ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teachers' Local: Dinner at the Elm Hurst Inn; About LTO Pay; Cancelling Daily Assignments; Teaching After Retirement

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Dinner at the Elm Hurst Inn; About LTO Pay; Cancelling Daily Assignments; Teaching After Retirement

Win one of 3 Gift Cards of $100 each!

All members are invited to attend our upcoming Fall General Membership Meeting.

Those who register to attend will enjoy a lovely festive dinner prepared by the chefs at Ingersoll's Elm Hurst Inn.

Take this opportunity to meet some of your OT peers and your Local TVOT Executive. We look forward to seeing you there!

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As an LTO, you are eligible for salary that reflects your qualifications, however the onus is on you to provide the Board with a QECO / Qualifications Rating Statement or a card indicating your rating is in progress, prior to July 31st for retroactive adjustment. Note that the process can take several weeks

To obtain a QECO Rating, follow the instructions at www.qeco.on.ca or call QECO at 1-800-385-1030 and request an application form.

Once received, submit the results to TVDSB Staffing Officer, Jessica Grison Roeder - j.grisonroeder@tvdsb.ca before the July deadline or forward a copy of the green QECO confirmation card if your application is in progress but will not be available by the due date.

You may also be eligible for credit for post-certification teaching outside of TVDSB. This includes working as a daily OT in Ontario. The same July 31^st deadline applies to proof of any post-certification teaching experience, outside of TVDSB so be sure to submit those documents to HR so they will be considered when advancing you on the LTO salary grid.

For further details contact your ETFO TVOT Local at etfotvot@gmail.com .

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- Daily assignments, LTO days and paid PD sessions all count toward the requirement that Elementary Occasional Teachers in TVDSB must teach at least10 days in order to remain on the List.

- If you have cancelled a daily assignment but later become available that day, then email Jessica Grison Roeder in HR to let her know you have accepted another job because OTs are not allowed to cancel one assignment to take on another/better/closer/longer/ daily assignment.

- Daily OTs who teach on Mondays, Fridays, 35 days and at certain schools until January 31st can earn up to a $1000 under TVDSB's Retention Stipend Letter of Understanding (check our Wednesday Blog of Oct. 16/22).

- Your TVOT Local encourages all members to keep track of any lost prep, periods. These are in violation of our Collective Agreement so we hope to negotiate compensation for affected members.

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TVOT Members interested in meeting 2 or 3 times this school year for an afterschool dinner meeting to plan relevant professional development for our members.

Email us at mail@etfotvot.com if you would like to participate.

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Teaching After Retirement

Last year, the decision to increase the number of days that retired Teachers could work (directly or indirectly) for a participating employer, was announced in late December. At this time, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan/OTPP has not changed their limit of 50 days in each school year with no pension implications.

To find out more and to review scenarios that might be helpful, go to Teachers' Pension Plan Rules on Re-employment