Unavailable to Teach Next Year? Apply for a Leave of Absence!If you are not available to teach for TVDSB next year, you can keep your place on the OT elementary list by applying for a leave of absence. Full-year leaves under Article L10.16 must be received no later than December 30th of the school year in which the leave is to begin. E.g. Dec. 30/22 for a leave for the 2022 - 2023 school year.
To apply, log into the Employee Portal and in the blue border along the left hand side, click on Laserfiche - Electronic Forms. There you will find forms for various negotiated leaves, ranging from part-year to full-year in length. The form will ask for your supervisor. Currently this is Clare MacMillan whose email is clare.macmillan@tvdsb.ca.
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Removal From the List
The Collective Agreement requires that everyone on the TVOT List must teach a minimum of 10 days per school year in order to remain on the Occasional Teacher List with the TVDSB. Those on Board approved full-year leaves are exempt from this requirement. For those who took a part-year leave of absence, the Board looks for at least one day of teaching per month which means if an OT returned from a leave at the start of February, they would need at total of 5 teaching days by June 30th.
N.B. mandatory online training counts as .5 of a day and OTs have access to 3 additional paid PD sessions for a total of 2 full days which count for all purposes, as time teaching.
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- All OTs/LTOs: complete Annual WHMIS review, Offence Declaration, IT Declaration, Privacy Declaration in the Employee Portal (this is a condition of your employment)- All OTs/LTOs: complete 9 mandatory online training modules listed in Employee Portal in "Employee Training" under "2021-2022 OTE Required Training"
- Daily OTs: last day to submit paid PD modules found in the Employee Portal in "Conference Session Registrations". Daily OTs have access to 3 half-days plus a half-day for mandatory training
- LTOs in assignments less than .5 and those LTOs whose assignments end June 29th: last day to submit 2 sessions (one day) of paid PD modules found in the Employee Portal in "Conference Session Registrations".
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Lost Prep Time Payback Claims
As agreed to by the Board and the Union in a Letter of Understanding, TVOT daily Occasional Teachers and LTOs who lost their prep periods can still submit their claims for a cash payback for that time via the link TVDSB emailed to members in Outlook in the "Occasional Teacher Elementary" section (bottom left hand side), dated June 13, 2022.
NB: Daily OTs who accepted full day prep payback assignments but did not receive 40 minutes of prep time at the beginning as provided by Article L18.03, are eligible to claim this lost prep time.
L 18.03 (c) If the assignment is for the Occasional Teacher to provide preparation time payback in full day assignment, then that Occasional Teacher shall be provided with a minimum of forty (40) minutes preparation time at the beginning of the assignment.
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Message from your Local President - Terry Card
I can recall no issue that has prompted more complaints to our TVOT Local office, than TVDSB's decision to use a lottery system again this year, to fill centrally staffed long-term positions. We hear your anger and your anguish and to be clear, your TVOT Local in no way endorses this practice. We agree with the comments so many of you have provided in our membership survey and in your phone calls and emails. However, the Board has not listened to the arguments we have presented all year, and with the revocation of Regulation 274 (which set a provincial framework for hiring), each Board can develop its own process.For all those members who have requested that the Local go out on strike or at least, embark on work to rule over the issue, please note that we cannot legally utilize either of these yet - both are considered to be strike actions and are not lawful until certain conditions are met once our Collective Agreement has expired. Be assured, however that hiring practices will be this Local's top issue when negotations open next school year and at that time, we will count on the support of the membership.
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Bill 115 Remedy UpdateOn February 3, 2022, Provincial ETFO shared with members that Justice Lederer had reached a Bill 115 remedy decision. The award requires ETFO to endeavour to notify eligible members of the damages payment and the basis for its calculation. More information about these payment calculations and eligibility can be found at Bill 115 Remedy FAQ
ETFO members and former members who are eligible to receive a Bill 115 remedy payment should receive correspondence from Provincial ETFO by mail/email before August 31, 2022. This includes Occasional Teachers/LTOs who taught either or both the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years.
If you believe you are eligible but do not receive correspondence from Provincial ETFO by August 31, 2022, please fill out ETFO's Bill 115 Notice of Objection Form no later than 11:59 PM on September 30, 2022.
Based on the approximate timelines provided by the Ministry of Education, school boards are expected to pay out funds to eligible members by June 2023.
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OTF Campground
One of the hidden gems is the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) Campground on picturesque Quinn Lake. The camp site is available to all OTF members and education workers in publicly-funded schools.
A receipt for the Ontario Staycation Tax Credit will be issued after the camp closes in October and before the 2022 tax season ends.
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Please note: your Local TVOT Office will be closed after June 30th and will re-open when school resumes in September. We do however check our ETFOTVOT emails on a weekly basis.
Should an emergency occur where members require assistance from ETFO Provincial, you can contact them at 1-888-838-3836.
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