The Board still has spots available for Occasional Teachers and those in less than a .5 LTO who wish to earn a day's pay while participating in the following TVDSB workshops on November 17th, a PD Day when members cannot normally work.
NB: This year and next, OTs are eligible for 6 half days of paid professional development (a half day must be reserved for mandatory training both years):
- 21st Century Learning (Coding)
- Building Models of Addition and Subtraction
- Models of Multiplication and Division
- DRIVE - Student Centered Inquiry
- Reframing Our Responses - supporting students with challenging behaviours
- Support for OTs in French Immersion
- Supporting English Language Learners
- The Blanket Exercise
- You Can't Read a Book - looking at how student stress impacts their behaviour etc
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Registration is open for our next ETFO-TVOT Local PD Event on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at the Best Western Lamplighter Inn, from 4:30 - 7:30 PM.
Choose one of 4 workshops being offered that afternoon (dinner is included):
1) No Daybook, No Problem: Writing Strategies & Activities
2) No Daybook, No Problem: Reading Strategies & Activities
3) Breaking Down the Barriers: Using Literacy to break-down the barriers
4) Your First LTO: Survive to Thrive (registration to open Nov 2/17)
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Microsoft Office 365 will soon be the communication tool of choice for TVDSB. Please take time to set up your account and familiarize yourself with this tool since the transition has already begun. Details can be found in the Employee Portal just above Conference Registrations.
