Annual Mandatory Online Training; About Prep Periods; OCT Fees; Call for Candidates;

The Mandatory Training Mondules for elementary Occasional Teachers, are now posted in the Employee Portal under "Employee Training".  Once there, scroll down to "2024 - 2025 OTE Required Training" and complete the following modules by June 27th for a half-day of salary to be paid in July:

Click here for eBase access for: Harassment, Bed Bug and Cockroach Awareness Training and Employee Incident Report Training

Anaphylaxis

Asthma

Diabetes

Epilepsy

Concussion

Ancillary & Non-Instructional Materials

It Can Happen To You - ETFO

Fire Safety Awareness

Head Injury Prevention

Health and Safety Program Awareness

Navigating WSIB

Violence Awareness - General Awareness

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 About Prep Periods -

- Prep periods are paid time so OTs cannot leave the school, even if the prep is scheduled for the last period.

- Just as a permanent Teachers cannot be directed how to use their prep periods, it is up to the OT/LTO to decide how they are going to use this time professionally.

- The timetable of the OT is to be the same as that of the absent permanent Teacher, including scheduled preparation periods. If a member is reassigned during their prep period, they are entitled to monetary compensation in lieu of this time so keep track of the assignment, date, minutes lost etc. as the form will be posted by the Board toward the end of June. (Letter of Understanding #5)

- If a daily OT is hired for a prep payback assignment, be aware that the Collective Agreement provides that the first 40 minutes (or as close to the beginning as possible), be set aside as a preparation period. (Article L18.03 (b))

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Important - OCT annual fees must be paid by April 15th in order to remain on the OT List. The penalty for late payment is $130 in addition to the $200 OCT fee. Here is OCT's link https://www.oct.ca/members/college-fees

Only those in a long-term assignment in January will have their fees deducted from their pay, as reflected on their TVDSB paystub.

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CALL FOR CANDIDATES for TVOT Local Executive positions -

Have you considered running for a position on the ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teachers’ Executive? Members at our TVOT Spring Annual Meeting select their Local Executive each year.  

Why not join your Executive team? Find out what is going on and make a difference!

Meetings are typically held one afternoon a month at our TVOT Office. (LTOs are released from their assignments to attend.)

Elections will be held May 22, 2025 at the Lamplighter Inn for the following positions:

Executive Members at Large (4) – one year term; great learning position with duties as determined by the Executive: Local Constitution 7.1.1 – 7.1.13

Chief Negotiator - remains in office until new agreement ratified; negotiates the collective agreement; maintains agreement and reports to membership: Local Constitution 7.2.6 and 7.3.4

Collective Bargaining Committee:(President, Chief Negotiator and 4-5 others) - remains in office until new agreement ratified; collects information from membership and prepares Local preliminary submission: Local Constitution 7.3.4

ETFO Provincial Annual Meeting 7 Delegates and up to 5 Alternates – 10 representatives to attend and the others form a pool from which vacancies can be filled; Meeting is in Toronto from August 11-14, 2025 (costs paid): Local Constitution 10.1 – 10.6

The deadline for receipt of Candidate Forms is Friday, May 2, 2025 at 5 PM.

There will be no elections for the following positions as this is the first year of their two year terms: 

President, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer , Health and Safety Officer 

Registration for the TVOT Annual Meeting opens next week.

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