ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teachers' Local: Thanks for Your Support! Posting Process; Columbia Outlet Invitation; Retirees and Mandatory Training Payment

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Thanks for Your Support! Posting Process; Columbia Outlet Invitation; Retirees and Mandatory Training Payment

Last evening at London's BMO Centre, TVOT members voted 100% to approve their Local preliminary bargaining submission.

While Central bargaining will occur during the summer months (check etfocb.ca and subscribe to the ETFO Provincial newsletter for updates), Local bargaining with TVDSB will not begin until September. Be sure to set up your account at www.etfotvot.com and watch your Wednesday Blogs in September, to keep informed.

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Missed your Prep Period this year?

TVDSB has agreed to pay OTs/LTOs who missed their prep periods this school year and who have not yet had that time re-paid.

To submit a claim go to https://forms.office.com/r/bPHTc28D4Q

The deadline to apply is June 29th at 4 PM.

For more information contact the Local at etfotvot@gmail.com or Clare Macmillan in HR at clare.macmillan@tvdsb.ca

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- For purposes of Employment Insurance, the Board reports a full teaching day as 8 hours;

- All 15 Mandatory Online Training Modules must be completed by end of school day on June 30th and payment will be ascribed to June 30/23 AM;

- Retired Teachers who have no days left, can contact Staff Development to see about assigning a half-day in the month in which they exceeded their limit, for mandatory training payment;

- QECO ratings and proof of previous teaching experience must be submitted to HR by July 31st for 2022-2023 LTO grid placement;

- TVOT members must teach 10 days in an elementary site to remain on the OTE list;

- Review your paystubs as TVOT members only have 12 months to submit a claim for any errors;

- There is no WHMIS review this year, but the Offence Declaration is still mandatory;

- TVOT members who are about to go on pregancy leave or who are on such a leave, can still apply for positions for which they are qualified;

- There is still time to participate in paid PD so check the Employee Portal for online sessions that can be done at your convenience and that count for all puposes as teaching time;

- TVOT members can apply for a full year leave of absence in the Laserfiche section of the TVDSB Employee Portal - Clare Macmillan will be the supervisor for this purpose.

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POSTING INFORMATION FROM TVDSB: Round 4 contract vacancies will be posted within the Job Applications in the Employee Portal area for the period of June 23 – 27, 2023. The summary of vacancies that are posted in Job Applications will also be posted in SharePoint Job Postings so that applicants may review the assignment details. Elementary Occasional Teachers from the roster are eligible to apply to OTE to Permanent Contract assignments through the Job Applications area of the portal. For this process, Occasional Teachers are not limited to the number of interviews they are able to accept. Interviews may take place commencing on June 28, 2023.

Please note: Option 1 of Summer LTO postings will be posted for the period July 11-13. Option 1 is the LTO posting for Principal Interviews.

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