Paid PD Days for Elementary OTs for 2012- 2013

*Elementary Occasional Teachers are eligible for two days of paid PD during the 2012-2013 school year, which must take place on system PA days.

*A 1/2 day of this paid PD is compulsory on the June 28, 2013 PA day, with mandatory online training in the employee portal (expectations of this 1/2 day will be communicated at a later date)

* 1 and 1/2 days of paid PD may include the following options:

1. April 19, 2013 PA day - portal workshops, job embedded or self-directed PD   

       **Registration for this event is through the employee portal opening March 1,2013**
            Go to TVDSB Staff Development for further information.

                                                      OR

     2.  June 7, 2013 PA day - all day conference at Althouse College, UWO
       
        **Registration for this event is through the employee portal opening March 1, 2013**

*For job-embedded or self-directed PD, you must submit a request form complete with an Administrator's signature, and a reflection form must be submitted to Staff Development when the PD is complete in order to be paid (see System Staff Development webpage)

*If on LTO assignment or partial contract on which a PA day occurs, you are expected at your school for which you will be paid your FTE.      


We are encouraging our members to take and complete the Workplace Violence Modules that are available through the OT Folder in 1st class. They will be available until February 22nd, 2013.

Mandatory on-line training will represent a 1/2 day this year.

We are still waiting confirmation on the dates as to when the mandatory on-line training will be available and will relay this information when we are advised.