Benefit Plan for LTOs - Those Occasional Teachers who are in long-term assignments of 90 calendar days or longer, are eligible to participate in the ETFO Employee Life and Health Trust/ELHT. Participation is mandatory for those in a full FTE position, and available to those in part-time positions if they agree to pay the remainder of the premium. Those who accepted postings with defined end dates, would already have received communications from the Ontario Teachers' Insurance Plan/OTIP via their TVDSB Outlook email account. Those without an end date will receive word from OTIP shortly after they cross the 90 calendar day threshold. In both instances, coverage is for the duration of the assignment and is retroactive to the beginning, if receipts are provided. Unfortunately, there is no benefit plan yet available for daily Occasional Teachers, though OTIP does have a plan for purchase on their website https://www.otip.com/Group-Benefits/Occasional-Casual
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This one stop website with Ministry policies and programs related to teaching and learning in Ontario will be closing on December 31st. EduGAINS was designed to support Teachers from K -12 and includes links to Ministry licensed resources and links to subject associations. will be closing on December 31st. After that, Teachers will have to log into eCommunityLearningontario in the Virtual Community and search for "EDU Resources Community".
Teachers can also access Ministry of Ontario Curriculum and Resources by clicking here.
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Your OT Local has been meeting with the TVDSB Staff Development team on a regular basis and we are pleased to announce that there will be many new paid professional development opportunities in 2021. Registration will open in the Employee Portal next week, but spots fill quickly so don't wait too long before making your selection.
Just a reminder that participation counts for all purposes (E.I., seniority, Teachers' Pension etc.) as time worked so if you are a daily Occasional Teacher or someone in a long-term assignment of .5 or less, you are eligible.
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