Did you know that all ETFO TVOT members with member accounts at the TVOT Local Website are eligible to receive up to $50 per year to assist with the purchase of books related to their elementary teaching needs?
Applications must be received by May 31st so act quickly if you are interested.
Thank you to our ETFO Presenter who has agreed to on take additional participants for the after school session - "Fun and Inclusive Health and Physical Education While Teaching Virtually".
This workshop will be held from 4:30-7:30 PM on June 3rd with registration via the TVDSB Employee Portal. This is a paid PD event so participation counts as a half day of teaching for daily OTs or those in a LTO of .5 or less.
Further details are available in the Portal under the heading "Conference Session Registration" > "Elementary Occasional Teacher PD 2020-2021."
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TVOT Executive for 2021-2022
As determined at the TVOT Spring General Meeting:
President and Chief Negotiator - Terry Card
First Vice-President - Kevin Utley
Second Vice-President - Vivek Nath
Treasurer - Sean Cousins
Secretary - Sharon Pinylo
Health and Safety Officer - David Griffith
Executive Members at Large - Farida Makhani, Krisanne Nunes, Nancy Springer, Cindy Webb
Congratulations!
We look forward to serving the needs of our membership.
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What you should know about "Defamatory Websites and Social Networking Pages"
from ETFO Provincial PRS
Many websites offer social networking services and/or act as public message boards that cater specifically to students. Some of these websites, such as www.ratemyteacher.com, encourage students to comment publicly about the teachers in their school.
These websites do not monitor or filter the content or comments posted by the students that use them. Further, these services offer students a level of anonymity that may lead to a diminished sense of culpability. The result is that some of the comments and/or content posted on these websites is rude, hurtful, and even defamatory.
Historically, when a person was the subject of an offensive and/or defamatory publication, that person could sue the publisher and the author of the defamatory content. Today, the Internet has added a new level of complexity to this course of action. Many websites are run from servers located outside of Canada and the operators can be very difficult to locate. Nevertheless, victims of offensive or defamatory postings have avenues of recourse aside from civil litigation.
Most reputable websites and social networking services, such as Facebook and MySpace, have policies in place to ensure that any offensive or defamatory postings can be removed as soon as they are brought to the attention of the service operators. Postings on other websites, like ratemyteacher.com, can be more difficult to remove. This type of website actively encourages students to post comments about their teachers and their policies state that they will remove comments only in extreme cases. Also, www.ratemyteacher.com does not offer an easy to use content removal procedure. However, despite these variances between website policies, it is generally understood that offensive or defamatory content should be removed once discovered and brought to the attention of the appropriate managers.
Even though offensive content may be removed from these websites once discovered, this does not mean that it is expunged from the Internet. Search engines, such as Google and Yahoo, store snapshots of billions of websites in their databases to provide fast search results. Consequently, offensive content from these websites may get caught and stored in these databases. As a practical matter, search engines must also be contacted directly in order to have all of the offending content removed from the Internet.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Monitor your online reputation. Action can be taken quickly to remove the offending content. Also, be mindful of your “online footprint” and carefully consider the information and pictures you post on the Internet so that you can minimize the chances that someone will use your own information and/or pictures to harass you.
Periodically search your own name in various search engines to ensure nothing offensive or defamatory is posted on some or all of the following websites:
• www.google.com
• www.yahoo.com
• www.msn.com
• www.search.com
• www.live.com
• www.webcrawler.com (this searches several different services at once)
• www.ratemyteacher.com
• www.youtube.com
• www.flickr.com
• www.facebook.com
• www.myspace.com
If you find something offensive and/or potentially defamatory, note the date, time, and web address (i.e. http://www.ratemyteacher.com/school/teacher/...) of the offending web page, along with any other potentially useful information.
Contact your ETFO local president or staff in PRS for additional advice.
Protect your “online footprint” by minimizing the amount of personal information you publish about yourself on the Internet:
•check your privacy settings on Facebook, MySpace, MSN Messenger or any other similar service that you use to ensure your page can be accessed by only those whom you have invited;
•DO NOT invite or add students to your Facebook, MySpace, MSN Messenger, or similar service;
•review the pictures of yourself posted on the Internet; if you do not want your students or employer to see a certain picture or series of pictures, have them removed;
•minimize the amount of personal information you give to various online services; ask yourself, “do I need to give my friend list / phone number / e-mail address to this service?”;
•consider creating a separate online e-mail account through Hotmail or Gmail or a similar service with minimal personal information specifically for using online services without giving out your personal e-mail and/or address information.
