Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Rally for Decent Work; First Paid PD Opportunity of the Year;

Rally for Decent Work - Queen's Park, Toronto Saturday, October 1, 2016

The Ontario Federation of Labour is holding a "Rally for Decent Work" at Queen's Park in Toronto on Saturday, October 1, 2016.


The ETFO Thames Valley Teacher Local and the ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teacher Local will provide transportation for members to participate in the rally.

Transportation Information

- Buses will depart promptly from the Thames Valley Teacher Local office (2911 Bateman Trail) on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. sharp (Please arrive 15 minutes before departure time).
- Parking is available at the Local office and car pooling is recommended.
- Buses will stop at the Woodstock Quality Inn at 9:00 a.m. to pick up ETFO members in the eastern portion of the Local.
- Please register to reserve a seat on the bus before 12:00 noon on Wednesday, September 28 by registering on-line (www.etfothamesvalley.com).
- Members are advised to bring a bag lunch.


Bus Information
Registration Deadline -


1. Website: www.etfothamesvalley.com
2. Select "Special Events" Located on the bottom right of the page
3. Select Event "Rally for Decent Work - Saturday, October 1, 2016"
4. Enter Password action then click on View Event
5. Click on "Register"
6. Enter Required Information
7. Click on "Complete Registration"

The Rally for Decent Work begins at 1:00 p.m. We plan to be back in the district around dinner time on Saturday.

For more information please contact the ETFO Thames Valley Teacher Local office at 519-474-3150 or the ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teacher Local office at 519-641-3936.
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NEW - First Paid PD Event is this Friday, September 23/16

TVDSB has a few spots available for members to participate in paid PD sessions being offered on Friday. Registration opens at 3 PM in the Employee Portal under Conference/Session Registration and spots will go quickly.
Select either:
1) Project Wild Training Workshop for a full day of paid professional development, (Click register and submit and your timetable will be displayed for you to print.)
2) Recertification training for those who are already BMS certified. (Under Elementary Occasional Teacher PD, select Re-Cert BMS Training and the details will be displayed)

We encourage members to act quickly since registration closes on Thursday.