Congratulations; Link to TVDSB Reflection Survey; Last Call for TVOT $75 Resource Rebate; Chapter 2 Summary - Promises Unfulfilled

TVOT General Meetings provide an opportunity for members to connect with their peers and keep in touch with those elected to advocate for Occasional Teacher interests. Thursday's Spring Annual Meeting in the Crystal Ballroom of the Lamplighter Inn, provided a luxurious setting for a delicious dinner and an exchange of information with the membership. It also gave us a format to say "Farewell" to ETFO Thames Valley Teacher Local President, Craig Smith who will be leaving their TVTL Executive after many years of exemplary service to the permanent elementary Teachers in TVDSB.

For those who could not make it, here is your TVOT Executive for 2025 - 2026:

• President - Terry Card
• First Vice President - Kevin Utley
• Second Vice President - Vivek Nath
• Secretary - Sharon Pinylo
• Treasurer - Krisanne Nunes
• Health & Safety Officer - David Griffith
• Executive at Large Members - Allison Joseph, Farida Makhani, Ruth Ann Morley, Nancy Springer.

The TVOT Collective Bargaining team for 2025 - 2026 is:

• Chief Negotiator - Terry Card
• Committee Members - Kevin Utley, Vivek Nath, Allison Joseph, Farida Makhani, Krisanne Nunes.

Your Representatives to the ETFO Annual Meeting at Toronto in August will be: Terry Card, Kevin Utley, Vivek Nath, Sharon Pinylo, Krisanne Nunes, David Griffith, Farida Makhani, Ruth Ann Morley, Nancy Springer, Meera Merchea, Keri-Lyn Kok.

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TVDSB Reflection Surveys trigger payment for those who have attended a paid PD workshop, whether hosted by the Board or by your TVOT Local. Here is the link to the TVDSB Reflection Survey https://stafflearninghub.tvdsb.ca/d2l/home 

Please contact Terri Manning in Staff Development at t.manning@tvdsb.ca if you have any difficulties.

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TVOT Resource Rebate claims must be submitted by May 30th for members who want to be reimbursed up to $75 for books or items applicable to their elementary teaching practice. Forms are only available to those registered on our Local's website www.etfotvot.com so act quickly! Our books must close on this expenditure at the end of this month.

Those members who have provided ETFO Provincial with an up to date email address will have received the link to participate in ETFO's 2026 Collective Bargaining Survey. The survey takes 10 minutes to complete and closes on May 30th.  If you did not receive the link, contact cbsurvey@etfo.org

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Deadline for $75 Resource Rebate; ETFO Math AQ; LTO Pay and QECO; Spec Ed in Ontario - Promises Unfulfilled; Summer Academy;

The deadline for TVOT members to submit a claim for their $75 dollar Resource Rebate is firmly, May 31st.

Forms are available to members who register on our Local website www.etfotvot.com and can be submitted electronically. Members may use this claim to submit receipts for professional book(s) or resources related to their elementary professional needs. (One claim/school year)

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Attention!
 Are you in a LTO? If so, our records show that many of you are not receiving adequate pay for this year's long-term assignment(s). As an LTO, you are eligible for salary that reflects your qualifications and teaching experience, however the onus is on you to provide the Board with a QECO / Qualifications Rating Statement (or a card indicating that your rating is in progress), prior to July 31st for retroactive adjustment. N.B. The QECO application process can take several weeks.

1. To obtain a QECO rating, follow the instructions at www.qeco.on.ca or call QECO at 1-800-385-1030 and request an application form.
2. Once you have received your rating, submit the results to TVDSB Staffing Officer Jessica Grison Roeder at j.grisonroeder@tvdsb.ca before the July deadline or forward a copy of the confirmation card if your application is in process but will not be available by the due date.

The same July 31st deadline applies to proof of any post-certification teaching experience outside of TVDSB. Be sure to submit those documents to HR so that you can advance on the salary grid. 