For further information contact your local ETFO president or Professional Relations staff in Protective Services at 416-962-3836 or 1-888-838-3836.
All TVOT members (daily OTs and LTOs) must complete the 15 mandatory training modules listed in the TVDSB Emloyee Portal by June 29, 2021. Be sure to check off the module and hit the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page after each one. If the checkmark is there the next time you log into the Portal, then your completion has been recorded. For daily OTs and those in LTOs of .5 or less, completion counts for all purposes as a half day of work.
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Welcome to the new
Survive and Thrive!
Survive & Thriveis a website designed to be an easily accessible resource for beginning Teachers, Occasional Teachers, mentors and Teacher candidates. Here you will find hands-on information that is of value in the classroom, in dealing with colleagues and with parents. Check out the hundreds of practical resources on topics such as classroom management, special needs students and reporting. This is site is just one of several sites supporting Teachers sponsored by the Ontario Teachers' Federation/OTF.
OTF Math Office Hours for beginning teachers facing The Math Proficiency Test
(MPT)
To support beginning
teachers and teacher candidates with the unneeded stress of completing the MPT
by August 31, 2021, OTF is offering an online program, OTF Math Office Hours.
OTF Math Office Hours gives beginning teachers and teacher candidates the
opportunity to ask questions about math concepts and procedures and to receive
support from a teacher qualified in math. The sessions will be run on the Zoom platform and last
approximately 90 minutes. You can log in to the session at any point during the
time slot and attend as many sessions as you wish.
The
following sessions are now available from 4:00-5:30 pm.
Wednesday May 19 with Leanne Oliver Wednesday
May 26 with Dee Kruc Wednesday
June 2 with Leanne Oliver Wednesday
June 9 with Kyle Pearce Wednesday
June 16
with Dee Kruc Wednesday
June 23 with Craig Guthrie Wednesday, June 30 with Judy
Mendaglio
To register: Registration opens Monday, May 17. To register, click HERE .
Once registered, you will receive a reminder email and the Zoom
link the day before your event. Questions prior to the session: if you have
questions about the session or specific to the MPT, you can submit them prior to
your session: otfofficehours@otffeo.on.ca. Archived OTF Connects Make Math
Moments Webinars In addition to our live OTF Math Office Hours, beginning
teachers and teacher candidates may want to review our archived 10-part Make
Math Moments webinar series, presented by Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr Archives
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Hiring for Permanent and LTO Assignments Next Year ?
We know that members are anxious about hiring for positions with TVDSB next school year, but with the Government's extension to the timeline for families to indicate if they want virtual learning or in person classes, hiring for permanent positions in TVDSB is not expected to take place until the end of June.
The Board is still working on a process to hire the hundreds of LTOs needed for September. With the repeal of Regulation 274, we do know that the LTO List and the Seniority Lists are longer part of the criteria.
TVOT members will still have priority over new hires for these positions, as provided by our Collective Agreement. You can be assured that the Local and the Board will let members know about the process once it has been finalized.
NEW - TVDSB to require Multi-Factor Authentication/MFA to access their networks as of June 2, 2021.
Board employees will have a few weeks to activate MFA on their accounts. After that, each time you log in to your emails, cloud storage or collaboration sites, you will be receive an authorization check to verify your identity. For more information check your Outlook TVDSB email account.
Our sincere thanks to everyone who is registered to attend our Annual Spring General Meeting this evening. Please know that your TVOT Executive is honoured to serve the needs of our members.
TVOT members will have a chance to meet your Local Executive and to bring forward your questions at a virtual meeting on Wednesday, May 19th at 4:30PM. All positions on the Executive have been acclaimed so there will be no elections and the meeting should only take an hour. To register, email Debbie, TVOT Office Administrator and we will send out the meeting link the day of the meeting. Hope to see you there!
Just a reminder that the deadline to submit your claim for our $50 Book Rebate is May 31st. Members may purchase a professional book or books related to your professional needs and receive up to $50 per member per school year. Forms are available for those who are registered on the TVOT Member Portal .
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Working from Home?
Anytime you get sick or injured at work, it is an occupational injury/illness and it should be reported on the TVDSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form. This includes teaching remotely. The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers has published some tips to help us avoid musculoskeletal injuries and these can be accessed by clicking Safely Working from Home- for example, considered turning your former commuting time into extra sleep time.
