Wednesday, May 7, 2025

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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Survey Says... Those members who have provided ETFO Provincial with an up to date email address should already have received an invitation and a link to participate in ETFO's 2026 Collcetvie Bargaining Survey. The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete and closes on May 30th.  It's your chance to let HQ know what matters most to you!







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