Registration is still open in the Employee Portal for TVOT members to earn a half day of pay (that counts as time worked for all purposes) while they participate in Professional Development offered by TVDSB on the January 22nd PA Day.
Sessions that day will be held via Zoom and topics include:
- A Practical Guide to Number Talks and Counting Circles
- Guiding Students to a Deeper Understanding
- So You've Accepted a Job in a Digital Classroom/Brightspace, Google Classroom
- Kindergarten (several sessions, each with a different focus
- Building Comprehension (sessions offered for Primary and another for Junior/Int.)
- Help! I'm Teaching Primary Math without a Daybook
- Practical French Teaching Tools and Tricks
- Tools to Support Arts
- FULL DAY SESSION: From Fact Fluency to Operating with Fractions and Decimals
PLUS, an after school Zoom session is being offered by ETFO Provincial on Thurs., January 28th titled, "Mental Health and Wellness" with registration again, via the Employee Portal. This too will count for .5 of a day's salary. (N.B. Information provided will be for educational purposes and cannot be considered a substitute for medical assistance/support. All Occasional Teachers now have access to the TVDSB Employee Assistance Program. Details are provided in the Employee Portal so do not hesitate to take advantage of these supports.)
Go to Conference/Session Registrations in the Employee Portal where you can find out more details about each online workshop just by clicking on "Register" beside "Elementary Occasional Teacher PD 2020-2021".
Elementary Occasional Teachers are eligible for 3 half-days of paid PD, and they must reserve a half-day for the mandatory online training modules that will be posted in April. This is in recognition that OTs cannot teach on PD Days and for that reason, LTOs greater than .5 FTE assignments are not eligible participate.
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ETFO Provincial has set a deadline of March 21st for members who were involved in picketing last school year, to submit any outstanding strike pay issues.
Please contact the Local at etfotvot@gmail.com with the subject line - Strike Pay so that we can handle your concerns most efficiently.
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New ETFOTVOT Website and Email to take action
By now, most of you would have received the email asking you to sign into and activate your account on the New ETFO TVOT website. We remind you, this email was directed to those of you who already had accounts on the previous website. If you did not receive the "action required" email, please check your spam or junk folders.
You would have been provided a system generated password to paste and copy in the Log In area for access to the Member's Portal.
We recommend changing this password.
To do so, please follow these steps:
1. Go to www.etfotvot.com.
2. Click on the Member Portal menu option.
3. Log into your account using the information you were emailed.
4. Once you are logged in or if you are already logged in, click on the Edit Profile Button on the page.
5. Once you have clicked the Edit Profile Button, you will be brought to a screen where you can adjust and edit your account information with specifications.
6. Once information has been adjusted, click the Submit Button at the bottom of the information form.
If you never had an account OR if you had not received the email- you will need to create a new account.
1. Please go to www.etfotvot.com .
2. Click on the Member Portal menu option.
3. At the bottom, click on Join Us. Please use a personal email address as it is inappropriate to use the Board's email system for Union business nor is it private.
4. Your account will be pending for review and activation. Once activated, you will receive a notification email at which point you will have access to he Members Portal.
As always, should you require any information or have any questions, don't hesitate to contact our office at mail@etfotvot.com or 519-641-3936.
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