The Board's System Staff Development department works with your ETFOTVOT Local to offer relevant professional development opportunities for our members and they have set up a most helpful site in TVDSB SharePoint Accessing Paid PD . Here you will find useful FAQs, information on How to Register for and Access OTE PD, Locating the OT PD Conference and the Online Reflection Form.
At this time, TVDSB is not prepared to waive the required 10 days needed to remain on the OTE Roster. Members are encouraged to accept remote teaching assignments however those who feel they not be able to teach 10 days, are encouraged to complete their mandatory online training (worth .5 of a day of work) and to register for three half-day sessions of paid PD offered by the Board in the Employee Portal under Conference Session Registrations > Elementary Occasional Teacher PD 2020-2021. N.B. aside from the session on June 11th, online sessions can be completed anytime so long as you submit your reflection form. TVOT members who have a medical reason preventing them from work, must provide medical documentation to Abilities and Wellness .
TVOT members may request a full year's leave from the Board, that would run from January 1, 2021 to August 31, 2021 by applying on LaserFiche in the Employee Portal and listing Ann Moulton as your supervisor. This means the requirement would drop to 5 days, 2 of which would include online PD and mandatory training.
The Board will review applications for special circumstances at the end of the school year.
Farida Makhani, Vivek Nath, Nancy Springer, Sharon Pinylo, Kevin Utley
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Annual TVDSB Requirement
As a condition of employment, all Board employees must complete their annual WHMIS Review, Offence Declaration, I.T. Declaration and Privacy Declarations by August 31, 2021.
We recommend OTs fulfill this requirement as they work on their mandatory training modules, so as not to forget.
The link is in the TVDSB Employee Portal, highlighted in yellow. Declarations do not have to be completed all at once, but the totalmust be completed by the deadline.
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Mandatory Online Training is Posted
All TVOT members must complete the 15 modules that have been posted in the Employee Portal unless you are on a Board approved leave. Daily OTs have until June 29th to complete these for .5 payment with their July 16th pay. LTOs must complete all modules as well, though some of these may be done during staff meetings throughout the year.
These are the mandatory modules:
- IPOC Roles and Responsibilities
- Anaphylaxis and Asthma Management Training Video
- Eplilepsy
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Concussion Training
- October: Fire Code Training
- November: Head Injury Prevention
- December: Slips, Trips and Falls
- Video 2: Violence General Awareness
- Module 5: Harassment
- Module 7: Management of Aggressive Behaviour
- Module 4: Safe Schools and Employee Roles
- Module 13: Recognizing and Coping with Aggressive Behaviour
- Ergonomics
Hit "SUBMIT" after completing each module. Tip: if the check marks are still there the next time you log back into the Portal, completion has been successfully recorded.
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NEW Paid PD Options for June 11, 2021 via Teams
The following sessions will be posted May 7th in the Employee Portal under "Conference Session Registrations" > Elementary Occasional Teacher PD 2020 - 2021:
A Practical Guide to Number Talks
Data Triangulation - It's not all about the Product
So You've Accepted a Job in a Digital Classroom: Brightspace, Google Classroom and Google Meet
Using Read Alouds to Spark Inquiry and Play
Loose Parts: Intentional Teaching Tools and Materials in Kindergarten
Tools to Support Arts in a Variety of Classrooms
Building Comprehension in the Primary Classroom
Building Comprehension in the J/I Classroom
Notable Number Sense Routines for K-3
Practical French Teaching Tools and Tips
From Fact Fluency to Operating with Fractions and Decimals
If you have questions, please contact Terri Manning in System Staff Development . Sessions with less than 6 participants will not proceed.
All elementary OTs/LTOs who are eligible (those with an FTE or contract equal to or less than .5) may participate in up to three half-days of paid PD and participation counts for all purposes as time worked. Sessions listed in the Portal with the date of June 29th can be completed by TVOT members anytime including evenings and weekends so long as members submit the necessary Reflection Form. N.B. one half-day must be reserved for the Mandatory online training modules now posted.
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Contact Lisa West for further details about the position.
For details about the application form contact Kelly Hefferman
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Be sure to check out your TVDSB Outlook account for information regarding Vaccinations for TVDSB Staff, including Occasional Teachers!
All workers who believe they were exposed to Covid-19 from work, should fill out a Worker's Exposure Incident Form 3958A
If a worker contracts Covid-19 in the course of their work, you need to file a claim for occupational illness with WSIB on Form 6 .
