Win an iPad! April 8th Virtual Paid PD; Columbia Outlet Invitation; TVDSB Mandatory Online Training; New ETFO Anti-Racism Online Resource

 

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Paid Paid PD sessions for April 8th are now available for registration in the TVDSB Employee Portal under the Elementary Occasional Teacher PD conference. Each session counts as a half-day of teaching.  

Sessions include:  

• · "Culturally Relevant and Responsive Approaches for Affirming Student Identities" (virtual)
• ·  "Surviving and Thriving as an OT in the FSL classroom" (virtual)
• ·  " Unlocking Creative Teaching Tools" (virtual)

 For questions about eligibility for paid PD, please contact Terri Manning in Staff Development at t.manning@tvdsb.ca . 

Register in the TVDSB Employee Portal under Conference / Session Registrations > Elementary Occasional Teacher PD. 

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- Article L18.05 entitles all OTs/LTOs to a lunch break of no less than 40 consecutive minutes.

- Article L16.05(a) says that the Board will provide a minimum of 2 hours notice of cancellation of any pre-arranged daily assignment, otherwise the OT will be paid for the full assignment.

- Article L7.03 remuneration paid to daily OTs will be pro-rated for assignments less than a full day however, the minimum a daily OT will be paid is for one-half day.

- Article L18.02 confirms that a daily OT follows the timetable of the Teacher they are replacing. (same prep period and no additional duties)

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TVDSB Annual Mandatory Online Training will be open April 1, 2024 and must be completed by all OTs/LTOs by June 28/24 for payment. Completion is a condition of employment. N.B. LTOs may have already covered some of these modules in staff meetings during their assignment.

To access the modules, log into the Employee Portal > Employee Training (right hand side) and complete those modules listed as "2023 - 2024 OTE Required Training".

The modules this year are:

• Anaphylaxis
• Asthma
• Diabetes
• Epilepsy
• Concussion
• Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
• October - Fire Code
• Video 1 Awareness
• Employee Incident Reporting and Safe School Incident Reporting
• Safe Schools and Employee Incident Reporting Decision Tool Flowchart 
• Hazard Awareness Training
• Domestic Violence 
• WHMIS
• Cyber Security Part 1 and Part 2
• Privacy Training

The Annual Offence Declaration, and ITS Security Declaration must be completed by August 31, 2024.

Payment will show in TVARRIS as HR1 with payment taking place July 12th.

Be sure to press submit after completing each module. If it has been recorded, the checkmark will still be there when you next log in.

RETIREES: If you have not reserved a day for this training, please contact Terri Manning  t.manning@tvdsb.ca in Staff Development to discuss your options.

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Provincial ETFO has created a new online Teacher resource, "Race Matters: Teaching Students to be Race Conscious" designed to help primary, junior and intermediate classes examine race, racism and anti-black racism. Access this new resource at www.etfo.ca Secure > Classroom Resources. 

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