Do not hesitate to contact the ETFO TVOT Local at etfotvot@gmail.com for further details.

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One week to the TVOT Annual Meeting and Banquet; Prep Payback Claims Accepted; Mandatory Training; Paid PD Spots with Dinner Going Fast! $75 Resource Rebate Deadline

It's one of our final paid PD Events with Dinner: Select a paid after-school workshop with dinner, at the BMO Centre in London on Tuesday, May 27th. The options are:

1) Beyond Long Division: Divide and Conquer! - visual options that make it accessible to many learners

2) Coding Unplugged Without Computers - hands-on, tech free activities that build computational thinking skills across the curriculum

3) Holocaust Education and Addressing Anti-Semitism - information and resources to help address curriculum expectations including lived experiences over four generations

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The Mandatory Training Modules for elementary Occasional Teachers, are posted in the Employee Portal under "Employee Training".  Once there, scroll down to "2024 - 2025 OTE Required Training" and complete the following modules by June 27th for a half-day of salary to be paid in July:

Click here for eBase access for: Harassment, Bed Bug and Cockroach Awareness Training and Employee Incident Report Training

Anaphylaxis

Asthma

Diabetes

Epilepsy

Concussion

Ancillary & Non-Instructional Materials

It Can Happen To You - ETFO

Fire Safety Awareness

Head Injury Prevention

Health and Safety Program Awareness

Navigating WSIB

Violence Awareness - General Awareness

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Hope to See You Next Week!

As negotiated in our last round of bargaining, Occasional Teachers in daily and long-term assignments "...who are not able to receive their preparation payback period in the course of their assignment will be entitled to money in lieu." (Letter of Understanding #5)

Human Resources advises us that this form is now available for members to submit any claims for this current school year. The deadline to submit a claim is July 2/25 at 4 PM. A link has been sent via TVDSB's Outlook - https://forms.office.com/r/CjuCVz6wib

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$75 Resource Rebate Deadline- TVOT members have until May 31st to submit their $75 Resource Rebate claims.  Resource Rebate forms are available to all members who have registered on our Local website www.etfotvot.com. 

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Lots of PD Opportunities; Student Safety Plans; Provincial ETFO Bargaining Survey; Reporting Workplace Accidents;

Enjoy a lovely dinner in the Crystal Ballroom of London's Lamplighter Inn and meet other TVOT Occasional Teachers. 

The annual TVOT Spring General Meeting will be held from 4:30 - 7 PM on Thursday, May 22/25.  Call the TVOT Office at 519-641-3936 or email us at mail@etfotvot.com to register.

Those who register and attend will receive $15 for gas expenses and may win one of three $100 gift cards!

 We look forward to seeing you there!

TVOT Paid PD Evening and Dinner - Your TVOT Local is pleased to host a 3 paid workshops at the BMO Centre in London on Tuesday, May 27th. 

Registration opens at 8 a.m. in the Employee Portal on May 8th for:

1) Beyond Long Division: Divide and Conquer! - visual options that make it accessible to many learners

2) Coding Unplugged Without Computers! - hands-on, tech free activities that build computational thinking skills across the curriculum

3) Holocaust Education and Addressing Anti-Semitism - information and resources to help address curriculum expectations including lived experiences over four generations

PLUS -

TVDSB's In Person Paid PD Workshop - TVDSB's Staff Development is offering an in-person paid PD session on the May 30th PA day from 1:00 - 3:30 pm.

To register for "100 Minutes of Literacy Instruction in the Primary Classroom", log into the Employee Portal and under Conference/ Session Registrations and open "Elementary/Dual Occasional Teacher Synchronous Sessions 24 - 25."

There you will find more details about this session.

Please contact Terri Manning at t.manning@tvdsb.ca  in Staff Development if you have any questions .

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Want to know more about Student Safety Plans? Check out this short video below from ETFO Provincial. 

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