Workers should first record their exposure using the TVDSB Accident Incident Reporting Form. Reporting is imperative so that any need for further protections can be identified and to protect workers who might later experience Covid-19 related symptoms.
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New Paid PD Session -
"Teaching Virtual PD"
Wednesday, May 12 from 4:30pm - 7:30pm
The workshop will provide those teaching remotely with engaging and active strategies for teaching the Ontario Health and Physical Education curriculum. regardless of the access to resources or physical space. To register, log into the TVDSB Employee Portal > Conference Session Registration > Elementary Occasional Teacher PD 2020-2021. Please do not forget to submit your Reflection form afterwards as this is the trigger for your half day payment.
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Mandatory Online Training is Posted
On Saturday, May 1st, TVOT members will be able to access the 15 modules that all Occasional Teachers must complete. Daily OTs have until June 29th to complete these for .5 payment with their July 16th pay. LTOs must complete all modules as well, though some of these may be done during staff meetings throughout the year.
Completion of the following modules is mandatory (unless you are on a Board approved leave):
- IPOC Roles and Responsibilities
- Anaphylaxis and Asthma Management Training Video
- Eplilepsy
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Concussion Training
- October: Fire Code Training
- November: Head Injury Prevention
- December: Slips, Trips and Falls
- Video 2: Violence General Awareness
- Module 5: Harassment
- Module 7: Management of Aggressive Behaviour
- Module 4: Safe Schools and Employee Roles
- Module 13: Recognizing and Coping with Aggressive Behaviour
- Ergonomics
Hit "SUBMIT" after completing each module, and if the check marks are still there the next time you log back into the Portal, completion has been successfully recorded.
We have received applications lately from TVOT members who have already completed their courses. Much like any application for any subsidy, the information submitted needs to be reviewed and approved before funding can be considered, as stipulated in bold print on the PLDF application form. Also for budgetary purposes, funds need to be set aside for those who have been approved.
We suggest that members send in their completed applications when they register for a course and include the receipt of payment. This will be submitted for review and the member will receive notification upon approval. Once completed, all we require is confirmation of successful completion, by way of a letter or certificate.
For questions related to this program or our $50 Book Rebate (May 31st deadline), email us at mail@etfotvot.com or call the TVOT Office at 519-641-336.
Well here we are again - back to our virtual classrooms. To assist you in this transition may we suggest -
OTF Connects Webinars
This latest series of OTF webinars brings together a selection of great facilitators to share hands-on distance teaching strategies and approaches to well-being in a relaxed atmosphere.
ClickOTF Connectsfor more information on sessions which include:
Introduction to
Lynx Coding - Thursday, April 22: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Marcia Piquette: In this webinar, we will
explore the Lynx website and go through some introductory activities to get to
know the programming environment. Lynx is easy to use because it is text-based
and completely online. Nothing to download, and LOTS of resources to provide
support at any entry level. Most of all, it is fun and engaging! I will share
my experience using Lynx with my Grade 5 class and give you some tips and
tricks for how you can use it in your class tomorrow! Let Us Code!
- Thursday, April 29: 4:00 – 5:15 pm
Amanda Deneau & Iain Brodie,
OAME: Ready? Set. Code! Using a step-by-step infographic, this webinar will
walk you through the new mathematics curriculum expectations from the very
beginning and teach you tips and tricks to integrate coding into your classroom
and discover what it takes for you and your students to be computational
thinkers! Learn to pseudocode, debug and more. No tech or low tech? No problem.
Unplugged coding is just as fun. Hosts are bilingual and happy to assist in
both French and English.
Addressing the Data
Analysis Expectations: Using Google Colab to Analyze and Graph Your Data
- Thursday, May 6: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Peter Beens & Grant Hutchison, ACSE:
Data
analysis is becoming a common theme in many curriculum areas, including Mathematics,
Business Studies, Science, Social Studies, History, Geography, Sociology, and
others. In this webinar, we will have a look at how Colab, Google’s
implementation of Jupyter Notebooks, can be used in these curriculum areas. We
will address what Colab is, how to input the data that we want to analyze, and
explore different graphing options such as bar charts and scatter plots. Student Centered:
K-8 Culturally Responsive Coding Experiences - Thursday, May 13
and 20: 4:00 – 5:15 pm
Melanie Mulcaster, Amanda
Williams-Yeagers &Mishelle Pitter-Adlam: In this hands-on two-part learning series,
participants will explore culturally responsive pedagogy and a framework to
design and implement coding learning experiences that reflect, honour and value
the lived experiences of our learners. Together, we will investigate different
modes for students to communicate their understanding. Providing an entry point
for all learners, participants will have opportunities to tinker with no tech,
low tech, and high-tech applications for learning that supports integrated
instruction across the K-8 curriculum.
