Retention Stipend for Fall 2022
Very soon, TVDSB and your TVOT Local will release the details of a Fall Retention Stipend, created to support schools during the current staffing challenges.
Daily Occasional Teachers will be eligible for a maximum of $1000 Retention Stipend (less statutory deductions) if they:
- teach a minimum number of days, and/or
- teach on Mondays or Fridays and/or
- teach at one of the high coverage needs schools to be listed by the Board.
The Board and the Union will release further details about the start date and the conditions agreed upon, when both parties have finalized the Letter of Understanding.
Upcoming Retirement Workshop
October 14th - November 6th
The Ontario Ministry
of Education has announced two two elementary Science and Technology curriculum videos that
are now available on the Curriculum and Resources website .
The Ministry will
also be hosting introductory webinars to explore the revised Grades 1 to 8
Science and Technology curriculum and here is the Registration link . A recorded version will
be hosted in Supports for Learning eCommunity in the Virtual Learning
Environment.
Dates for these webinars are:
- Oct 19/22 at 4 PM (Gr. 1-3
French)
- Oct 20/22 at 4 PM (Gr. 4-6
French)
- Oct 25/22 at 4 PM (Gr. 1-3
English)
- Oct 25/22 at 4 PM (Gr. 7-8
French)
- Oct 27/22 at 4 PM (Gr. 4-6
English)
- Nov 1/22 at 4PM (Gr. 7-8
English)
For more classroom
resources check out:
- The Ontario Science Centre - videos,
presentations, lesson plans and PD re: STEM
- Science North -webinars, videos, live
teacher support and STEM resources
- Let's Talk Science - resources on
climate change
- Visons of Science - building STEM
skills, climate change, coding, food literacy
- First Robotics – coding
- Nishnawbe Aski Nation -lesson plans and
assessment ( in English, French, Ojibway, Oji-Cree)
- Subject Associations - long range
plans, lesson and assessments, coding and webinars
- Sustain Ontario - food literacy
As a LTO, do I need
to submit an Annual Learning Plan (ALP)?
- No, ALPs are a component of the Ontario Teachers' Performance Appraisal which applies only to those in permanent positions.
As a daily OT, can
I leave the school during prep periods?
- No, a prep period
is paid self-directed time which has been negotiated for you to use as you
need, for example to fulfill your obligations under Article L18.01(c): The
Occasional Teacher shall endeavour to provide written feedback to the Teacher
being replaced at the conclusion of the occasional assignment. Such feedback
will generally include comments on the progress of lessons taught, problems
encountered and where appropriate, successes achieved and marks for work
completed by students within the occasional assignment.
What is my role if
I am asked to fill in for an absent EA or ECE?
- As an ETFO member,
you can help out as an additional Teacher in that classroom, however we don't
take on the duties of another bargaining unit, nor are we trained for the
responsibilities of an EA or ECE.
The daily job I
accepted was to replace a .7 FTE permanent Teacher. Will I be paid for a full
day?
- No daily Occasional
Teacher will be paid less than .5 for an assignment, however assignments are
paid on a pro-rated basis for jobs greater than a half-day but less than
a full day in length. N.B., OTs could be asked to remain and carry out professional
duties if the assignment they accepted was less than a half-day.
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