Cancelled Daily Assignments Jan. 3 - 4
Daily Occasional Teachers who had pre-booked assignments in TVARRIS for Monday, Jan. 3 or Tuesday, Jan. 4 can apply to TVDSB for up to $200 compensation per full day job under the provisions of Ontario's Paid Infectious Disease Emergency Leave/PIDEL program. (LTOs are already paid for those 2 days.)
To access the Board's form, log into the TVDSB SharePoint site > Human Resources Staff Team and type in the search bar at the top Paid Infectious Disease Emergency Leave. This will provide you with the both the memo explaining PIDEL and with the application form. N.B. The government has extended the program so please ignore the dates on the form and memo.
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NEW Federal Benefit During Lockdown
Now that Ontario has been recognized by the Federal government as being in lockdown, those who cannot work due to a Covid-19 lockdown can apply for $300/week under the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit/CWLB. For more information go to Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit
Those who are not eligible for this assistance plan, may want to check these other Federal benefits at Canada's Covid Emergency Benefits
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More Opportunities for Daily OTs to Reach 10 days and be Paid
Just a reminder that there are still spaces available for Occasional Teachers to register for the virtual professional development sessions being held on the January 14th PD day. This is a day that normally daily OTs could not work but participation in these sessions counts for all purposes as time worked.
Log into the Employee Portal and under "Conference/Session Registration" and click on "Elementary Occasional Teacher PD 2021-2022". Sessions include topics such as:
- - Online platforms for OTs
- - Relationships in the Kindergarten Program
- - Interactive Coding K - 8
- - Teaching Literacy in a Pinch J/I
- - Exploring TVDSB's Indigenous Education Resources
- - French Strategies for the FSL Classroom
- - Literacy Skills for Gr. 7 - 8
Also listed there under the deadline of Thursday, June 30, 2022 are sessions that OTs can complete anytime (including evening and weekends) so we urge TVOT members to avail themselves and "Earn while you Learn"!
(Please do not take up spots unless you plan to attend as being a "no-show" leaves a bad impression with your employer.)
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Retirees Can Again Teach up to 95 Days!
Retiring in the next 5
years? RTIP offers the most flexible retiree health, dental and travel plans
with three drug coverage maximums to choose from and the ability to change
plans as your needs change. https://bit.ly/3pEvOfJ #OTIPupdate
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Virtual Teaching Assistance for Daily OTs
As we enter another uncertain winter term, TVDSB would like you to be aware of the new online, asynchronous information posted on their Learning Technologies Professional Development page. Click and log into the New January 2022 Virtual Learning Supports.
As well, we remind daily OTs of information on how to navigate virtual classrooms that is available by logging into the TVDSB's Brightspace and Google Classrooms .
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