Integrating
Minecraft and MakeCode Codebuilder into your Math Program - Thursday, May 27:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
Andy Forgrave, ECOO: Minecraft is an engaging
platform to explore many different program areas. In this session, we’ll look
at how MakeCode and the Minecraft Codebuilder can be used to explore coding
concepts from the Grades 1-8 Math curriculum. We’ll look at the various event
structures (sequential, concurrent, repeating, nested), conditionals, and
controls referenced in the document and examples that show how these work
together to develop problem solving skills as students grow. We’ll explore some
appropriate and engaging activities to motivate learners along the way.
ETFO Occasional Teacher’s Conference 2021 - The
Occasional
Teacher’s
Toolbox -Friday, June 4 (evening) and
Saturday, June 5, 2021 (Virtual Event)
Join us for the first Occasional Teachers
conference, The Occasional Teacher’s
Toolbox.
This exciting learning
opportunity is designed to provide
resources, strategies and networking
opportunities for ETFO daily and LTO Occasional Teachers in the various
positions they may encounter. The workshops
will focus on activities and resources to ensure
a day of teaching runs smoothly for all.
You will hear from an engaging keynote speaker
and presenters who will share practical
applications and resources to support and
engage students in your teaching practice.
Each participant will attend two workshops
from the choices provided. Participants will
attend one workshop in the morning and one
workshop in the afternoon. Participants are
asked to select three of the workshop options
in order of preference. We will do our best to
accommodate your top two requests
Friday, June 4
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Keynote
by Danique Lewars
Danique Lewars, RECE, B.A. Hons., is a Resource
Consultant with EveryMind Mental Health Services.
She has over 10 years of experience providing
resources, strategies and coaching to families and
educators of children, who have mental health needs.
Danique uses a trauma informed lens to unpack
and understand the possible reasons behind one’s
emotions and behaviours.
Workshop 1: Teaching Mental Math:
No plans? No problem!
With the release of the new mathematics
curriculum, there is an even greater need for
Ontario teachers to do number talks with their
students. This session will provide teachers with
open-and-go mini video lessons that highlight
a variety of mental math strategies ranging
from Kindergarten to grade 8. This workshop
will investigate how to use these videos in
classrooms to orchestrate number talks so ALL
students can build fluency with numbers and be
inspired to love mental math strategies for adding,
subtracting, multiplying, dividing and more!
Workshop 2: Strategies for Classroom
Management: Every day in every classroom!
This workshop will explore practical, simple to
implement classroom and behavioural strategies
that can be used every day and in every classroom.
The focus will be on ideas and strategies that will
support whole class instruction as well as working
with individual students. Teachers will leave with
a list of ideas that require no prep and, few if any,
materials.
Workshop 3: Ready Set Go Arts!
Explore curricular ready to go arts activities that
can be used on a moment’s notice. Children love
to move and make believe. Harness this energy to
provide rich, creative, fun and memorable learning
opportunities. Whether you are a daily OT or working
as an LTO, teachers will be given fun tools to teach
music, movement, drama, games, and visual arts.
Registration Information
• The registration fee is $30.
• Open to all Occasional and LTO members.
• A limited number of spots are available. Successful participants will be selected by random draw (within
locals) with preference given to participants who represent a variety of locals from across the province.
• Successful participants will be notified by email after registration closes. Applicants not selected will be
refunded the $30 registration fee. Register by May 5 at events.etfo.org/upcoming-events
TVOT Annual Spring General Meeting - Wednesday, May 19/21 at 4:30 PM
Consider joining and lending your voice to the Local's Executive Team. Monthly meetings are held after school and we would appreciate hearing your perspective. You can make a difference.
Candidate Forms are posted at www.etfotvot.com under "Events", click on "Read More" or contact us at mail@etfotvot.com to request a copy be sent to you via email.
