Know Your Collective Agreement; Provincial Online Meeting for New Members; About Edvantage Discount Program; OTIP Retirement Workshop; Men's Conference

 

 - The Collective Agreement states that under no circumstances will a TVOT Occasional Teacher be paid for less than a half-day; assignments will be pro-rated after that when replacing a permanent Teacher whose job is less than 1.0 (Article L7.03)

- A TVOT Occasional Teacher must teach ten days in an elementary school in order to remain on TVDSB's Occasional Teacher list, unless they are on a Board approved leave (Article L6.08 d)

- A daily OT hired for prep coverage, IPRC coverage etc. shall be assigned no more than 1 supervisory duty (Article L18.03 b)

- A daily OT hired for a full day assignment to provide prep time payback, shall be provided with a minimum of 40 minutes prep time at the beginning of the assignment (L18.03 c)

- Errors in pay will only be reconciled for a period of 12 months prior to being discovered. This applies to overypayments and underpayments so we urge members to regularly check their paystubs in the TVDSB Employee Portal. (Article L7.12)

- A daily OT or LTO who is delayed by local weather conditions but who arrives at school as soon as possible, will be paid. Local means the geographica area between the school and the member's home address. (Article L10.08) 

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ETFO Provincial will be hosting their first ever, online Town-Hall Meeting for new members. Provincial President Karen Brown will host meetings on February 12th and again on February 13th at 7 PM.  Members can register at surveymonkey.com/r/ETFO-NewMemberTownHall

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About ETFO workshops; Lost prep periods; New Hire Event; OTF opportunities; Awards for Teachers

- Many ETFO Provincial workshops include payment for lost teaching time, travel, meal expenses and accommodations.
- A new self-directed half-day module called "Assessment and Evaluation" has been added to the June 28th sessions within the Elementary Occasional Teacher PD 23-24. Participation counts as a half-day of teaching for all purposes and all June 28th options can be completed at your convenience.
- Occasional Teachers/LTOs are reminded to keep a record of the dates and number of minutes lost of any scheduled prep periods that they are denied. This violates our Collective Agreement and the Local will again be seeking compensation for such lost time.

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Are You a New Hire?
TVOT members hired after 2019 are invited to attend a free meeting and dinner on February 13th at the Lamplighter Inn in London from 4:30pm - 7pm. 

Meet your peers over a lovely dinner, then have your questions answered as we highlight the nuances of elementary occasional teaching, your Collective Agreement and belonging to a Union. Guest presenter will be TVDSB Occasional Teacher Staffing Specialist, Jessica Grison-Roeder.

To register call us at the TVOT Office: 519-641-3936 or email us: mail@etfotvot.com 

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As well as being a partner with the government in the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, the Ontario Teachers' Federation (OTF) advocates for Teachers and for public education. It also offers numerous professional learning programs such as "Survive and Thrive", a resource for beginning Teachers, Occasional Teachers and mentors. Here is a link to these resources https://survivethrive.on.ca/article-category/occasional-teaching/?level=Elementary&article_category=16 .

To find out about upcoming OTF webinars on topics such as climate change and our wellbeing as Teachers, go to https://www.otffeo.on.ca/en/learning/otf-connects/

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Jan. 24th deadline to register for these two Provincial ETFO Programs

January, 29, 2024

Hired after 2019? Paid PD Registration; Inclement Weather; Local Bargaining

We invite TVOT members hired after 2019 to attend a meeting and dinner on February 13th at the Lamplighter Inn in London from 4:30pm - 7pm. 

Meet your peers over a lovely dinner, then have your questions answered as we highlight the nuances of elementary occasional teaching, your Collective Agreement and belonging to a Union. Guest presenter will be TVDSB Occasional Teacher Staffing Specialist, Jessica Grison-Roeder.

To register call us at the TVOT Office: 519-641-3936 or email us: mail@etfotvot.com 

Friday, Jan. 19/24
You can earn a half-day of pay on this Friday's PA Day. Register for these paid PA Day sessions in the TVDSB Employee Portal under Conference/Session Registrations and click on Elementary Occasional Teacher PD:

In-person sessions include:

• Proactive Responses to Manage Behaviour (9 - 11:30AM) or (1 - 3:30PM)
• Thinking Classroom Mathematics (9 - 11:30AM)
• Empowering Young Minds Through Problem and Inquiry Based Learning (9 - 11:30AM)

Virtual sessions include:

• Four Frames of Kindergarten (9 - 11:30AM)
• Unlocking Creative Teaching Tools: Canvas for Occasional Teachers (9 - 11:30AM)

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Act of Nature and the Collective Agreement

L10.08 A Long-Term Occasional Teacher or a Short-Term Occasional Teacher who is delayed by local weather conditions but arrives at school as soon as possible during the regular school hours of that day will not have a salary deduction made.  "Local" means within the geographic area between the Occasional Teacher's home address and the school or worksite of said Occasional Teacher.

For LTOs, Article L9.04 states that: "A LTO who is unavoidable absent due to a local act of nature over which no one has control may be granted up to 3 school days per school year with no deduction of sick leave."  N.B. The combined maximum number of days for care days and act of nature days is 5 days per school year.

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Though Provincial ETFO has concluded bargaining with the government for the Central Table provisions, your Local is still engaged in negotiations with TVDSB. Currently we have 3 more meetings scheduled.

TVOT members are reminded that until salary arbitration is concluded and the 

Local membership ratifies a Local Collective Agreement, our salary will remain unchanged.

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New Paid PD Sessions; Meeting for members hired after 2019; Legal assistance for members; International Women's Day T-Shirts

 

Great Paid PD Opportunities for Friday, January 19/24

Register in the TVDSB Employee Portal > Conference/Session Registration > Elementary Occasional Teacher PD 2023-2024, for any of these half-day sessions which count for all purposes as .5 of a day of teaching!

Time: 9:00 am - 11:30 am

• Anti-Sex Trafficking: Why Education Matters (in person)
• Implementing Essential Conditions for Learning Foldables (in-person)
• Proactive Responses to Manage Behaviour (in-person)
• Thinking Classroom in Mathematics (in-person)
• Empowering Young Minds Through Problem and Inquiry Based Learning (in-person)
• Cultural and Responsive Approach to Affirm Student Identity (virtual)
• Four Frames of Kindergarten (virtual)
• Supporting Multilingual Learners in the Classroom (virtual)

Time: 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

• Proactive Responses to Manage Behaviour (in-person)
• Empowering Young Minds Through Problem and Inquiry Based Learning (in-person)

TVOT Occasional Teachers hired after 2019 are invited to attend a meeting and dinner on February 13th at the Lamplighter Inn in London from 4:30pm - 7pm. Meet your peers over a lovely dinner, then have your questions answered as we highlight the nuances of elementary occasional teaching, your Collective Agreement and belonging to a Union. Guest presenter will be TVDSB Occasional Teacher Staffing Specialist, Jessica Grison-Roeder.

To register call us at the TVOT Office: 519-641-3936 or email us: mail@etfotvot.com 

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Provincial ETFO is now accepting orders for this year's International Women's Day t-shirts. The theme is "Rise Up for Gender Justice". Orders will be accepted until Friday January 12, 2024 with deliveries in late February. International Women's Day is annually recognized on March 8th. Click here to order https://shop.etfo.ca/collections/clothing