TVOT Spring Annual Meeting; Being on TVOT Executive; $75 TVOT Resource Rebate; Defensive Teaching; ETFO "PRS Bulletins";

 

Elections will be held May 22, 2025 at this meeting for the following TVOT Executive positions:

Executive Members at Large (4) – one year term; great learning position with duties as determined by the Executive: Local Constitution 7.1.1 – 7.1.13

Chief Negotiator - remains in office until new agreement ratified; negotiates the collective agreement; maintains agreement and reports to membership: Local Constitution 7.2.6 and 7.3.4

Collective Bargaining Committee:(President, Chief Negotiator and 4-5 others) - remains in office until new agreement ratified; collects information from membership and prepares Local preliminary submission: Local Constitution 7.3.4

ETFO Provincial Annual Meeting 7 Delegates and up to 5 Alternates – 10 representatives to attend and the others form a pool from which vacancies can be filled; Meeting is in Toronto from August 11-14, 2025 (costs paid): Local Constitution 10.1 – 10.6

The deadline for receipt of Candidate Forms is Friday, May 2, 2025 at 5 PM.

There will be no elections for the following positions as this is the first year of their two year terms: 

President, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Health and Safety Officer 

N.B. Meetings are held one afternoon a month at our TVOT Office. Union business counts as teaching time and LTOs are released from their assignments to attend.

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The deadline for TVOT members to submit applications for their $75 Resource Rebate is May 31st. Books or professional resources purchased within the last 60 days which are related to your elementary professional needs, are eligible.    

To access the application form, log into the TVOT Local website www.etfotvot.com as you must first set up an account with the Local.

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We call it defensive teaching:

- Never leave students unsupervised;

- Try not to be alone with a student;

- Avoid physical contact with students;

- Remember that you are viewed as a Teacher even when off-duty;

- Be hyper-vigilant about your social media posts, comments, account settings etc.;

- Respect the confidentiality of students and staff;

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Provincial ETFO has crafted numerous advice articles for the membership, call PRS Bulletins. Here are just a few of the topics: sharing workspaces; dealing with conflict; professionalism and ethics; tips for managing current events and sensitive issues; tutoring and conflict of interest guidelines; are you protected if volunteering at a school? EQAO testing advice; members as witnesses in court proceedings; student/parent custody etc.

To peruse the library of PRS Bulletins, click on -    https://www.etfo.ca/about-us/member-advice/prs-matters-bulletins

April 23 - April 24th is Holocaust Remembrance Day

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