminder - Given the looming possibility of a Canada Post mail strike as early as May 22nd, TVOT members are urged to submit their $75 Resource Rebate claims in advance of our May 31st deadline, so that the Local can process these requests and reimburse members ahead of any labour disruption.  Resource Rebate forms are available to members who have registered on our Local website www.etfotvot.com. 

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TVDSB Staff Development is starting to process the July 11th payment for members who have completed their mandatory online training modules. This  will appear on members' TVARRIS calendars as code "HR 1" for June 27. Please do not delete/modify this entry. For further information, contact Terri Manning in Staff Development at t.manning@tvdsb.ca

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Have a Voice!

The ETFO Thames Valley Teachers' Local has invited TVOT Occasional Teachers to participate in this very short survey on violence in our schools, by clicking on the QR code or https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BFF9TK7


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Running on Fumes - This methodical report by the University of Ottawa into the current school crisis, is presented in six sections dealing with -
1) Violence: the language of violence; rates and frequencies of student-initiated violence
2) Harassment: student-initiated and parent-initiated harassment and toxic work environments
3) Reporting and Responses: barriers to formal reporting; available supports
4) Differences and Diversity: the unique experiences of those in education who are marginalized
5) Ripples and Repercussions: the wider effects of workplace violence and harassment
6) Compounding Costs in the Age of Austerity: how reducing sevices and resources are factors in the increased in violence and harassment in our schools
To access the full report, go to  https://www.educatorviolence.ca/
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ETFO's "Is EQAO Failing Our Children?"



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