The ETFOTVOT Local is pleased to inform members that we have signed a Letter of Understanding with TVDSB that will provide compensation to daily OTs and LTOs who have lost their prep periods.
The Letter of Understanding states:
"WHEREAS the Collective Agreement Article L18.02 states “the timetable for an Occasional Teacher shall be the same as the timetable of the Teacher being replaced except as set forth in Articles L18.03 and L18.05”;
And WHEREAS it is understood that this would be inclusive of any preparation time as assigned to the Teacher being replaced;
And WHEREAS the parties agree that for the 2021- 2022 school year, every effort will continue to be made to provide prep coverage in the course of the short-term and long-term assignments of an Occasional Teacher;
THEREFORE in recognition of the unprecedented staffing demands:
i) Teachers
who are not able to receive their preparation payback period in the course of
their assignment will be entitled to monetary compensation in lieu of.
ii) Eligibility
for daily Occasional Teachers will be for missed prep coverage from December 2021
onwards.
iv) Individuals currently holding a LTO assignment as of the signed date of this letter will be entitled to payback for missed prep in their current LTO assignment rectroactively to the date that the current LTO assignment began.
This agreement has been made without precedent or prejudice."
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ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teachers’ Executive?
Members at the TVOT Spring Annual Banquet and Meeting select their Local Executive each year.
Why not join your Executive team and
find out what is going on – you can make a difference!
Dinner meetings for the Executive are held once a month after school at our TVOT Office in London.
ABOUT TVOT ELECTED
POSITIONS
President - two year term, full-time position; legal spokesperson and representative of Local; Grievance Officer; liaison/ member of all committees; signing officer; attends all Provincial Rep. Councils, ETFO Annual Meeting, other ETFO meetings in Toronto (Local Constitution 7.2.1) Candidates for President must have a minimum of one year of Local Executive experience (Local Constitution 9.1.2)
First Vice-President - assists the
President; coordinates preparation of the newsletter; attends committees (Local Constitution 7.2.2)
Second Vice-President - assists the
President and First Vice-President and acts as liaison to the P.D. Committee (Local Constitution 7.2.3)
Secretary – records, prepares
and circulates accurate minutes of past and present Executive and General
Membership Meetings (Local Constitution 7.2.4)
Treasurer - maintains
financial records; pays expenses of the Local as signing officer; drafts budget
and reports to Executive and membership (Local Constitution 7.2.5)
Health and Safety Officer - acts as liaison with the
Board’s Joint Health and Safety Committee, the Local Executive and general
membership; conducts annual audits of schools and participates in all applicable
training (Local Constitution 7.2.7)
Executive Members
at Large (4) - great learning opportunity with duties as determined
by the Executive (Local Constitution 7.1.1 –
7.1.13)
Chief Negotiator - negotiates the Collective
Agreement; maintains the Agreement and reports to membership (Local Constitution 7.2.6)
Collective Bargaining Committee (President, Chief
Negotiator and 4-5 others) - surveys membership; prepares preliminary submission; negotiates
Collective Agreement (Local Constitution 7.3.4)
ETFO Provincial Annual Meeting Alternates (5) – pool from which
delegate vacancies will be filled; Toronto Westin Harbour Castle, August 15-18,
2022 (all costs paid) (Local Constitution 10.1 - 10.3)
Elections held May 31, 2022 at the Lamplighter Inn
Candidate Forms are posted on the Local website:
www.etfotvot.com
The deadline for receipt of Candidate Forms is 5
PM May 11, 2022 (Local Constitution 9.2.2)
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