Elections will be held for the following positions (the position of President is a two year term that will come up for election in 2022):
First Vice-President – assists the President, coordinates preparation of the newsletter, attends committees Local Constitution 7.2.2
Second Vice-President - assists the President and First Vice-President and acts as liaison to the P.D. Committee Local Constitution 7.2.3
Secretary – records, prepares and circulates accurate minutes of past and present Executive and General Membership Meetings Local Constitution 7.2.4
Treasurer - maintains financial records, pays expenses of the Local as signing officer, drafts budget and reports to Executive and membership Local Constitution 7.2.5
Health and Safety Officer - acts as liaison with the Board’s Joint Health and Safety Committee, the Local Executive and general membership; conducts annual audits of schools and participates in all applicable training Local Constitution 7.2.7
Executive Members at Large (4) – great learning position with duties as determined by the Executive Local Constitution 7.1.1 – 7.1.13
Chief Negotiator - negotiates the collective agreement; maintains agreement and reports to membership Local Constitution 7.2.6
Collective Bargaining Committee (President, Chief Negotiator and 4-5 others) - collects information from membership and prepares Local preliminary submission Local Constitution 7.3.4
ETFO Provincial Annual Meeting Alternates (5) – pool from which delegate vacancies will be filled; a virtual meeting this year to be held in mid-August Local Constitution 10.1 – 10.3
TVOT Spring General Meeting - Wednesday, May 19/21 at 4:30 PM
This year's Spring General Meeting and Elections will be a virtual Zoom event to be held Wednesday, May 19th after school.
Consider joining and lending your voice to the Local's Executive Team. Monthly meetings are held after school and we would appreciate hearing your perspective. You can make a difference.
Candidate Forms are posted at www.etfotvot.com under "Events", click on "Read More" or contact us at mail@etfotvot.com to request a copy be sent to you via email.
Elections will be held for the following positions (the position of President is a two year term that will come up for election in 2022):
First Vice-President – assists the President, coordinates preparation of the newsletter, attends committees Local Constitution 7.2.2
Second Vice-President - assists the President and First Vice-President and acts as liaison to the P.D. Committee Local Constitution 7.2.3
Secretary – records, prepares and circulates accurate minutes of past and present Executive and General Membership Meetings Local Constitution 7.2.4
Treasurer - maintains financial records, pays expenses of the Local as signing officer, drafts budget and reports to Executive and membership Local Constitution 7.2.5
Health and Safety Officer - acts as liaison with the Board’s Joint Health and Safety Committee, the Local Executive and general membership; conducts annual audits of schools and participates in all applicable training Local Constitution 7.2.7
Executive Members at Large (4) – great learning position with duties as determined by the Executive Local Constitution 7.1.1 – 7.1.13
Chief Negotiator - negotiates the collective agreement; maintains agreement and reports to membership Local Constitution 7.2.6
Collective Bargaining Committee (President, Chief Negotiator and 4-5 others) - collects information from membership and prepares Local preliminary submission Local Constitution 7.3.4
ETFO Provincial Annual Meeting Alternates (5) – pool from which delegate vacancies will be filled; a virtual meeting this year to be held in mid-August Local Constitution 10.1 – 10.3
April 15th is the Deadline Your Ontario College of Teachers fees are due by January first however Teachers have until April 15th to pay these fees to OCT. If you were in a LTO as of January 1st, TVDSB has deducted your fees already and you can check your electronic pay stube to confirm this deduction. All other Occasional Teachers must submit payment by the due date in order to continue teaching in Ontario. The cost to be reinstated by OCT is $130 in addition to the $170 annual fee so it pays to meet the deadline.
IMPORTANT: TVDSB is not willing at this time to waive the requirement that elementary Occasional Teachers must teach 10 days to remain on the List. We remind members that paid PD counts for all purposes as a day of teaching. Should you not be able to teach due to Covid concerns you might apply to HR for Leave for Exceptional Circumstances under Article L10.15 . You can reach us at etfotvot@gmail.com to discuss this possibility.
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$50 TVOT Book Rebate
Just a remider that TVOT members can apply for this year's $50 Book Rebate. Forms must be received at the Local office by May 31st, along with original receipts dated within the previous 60 days. Each year many of your colleagues take advantage of this programme to build their professional library of resources.
$350 Professional Learning Development Fund Subsidy
Again this year the Local will provide up to $350 to TVOT members who have been with the Local a year or longer, and who wish to take an AQ course or other professional course to support their practice. Congratulations to the many members who have already applied for funding and have successfully completed their courses.
Forms for the Book Rebate and the PLDF can be found atwww.etfotvot.comin the Member Portal so be sure to register for access to this site as it is restricted TVOT members only. You can contact us at TVOT Localfor assistance with access to the site or the application process.
